Lofstrom/ Rachlevsky/ Russian String Orchestra - Music for StringsChicago composer Doug Lofstrom has been writing prolifically since the 1970s, with his wide ranging style reflecting ongoing involvement in dance, film, theater and symphonic music. He has been composer in residence for the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra and musical director of Chicago's Free Street Theater, while his works have been performed by numerous American Symphony Orchestras and chamber ensembles. "Music for Strings" is comprised of select

Mountain - Flowers of Evil

Tagoi started learning music from the age of eight

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in Fiddler on the Roof

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generosity and wisdom - with unexpected outbursts of cheeky humour - are also unmistakably among Beethoven's qualities and particularly evident in the works on this recording'

In addition to the masterpieces for this original setting by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven

including major US R&B hits from the Olympics and Jackie Lee

the making of High & Low represented a metamorphosis

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