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Klemperer Conducts Mahler.

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews a reissued series of performances by German conductor Otto Klemperer. Klemperer was a disciple of Gustave Mahler, and Lloyd says his performances of classical German pieces are one of this century's greatest musical legacies. The series has been digitally remastered by Angel Records.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, March 6, 1990: Interview with John Frankenheimer; Review of Otto Klemperer's albums "Symphony No. 2 in C Minor" and "Symphony No. 9 in D"; Interview with Lester Brown,…
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Director John Frankenheimer.

Film director John Frankenheimer. His films include The Manchurian Candidate, French Connection 2, and The Birdman of Alcatraz. Frankenheimer's latest film, The Fourth War, stars Roy Scheider and Harry Dean Stanton.

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Lester Brown On What We Need to Do in the Next Forty Years to Reverse Environmental Degradation.

Lester Brown, president of the Worldwatch Institute, a Washington-based think tank that monitors the state of the environment. The Institute has just issued it's 7th annual "State of the World" report. Brown's been nicknamed "Doctor Doom," for his dire predictions about subjects such as the dwindling forests and the global warming trend. But critics use that term less and less these days as more of Brown's predictions have come true. The 1990 edition of "State of the World" is published by Norton. (Part 2 of a two-part interview.

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