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Belshazzar, HWV 61, Act I Scene 4: Duet: O dearer than my life, forbear (Nitocris, Belshazzar)

Mark le Brocq, Miriam Allan, Michael Chance, Patrick van Goethem, Andre Morsch, Maulbronn Chamber Choir, Hanoverian Court Orchestra & Jurgen Budday

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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Mark le Brocq

Tenor

Andre Morsch

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Miriam Allan

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Hanoverian Court Orchestra

Hanoverian Court Orchestra

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Michael Chance

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Jurgen Budday

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Patrick van Goethem

Patrick van Goethem

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Maulbronn Chamber Choir

Maulbronn Chamber Choir

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Edition Monastery Maulbronn

Edition Monastery Maulbronn

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Georg Friedrich Händel

Georg Friedrich Händel

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