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Ein Osterwunder aus Oxford: Gardiner zelebriert Bachs Johannes-Passion

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“berauschende Wucht und Lebendigkeit”
Reviewed at Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford on 2 April 2021
Bach, St John Passion, BWV245
Nick Pritchard, Tenor
William Thomas, Bass
Alexander Ashworth, Baritone
Julia Doyle, Soprano
Alexander Chance, Countertenor
Peter Davoren, Tenor
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
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