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Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase, Amirov: Azerbaijan Mugam - Stokowski

King International  KKC-4025

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Orchestral

Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
Fikret Amirov: Azerbaijan Mugam

Houston Symphony Orchestra
Leopold Stokowski

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (1)

• Alexander Scriabin: Le Poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op. 54

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