Listen to A Child of our Time / Pt. 2: "Go down, Moses" by John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Choral Society, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

A Child of our Time / Pt. 2: "Go down, Moses"

John Shirley-Quirk, BBC Choral Society, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

John Shirley-Quirk

John Shirley-Quirk

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Sir Colin Davis

Sir Colin Davis

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BBC Choral Society

BBC Choral Society

Chor

BBC Singers

Chor

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Orchester

BBC Symphony Chorus

BBC Symphony Chorus

Chor

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Sir Michael Tippett

Sir Michael Tippett

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PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK

Erik Smith

Produzent:in

Ko Witteveen

Aufnahmeingenieur:in

Cees Heijkoop

Aufnahmeingenieur:in

Hans Lauterslager

Hans Lauterslager

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