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Víkingur Ólafsson, Bach & Philip Glass
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Philip Glass, Piano Works (selection)
Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist)
Deutsche Grammophon
Bach, Solo Piano Works (selection)
Víkingur Ólafsson (pianist)
Deutsche Grammophon
Philip Glass
I have listened to a lot of different recordings of the...
Rachel Cusk, Kudos
Author: Rachel Cusk
Title: Kudos
Published: 2018
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Tommy Orange, There There
Title: There There
Author: Tommy Orange
Published: Alfred A. Knopf, 2018
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Title: The Square
Director: Ruben Östlund
Released: 2017
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