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his most famous novel is regarded as a masterwork of Western literature
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The thrill of seeing a fearless, indefatigable performer single-handedly populate the stage with the myriad figures of this masterwork never lets up.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Burnett and Ross Buckley founded the chamber music collective here in 1994 and have since played chamber masterworks, commissioned new works and collaborated across genres.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Even in Thalberg’s truncation, the movie is a masterwork, its overwhelming profusion of detail matched by the angular tension of Stroheim’s images.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
These two architectural masterworks are separated by two hours on the TGV, but the otherworldliness of La Tourette makes the trip interstellar.
—Vishaan Chakrabarti, Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
Burnett and Ross Buckley founded the chamber music collective here in 1994 and have since played chamber masterworks, commissioned new works and collaborated across genres.
—Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
Even in Thalberg’s truncation, the movie is a masterwork, its overwhelming profusion of detail matched by the angular tension of Stroheim’s images.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
These two architectural masterworks are separated by two hours on the TGV, but the otherworldliness of La Tourette makes the trip interstellar.
—Vishaan Chakrabarti, Air Mail, 17 Jan. 2026
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“Masterwork.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/masterwork. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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