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This month: THOMAS DAUSGAARD Conductor

MY FINEST MOMENT

R Strauss An Alpine Symphony Seattle Symphony Orchestra/ Thomas Dausgaard Seattle Symphony Media SSM1023 (2019)

This recording was released for the opening of the 2019/20 season, my first with the Seattle Symphony as music director. We were discussing which of the many live recordings we should use, but there was no doubt in my mind that this was it.

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