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PittsburghPärt, Hindemith, Beethoven
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Manfred Honeck; Jeanine De Bique; Julie Boulianne; John Matthew Myers; Alexander Birch Elliott
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Puccini: La bohème
Daniele Rustioni; Franco Zeffirelli; Metropolitan Opera; Peter J. Hall; Gil Wechsler; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
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