Listen to Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Part I - "Großer Herr, o starker König" by Gewandhausorchester, St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig, Kurt Thomas, Agnes Giebel, Marga Höffgen, Josef Traxel & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248: Part I - "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Gewandhausorchester, St Thomas's Boys Choir Leipzig, Kurt Thomas, Agnes Giebel, Marga Höffgen, Josef Traxel & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

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