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Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas - Kleinhapl / Woyke

Ars Produktion  ARS 38 003

Stereo/Multichannel Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Shostakovich: Cello Sonatas Op. 40 & 147

Friedrich Kleinhapl (cello)
Andreas Woyke (piano)

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Works (2)

• Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Viola Sonata, Op. 147