Adolphe Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" ("Midnight, Christians", 1847, known in English as "O Holy Night").
Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in Paris in competition with the Opéra and Opéra-Comique. He recovered, and extended his activities to journalism and teaching. He was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, France's principal music academy.
Together with his older contemporary Daniel Auber and his teacher Adrien Boieldieu, Adam is credited with creating the later Romantic French form of opera.
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Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Act 1: "Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire" (Chapelou) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Verdi: Rigoletto, Act 3: "La donna è mobile" (Duca) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles, WD 13, Act 1: "Je crois entendre encore" (Nadir) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46, Act 3: "Divinités des grandes âmes" (Pylade) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Debussy: Fleur des blés, CD 16, L. 7 - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Massenet: Werther, Act 3: "Toute mon âme est là ! - "Pourquoi me réveiller" (Werther) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Satie: 4 Petites mélodies: No. 2, Danseuse - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Schumann: Scenes from Goethe's Faust, WoO 3, Pt. 3: No. 8, Fausts Verklärung. "Ewiger Wonnebrand" - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Poulenc: Airs chantés, FP 46: No. 2, Air champêtre - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1: Cavatina. "Ecco ridente in cielo" (Conte) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Respighi: Stornellatrice, P. 69 - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Lehár: Die lustige Witwe, Act 3: "Lippen schweigen" (Hanna, Danilo) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Bach, JS: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 35, Aria. "Geduld, Geduld!" - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Gounod: Faust, Act 3: "Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre !" - Cavatine. "Salut, demeure chaste et pure" (Faust) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Hahn: 7 Chansons grises: No. 5, L'heure exquise - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Puccini: La bohème, Act 1: "O soave fanciulla" (Rodolfo, Marcello, Mimì) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Prendre le dessin d'un bijou" - Air. "Fantaisie aux divins mensonges" (Gérald) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. "Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth" - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Strauss, J. II: Der Zigeunerbaron, Act 1: "Als flotter Geist" - "Ja, das Alles auf Ehr" (Barinkay, Chor) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Auber: La muette de Portici, Act 4: Cavatine du sommeil. "Du pauvre seul ami fidèle" (Masaniello) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots, Act 2: "Beauté divine enchanteresse" (Raoul, Marguerite) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1: "Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön" (Tamino) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov, Act 3: Aria. "V polnoch, v sadu, u fontana..." (Dimitriy) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge, Op. 85: No. 1c, Aria. "Meine Seele ist erschüttert" - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor, Act 2: "Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain!" (Fenton) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night, Act 1: "Solnyshko nizko" (Levko) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rachmaninov: 6 Romances, Op. 4: No. 3, In the Silence of the Secret Night - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Schubert: Die Verschworenen, D. 787: Duett. "Sie ist's! Er ist's" (Isella, Udolin) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rossini: Il turco in Italia, Act 1: "Perché mai se son tradito" (Narciso) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rousseau: Le devin du village: Air. "Je vais revoir ma charmante maîtresse" (Colin) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Grieg: Melodies of the Heart, Op. 5: No. 3, Jeg elsker dig - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Stolz: Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe Frau'n! - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Berlioz: Lélio, ou le retour à la vie, Op. 14bis, H 55b: "Ô mon bonheur" (Voix imaginaire de Lélio) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Bizet: Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: "Parle-moi de ma mère !" (José, Micaëla) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, Act 2: Aria. "Kuda, kuda, kuda vy udalilis" (Lensky) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza, Act 1: "Komm Zigány" (Tassilo) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Se quel guerrier io fossi!" - "Celeste Aida" (Radamès) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 1: Chanson et scène. "Va pour Kleinzach!" (Hoffmann, Chœur, Nathanaël) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Weber: Oberon, J. 306, Act 2: "Vater! Hör mich flehn zu dir!" (Huon) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin, Act 2: "Tanzen möcht' ich" - "Tausend kleine Engel singen" (Sylva, Edwin) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Rossini: Guillaume Tell, Act 3: Duo. "Sur la rive étrangère" (Mathilde, Arnold) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Strauss II, J: Eine Nacht in Venedig, Act 1: "Sei mir gegrüßt, du holdes Venetia" (Herzog) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Bellini: La sonnambula, Act 1: "Son geloso del zefiro errante" (Amina, Elvino) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Wagner: Lohengrin, Act 3: "In fernem Land" (Lohengrin) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Auber: Fra Diavolo, Act 3: Récitatif. "J'ai revu nos amis" - Air. "Je vois marcher sous ma bannière" (Fra Diavolo) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Strauss, R: Capriccio, Op. 85: Trio. "Des Dichters Worte, wie leuchten sie klar!" (Gräfin, Olivier, Flamand) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Lehár: Giuditta, Act 1: "Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert" (Octavio) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Glinka: A Life for the Tsar, Act 4: "Brattsy, v myatel" (Susanin) - Nicolai Gedda - The Golden Voice -
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Giselle, Act I: Introduction - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 1, Les vendangeurs - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 2, Entrée du Prince - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 3, Loys seul – Entrée de Giselle - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 4, Retour de la vendange – Valse - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: Pas des vendanges: d. Allegro un peu louré - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 5, La chasse - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 7, Marche des vignerons - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: Pas de seul. Variation de Giselle - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 8, Galop général - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act I: No. 8a, Finale - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 10, Apparition de Myrthe et évocation magique. Andante – Andantino poco allegretto – No. 10a, Pas des premières Wilis - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 11, Apparition de Giselle - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 13, Entreé de Loys et Wilfrede - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 14, Entrée d'Hilarion, scène et fugue des Wilis - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 15, Grand pas de deux: a. Adage. Andante - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 15, Grand pas de deux: b. Variation de Loys - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 15, Grand pas de deux: c. Variation de Giselle. Andante - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Giselle, Act II: No. 16, Finale - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: II. Rondeau - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: III. Sarabande - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: IV. Bourrée I-II - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: V. Polonaise I-II - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VI. Menuet - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: VII. Badinerie - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. Ouverture - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String" - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: III. Gavotte I-II - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: IV. Bourrée - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: V. Gigue - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air "on the G String" - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: I. [Allegro] - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: II. Adagio - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: III. Allegro - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046: IV. Menuetto – Trio I – Polacca – Trio II - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: I. [Allegro] - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: II. Andante - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV 1047: III. Allegro assai - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: I. [Allegro] - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: II. Adagio - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048: III. Allegro - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: II. Andante - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: III. Presto - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: II. Affetuoso - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: III. Allegro - Recorded 1964 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: I. [Allegro] - Recorded 1965 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: II. Adagio ma non tanto - Recorded 1965 - Karajan A-Z: Adam - Bartók -
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