Listen to Dido and Aeneas: "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear" by Anthony Lewis, Dame Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Patricia Clarke, Raimund Herincx, The St. Anthony Singers & Thurston Dart

Dido and Aeneas: "Behold, Upon My Bending Spear"

Anthony Lewis, Dame Janet Baker, English Chamber Orchestra, Patricia Clarke, Raimund Herincx, The St. Anthony Singers & Thurston Dart

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Dame Janet Baker

Dame Janet Baker

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Anthony Lewis

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English Chamber Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra

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Henry Purcell

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Nahum Tate

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