History of Classical Music

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Mozart
Mozart 3.65 avg rating — 936 ratings
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Mozart
Mozart
by: Peter Gay
3.68 avg rating — 658 ratings
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The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1: The Magic Flute
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 1: The Magic Flute 3.75 avg rating — 191 ratings
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Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music
Mozart's Women: His Family, His Friends, His Music 3.88 avg rating — 517 ratings
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Mozart: A Life in Letters
Mozart: A Life in Letters 4.32 avg rating — 171 ratings
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The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained
The Classical Music Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained 3.95 avg rating — 346 ratings
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The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
The Tragic and the Ecstatic: The Musical Revolution of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
by: Chafe
4.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
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The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy
The Tristan Chord: Wagner and Philosophy 4.34 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught
Bach, Beethoven and the Boys: Music History as It Ought to Be Taught 3.87 avg rating — 685 ratings
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Beethoven: The Universal Composer
Beethoven: The Universal Composer 4.02 avg rating — 1,926 ratings
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The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven 4.23 avg rating — 1,494 ratings
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Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven
Bach: Music in the Castle of Heaven 4.08 avg rating — 1,681 ratings
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From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra
From Kitchen to Carnegie Hall: Ethel Stark and the Montreal Women's Symphony Orchestra 4.03 avg rating — 37 ratings
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The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival
The Mandolin in America: The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician
Johann Sebastian Bach: The Learned Musician 4.20 avg rating — 1,135 ratings
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La Boheme: Vocal Score
La Boheme: Vocal Score 4.04 avg rating — 366 ratings
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The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761: and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music
The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761: and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World
Why Mahler?: How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed Our World 3.75 avg rating — 463 ratings
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Gustav Mahler
Gustav Mahler 4.32 avg rating — 173 ratings
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The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score 3.89 avg rating — 3,531 ratings
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Violin Owner's Manual
Violin Owner's Manual really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music
Samuel Barber: The Composer and His Music 4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910
The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910 3.95 avg rating — 77 ratings
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The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument
The Violin: A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument 3.68 avg rating — 73 ratings
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Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini
Bel Canto Operas of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization
Temperament: How Music Became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization 3.89 avg rating — 592 ratings
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Donizetti and the world of opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century
Donizetti and the world of opera in Italy, Paris, and Vienna in the first half of the nineteenth century 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in Western Art: Studies in Musical Iconology
Musical Instruments and Their Symbolism in Western Art: Studies in Musical Iconology 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti
Anna Bolena and the Artistic Maturity of Gaetano Donizetti really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony
Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler's Ninth Symphony 4.04 avg rating — 708 ratings
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The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score 3.96 avg rating — 538 ratings
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The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro): Libretto
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze di Figaro): Libretto 3.89 avg rating — 3,531 ratings
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Il trovatore: Opera Explained
Il trovatore: Opera Explained really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Tchaikovsky: A Biography
Tchaikovsky: A Biography 4.01 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Opera for Beginners (Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book.)
Opera for Beginners (Writers and Readers Documentary Comic Book.)
by: Ron David
3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings
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History of Western Music (HARPERCOLLINS COLLEGE OUTLINE SERIES)
History of Western Music (HARPERCOLLINS COLLEGE OUTLINE SERIES) 3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day
Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day 4.41 avg rating — 1,334 ratings
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The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 4.29 avg rating — 1,088 ratings
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Know It All Classical Music: The 50 Most Significant Genres, Composers & Forms, Each Explained in Under a Minute (Volume 2) (Know It All, 2)
Know It All Classical Music: The 50 Most Significant Genres, Composers & Forms, Each Explained in Under a Minute (Volume 2) (Know It All, 2) 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Wagner's 'Ring' and its Symbols
Wagner's 'Ring' and its Symbols 4.04 avg rating — 77 ratings
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Beethoven's Skull: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond
Beethoven's Skull: Dark, Strange, and Fascinating Tales from the World of Classical Music and Beyond 3.51 avg rating — 271 ratings
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Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music
Language of the Spirit: An Introduction to Classical Music 4.10 avg rating — 431 ratings
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The History of Classical Music For Beginners
The History of Classical Music For Beginners 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Get Started In Classical Music
Get Started In Classical Music 3.68 avg rating — 19 ratings
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Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph 4.25 avg rating — 1,829 ratings
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Classical Music for Dummies
Classical Music for Dummies 3.95 avg rating — 636 ratings
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Beethoven
Beethoven 4.19 avg rating — 1,757 ratings
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Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music (Volume 13)
Digging: The Afro-American Soul of American Classical Music (Volume 13) 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Ludwig van Beethoven: A Life From Beginning to End
Ludwig van Beethoven: A Life From Beginning to End 4.26 avg rating — 321 ratings
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Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music
Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
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Beethoven: The Music and the Life
Beethoven: The Music and the Life 3.89 avg rating — 345 ratings
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Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon
