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Quite a generous coupling.

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The track lengths aren't available yet, it seems. But yes, the album should have about an hour of music on it. I'm fine with that. While I was trying to find the track ...

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Yes I am. Thanks, Been a while and there's too much great sounding discs to remain silent about.

Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 - Asahina

Octavia Records x Tower Record OVEP00015 (12 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies with 2 performances of each symphony except for No. 1 (3 performances), 7 & 8 (1 performance each)

Emiko Suga (soprano)
Naoko Ihara (alto)
Kei Fukui (tenor)
Michio Tada (baritone)
Osaka Philharmonic Chorus
Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra
Takashi Asahina (conductor)

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