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shouting forever into the receiver Anne Denholm (harp), Louise McMonagle (cello), Jonathan Morton (violin) et al NMC NMC D285 61:56 mins Tackling social themes and reckoning with history is part of wh

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Works by Dobrinka Tabakova, Shirley J Thompson et al Black Oak Ensemble Cédille CDR90000237 69:59 mins Black Oak Ensemble is a string trio on a mission. The ensemble is hungry to expand the repertoire

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Andrew Nethsingha (main conductor) The Choir of Westminster Abbey et al; Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Force, Coronation Orchestra Decca 552 8383 One explanation given for the lapses in choreogr