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First Listen: Simone Dinnerstein, 'Circles: Piano Concertos by Bach & Glass'

A world premiere recording of a new piano concerto by Philip Glass sits comfortably beside a Bach classic.
Simone Dinnerstein and Philip Glass.

At first glance, and might seem like strange bedfellows. But their keyboard concertos, separated by some 285 years, end up complementing, rather than contradicting each other on , a new album and the Boston-based string orchestra A Far Cry.

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