Duke Ellington: An American Composer and Icon 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824
The Ninth: Beethoven and the World in 1824 3.59 avg rating — 984 ratings
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Blind Tom, the Black Pianist-Composer (1849-1908): Continually Enslaved
Blind Tom, the Black Pianist-Composer (1849-1908): Continually Enslaved 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations
Beethoven: Letters, Journals and Conversations 4.41 avg rating — 82 ratings
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Sticking It Out: From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit, a Percussionist's Memoir
Sticking It Out: From Juilliard to the Orchestra Pit, a Percussionist's Memoir 4.41 avg rating — 164 ratings
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The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger
The Ring of Truth: The Wisdom of Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung [Oct 25, 2016] Scruton, Roger 4.13 avg rating — 240 ratings
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A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between
A Natural History of the Piano: The Instrument, the Music, the Musicians--from Mozart to Modern Jazz and Everything in Between 3.85 avg rating — 330 ratings
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The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 2: Parsifal / Ariane and Bluebeard / I Pagliacci / Songs by Mahler
The P. Craig Russell Library of Opera Adaptations, Vol. 2: Parsifal / Ariane and Bluebeard / I Pagliacci / Songs by Mahler 3.70 avg rating — 60 ratings
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Verdi: A Biography
Verdi: A Biography 4.24 avg rating — 45 ratings
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La Traviata
La Traviata 4.15 avg rating — 304 ratings
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Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds
Why You Love Music: From Mozart to Metallica--The Emotional Power of Beautiful Sounds 3.77 avg rating — 578 ratings
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Il Trovatore
Il Trovatore really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66 ratings
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Violin Repair Guide: The Repairing and Restoration of Violins
Violin Repair Guide: The Repairing and Restoration of Violins it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years
A History of Opera: The Last 400 Years 4.15 avg rating — 335 ratings
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American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins, the Art and Science of the Violin
American Luthier: Carleen Hutchins, the Art and Science of the Violin 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings
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The Romance of Tristan
The Romance of Tristan
by: Béroul
3.60 avg rating — 3,811 ratings
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The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop
The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop 4.11 avg rating — 458 ratings
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Puccini's La Boheme (the Dover Opera Libretto Series) (Dover Books On Music: Voice) (English and Italian Edition)
Puccini's La Boheme (the Dover Opera Libretto Series) (Dover Books On Music: Voice) (English and Italian Edition) 4.04 avg rating — 366 ratings
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Puccini: His Life and Works
Puccini: His Life and Works 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten
Singing Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Puccini Without Excuses: A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer
Puccini Without Excuses: A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer 4.23 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others
Imperfect Harmony: Finding Happiness Singing with Others 3.93 avg rating — 553 ratings
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Puccini: A Biography
Puccini: A Biography 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
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A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice
A Song to Sing, a Life to Live: Reflections on Music as Spiritual Practice 3.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Complete Operas Of Puccini
The Complete Operas Of Puccini 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
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Music and Theology
Music and Theology 4.18 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Puccini's Tosca: A Short Guide to a Great Opera
Puccini's Tosca: A Short Guide to a Great Opera 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musician
Hearing and Writing Music: Professional Training for Today's Musician
by: Ron Gorow
4.16 avg rating — 133 ratings
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King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era
King of Ragtime: Scott Joplin and His Era 4.10 avg rating — 94 ratings
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The New Grove Masters Of Italian Opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini
The New Grove Masters Of Italian Opera: Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Puccini really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Scott Joplin and the ragtime era
Scott Joplin and the ragtime era 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Bamboula!: The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Bamboula!: The Life and Times of Louis Moreau Gottschalk 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings
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The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings
The Saddest Music Ever Written: The Story of Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings 3.30 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute (Eastman Studies in Music, 74)
Samuel Barber Remembered: A Centenary Tribute (Eastman Studies in Music, 74) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy
Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy 4.01 avg rating — 116 ratings
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The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz
The Nightingale's Sonata: The Musical Odyssey of Lea Luboshutz 4.12 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler
Malevolent Muse: The Life of Alma Mahler 3.97 avg rating — 166 ratings
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Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies
Gustav Mahler: The Symphonies 4.09 avg rating — 107 ratings
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Great Masters: Mahler—His Life and Music
Great Masters: Mahler—His Life and Music 4.36 avg rating — 179 ratings
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Mahler
Mahler 4.50 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Mozart
Mozart 4.11 avg rating — 1,229 ratings
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Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy
Bel Canto: A History of Vocal Pedagogy 4.44 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Memorie Di Lorenzo Da Ponte...
Memorie Di Lorenzo Da Ponte... 3.68 avg rating — 101 ratings
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The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America
The Librettist of Venice: The Remarkable Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's Poet, Casanova's Friend, and Italian Opera's Impresario in America 3.94 avg rating — 108 ratings
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The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Extraordinary Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte
The Man Who Wrote Mozart: The Extraordinary Life of Lorenzo Da Ponte 3.95 avg rating — 20 ratings
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The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino
The Operas of Verdi: Volume 2: From Il Trovatore to La Forza del Destino 4.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
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The Plot of Il Trovatore
The Plot of Il Trovatore 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Music
Herbert Von Karajan: A Life in Music 4.22 avg rating — 89 ratings
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Music at its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic: From Karajan to Rattle
Music at its Best: The Berlin Philharmonic: From Karajan to Rattle 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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