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The Creation H XXI:2 (1988 Remastered Version), Part I: And God said, Let there be lights (tenor recit.)

Heather Harper, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, James Lancelot, Sir David Willcocks & Robert Tear

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Heather Harper

Sopran

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge

Chor

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Orchester

James Lancelot

Cembalo

Sir David Willcocks

Sir David Willcocks

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Robert Tear

Tenor

John Shirley-Quirk

John Shirley-Quirk

Bass

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Gottfried van Swieten

Gottfried van Swieten

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Franz Joseph Haydn

Franz Joseph Haydn

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Christopher Bishop

Christopher Bishop

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