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Sir Mark Elder shows us the true meaning of L'enfance du Christ, Berlioz's own Christmas story

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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 8 December 2011
Berlioz, L'Enfance du Christ, Op.25
Sir Mark Elder, Conductor
Dame Sarah Connolly, Mezzo-soprano
Allan Clayton, Tenor
Roderick Williams, Baritone
Neal Davies, Bass
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