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John Eliot Gardiner enlightens with Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in Orange County

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Reviewed at Segerstrom Center for the Arts: Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Costa Mesa on 19 November 2012
Beethoven, Mass in D major, “Missa solemnis”, Op.123
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique
Monteverdi Choir
Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Conductor
Elisabeth Meister, Soprano
Jennifer Johnston, Mezzo-soprano
Michael Spyres, Tenor
Matthew Rose, Bass
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