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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV244
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Monteverdi: L'Orfeo (Orpheus), SV318
Jonathan Cohen; William Kentridge; Glyndebourne Festival Opera; Sabine Theunissen; Greta Goiris; Urs Schönebaum; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
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