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Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites, Bizet: Carmen Suite - Albrecht

Exton  OVCL-137

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites Nos. 1 & 2, Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1

Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo
Gerd Albrecht (conductor)

All

Recording

DSD recording

Works (3)

• Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 46 Suite No. 1
• Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 55 Suite No. 2
• Georges Bizet: Carmen, WD 31 Suite No. 1