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Tomás Luis de Victoria
O lux et decus Hispaniae
Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER
- Soli Deo Gloria: SDG710.
- 5.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Vidi speciosam
Performer: Stile Antico
- Harmonia Mundi:HMU807489.
- 19.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa Dum complerentur (Kyrie, Gloria & Credo)
Performer: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir Conductor: Stephen DARLINGTON
- Nimbus:NI5434.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Domine, non sum dignus (solo de vihuela)
Performer: Carlos MENA - Singer Performer: Juan Carlos RIVERA - Vihuela
- Harmonia Mundi: HMI987042.
- 8.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa Dum complerentur (Sanctus, Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Performer: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir Conductor: Stephen DARLINGTON
- Nimbus:NI5434.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
O lux et decus Hispaniae
Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: John Eliot GARDINER
- Soli Deo Gloria: SDG710.
- 5.
![]()
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Vidi speciosam
Performer: Stile Antico
- Harmonia Mundi:HMU807489.
- 19.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa Dum complerentur (Kyrie, Gloria & Credo)
Performer: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir Conductor: Stephen DARLINGTON
- Nimbus:NI5434.
![]()
Tomás Luis de Victoria
Domine, non sum dignus (solo de vihuela)
Performer: Carlos MENA - Singer Performer: Juan Carlos RIVERA - Vihuela
- Harmonia Mundi: HMI987042.
- 8.
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Missa Dum complerentur (Sanctus, Benedictus & Agnus Dei)
Performer: Christ Church Cathedral Oxford Choir Conductor: Stephen DARLINGTON
- Nimbus:NI5434.
Broadcasts
- Tue 23 Aug 201112:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 23 Aug 201118:30BBC Radio 3
- Tue 9 Apr 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 9 Apr 201318:30BBC Radio 3
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