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Berg, Wagner and Berlioz address their mistresses via the WNO Orchestra in Cardiff

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Reviewed at St David's Hall, Cardiff on 17 January 2014
Berlioz, Symphonie fantastique, Op.14
Wagner, Wesendonck-Lieder
Berg, Lyric Suite
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Lothar Koenigs, Conductor
Emma Bell, Soprano
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