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Birthday elegy for Judit - Hommage à Schubert Franz
SCHUBERT Piano Sonata in C major, D.840, “Reliquie” - Piano
Sonata in A major, D.959
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Stanley Jackson (tenor) – Vilfredo d’Ivanhoe, his son; Judith Kuhn (soprano)
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Chor der Oper Chemnitz, Robert-Schumann-Philharmonie/Frank Beermann
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San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor and piano, Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco. 29.1.2010 (HS)
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