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Alastair Miles

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Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Chorus

Bernard Haitink

Bernard Haitink

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John Mark Ainsley

John Mark Ainsley

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Friedrich Treitschke

Friedrich Treitschke

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Joseph Sonnleithner

Joseph Sonnleithner

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