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LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 1 – 3

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Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz

LondonChristmas Oratorio: Parts 4 – 6

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Zelenka, Bach
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Václav Luks; Sofia Kirwan-Baez; Helen Charlston; Guy Cutting; Florian Störtz

BrusselsCollegium Vocale Gent & Philippe Herreweghe - J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium

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Orchestra of Collegium Vocale Gent; Philippe Herreweghe; Collegium Vocale Gent; Marie-Luise Werneburg; Alex Potter; Guy Cutting

New York CityMonteverdi Choir and Masaaki Suzuki

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
English Baroque Soloists; Masaaki Suzuki; Monteverdi Choir; Nick Pritchard; Florian Störtz; Carolyn Sampson

GatesheadBach’s St Matthew Passion

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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
Royal Northern Sinfonia; Dinis Sousa; Nick Pritchard; Florian Störtz; Hilary Cronin; Jone Martínez

LondonSt John Passion

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Bach: St John Passion, BWV245
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; John Butt; Hilary Cronin; Helen Charlston; Hugo Hymas; Nick Pritchard
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