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Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Concert Hall, Sydney on 27 November 2018
Schubert, Symphony no. 8 in B minor "Unfinished", D.759
Beethoven, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Eroica", Op.55
Daniel Barenboim, Conductor
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