Dodes'ka-den (Criterion Collection)By turns tragic and transcendent, Akira Kurosawa's Dodes'ka den follows the daily lives of a group of people barely scraping by in a slum on the outskirts of Tokyo. Yet as desperate as their circumstances are, each of them the homeless father and son envisioning their dream house; the young woman abused by her uncle; the boy who imagines himself a trolley conductor finds reasons to carry on. Kurosawa's unforgettable film was made at a tumultuous

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Ashley McGuire

had learned the violin from an early age

Jay Chevalier

Their language owes something to the solo viola music by Max Reger

Claude Debussy left a profound mark on music history when he dissolved functional harmony under the influence of the music of the Far East

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The Ponys recorded their debut Laced with Romance in Detroit with Jim Diamond and he offered to master the thing

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displayed perfectly by this collection of concertos

Tchaikovsky's music for string instruments is notable for it's range and consistency - and this culminates in the magnificent Violin Concerto and one of the greatest works ever conceived for string orchestra

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