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Violinist Lara St. John and pianist Matt Herskowitz's new album is the gold standard of classical music albums: It lets you hear familiar music by the great composers as you've never heard it before.
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Jabuka raises the word game stakes with a new layer of flexibility by having the symbols on the tiles stand for more than just one letter.
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David Hertzberg's hallucinatory choral fantasy based on an Aleister Crowley fairy tale makes a vividly imaginative statement even in an audio recording.
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In their straight-shooting documentary the filmmakers explore anonymous artist Banksy's work and influence, and investigate his identity.
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