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in the setting of the Royal Chapel of the Palace of Versailles: a real immersion in one of the most memorable ceremonies in the history of France

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Raff/ Jarvi/ Orchestre De La Suisse Romande - Symphony No 2: Four Shakespeare Preludes AEC Video The duo's musical hobby-horses workThis disc marks the beginning of a new series, dedicated to the engaging, albeit neglected, orchestral works of the German Swiss composer Joachim Raff one of the most widely performed and influential musicians of his day. The survey starts with Symphony No. 2 and the orchestral preludes to four plays by Shakespeare: The Tempest, MacBeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Othello, all idiomatically performed by the Orchestre de la Suisse romande, conducted by it's