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Mozart: Violin Concertos 4 & 5 - Ferras, Vandernoot

Tower Records Definition Serie  TDSA-244

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Mozart: Violin Concertos 4 & 5

Christian Ferras (violin)
Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Paris
André Vandernoot (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (2)

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 'Turkish'