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A behind-closed-doors look at the American legal system as riveting as it is spare

Peter Seivewright was amongst the first musicians to seriously research (in 1994) the 100+ keyboard sonatas by Venetian composer Galuppi

2014 two CD collection from the innovative Scottish singer/songwriter who first made a name for himself as leader of early Alt-Rock heroes Josef K

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(2-CD set) The Ensemble Jehan de Channey revives the extraordinary opulence of the music from the Middle Ages and Renaissance

She rounds off the program with the Nocturne Oubliée and the Etude in C sharp minor

But all of them focus on the central event of the Christmas story - the birth at Bethlehem - and on the characters in that story: the angels

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