Just as the 2008 presidential election exposed and ultimately crossed gender, racial and generational barriers, many of the year's notable recordings explored and wrestled with different kinds of boundaries — some musical, some cultural, and some almost unimaginable if not for the power of music.
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— Cover for Bach: Six Concertos
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— Cover for Gunther Schuller: Journey into jazz
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— Cover for An American Journey
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— Cover for In a State of Jazz
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— Cover for Francisco Javier - La Ruta de Oriente [Hybrid SACD]
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— Cover for Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic
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— Cover for John Adams: A Flowering Tree
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— Cover for Heavenly Harmonies
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— Cover for Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4
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— Cover for Terezín: Music from Theresienstadt
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