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Andreas Staier, The Enchanted Island, Ligeti, Christmas Choral Music

Tom Service talks to Andreas Staier about Bach's Goldberg Variations; a new pasticcio The Enchanted Island opens at New York's Metropolitan Opera; and a book reassessing Ligeti.

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Sat 17 Dec 2011 12:15

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