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LondonMissa Solemnis
Beethoven: Mass in D Major "Missa solemnis”, Op.123
BBC Symphony Orchestra; Richard Farnes; Elizabeth Llewellyn; Christine Rice; Thomas Atkins; Brindley Sherratt
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Alexander Joel; Barbora Horáková; English National Opera; Andrew Lieberman; Eva Maria van Acker; Ólafur Sigurdarson; Elizabeth Llewellyn
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