Tennstedt, Klaus

Beethoven: Symphonies no 3, 6, 8, etc / Klaus Tennstedt

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"There is a lightness of touch to Tennstedt's Pastoral, making for a performance of simple and unaffected joy. The scene by the brook is taken...continue...

Weber, Schubert, Brahms / Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-11-07

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Johannes Brahms: Tragic Overture, Op. 81
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt was born in Merseberg, Germany and after periods of conducting the Dresden Staatskapelle and acting as Music Director of the Dresden Opera, he...continue...

Mahler: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8 / Klaus Tennstedt [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 8 in E flat major "Symphony of A Thousand"
Performers: Bullock, Susan; Eaglen, Jane; Rappe, Jadwiga; Riegel, Kenneth; Schulte, Eike Wilm; Sotin, Hans; Varady, Julia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Tennstedt’s 1986 Mahler 8 is one of the high points of his cycle. This 1991 concert with different soloists is even better. Partly it’s the...continue...
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Bruckner: Symphony no 4 / Tennstedt, LPO

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2006-09-26

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This live Bruckner Fourth is certainly a performance sufficient unto itself. Most conductors worth their fee can make an effect with the glowingly atmospheric first...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer, Symphony no 1 / Tennstedt, LPO

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2006-07-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt cemented the London Philharmonic Orchestra's celebrated relationship with the music of Gustav Mahler, concurrently creating a distinguished conductor-orchestra partnership. With Thomas...continue...

Haydn: The Creation / Popp, Luxon, Tennstedt, London PO

2 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2006-02-21

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Popp, Lucia; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Haydn composed this supreme choral masterpiece late in his career. The libretto, translated from English, is based on the biblical story and on Milton's Paradise...continue...

Adagio

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-11-15

Works: Joachim Raff: Cavatina; Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Camill...
Performers: Fontanarosa, Patrice; Gilels, Emil; Koeckert, Rudolf Joachim; Perlman, Itzhak; Ricci, Ruggiero; Wuttke, Friedemann; Yaron, Yuval
Conductors: Gamley, Douglas; Wallenstein, Alfred; Wand, Günter; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Leitner, Ferdinand; Gebhardt, Charles; Fey, Thomas; Hartung, Volker; Tennstedt, Klaus

Profil presents Adagio, an introduction to the many wonderful recordings available on the Profil label. This new release features performances by Gunter Wand, Klaus Tennstedt,...continue...

Nigel Kennedy - Inner Thoughts

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins...
Performers: Gizbert-Studnicka, Bogumila; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Maninger, Olaf; Mayer, Albrecht; Meyerson, Mitzi; Stabrawa, Daniel
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey; Tennstedt, Klaus; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nigel Kennedy has broken centuries of tradition with a new compilation that strips landmark concertos of their outer movements to create Inner Thoughts, a unique...continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Excerpts from Operas / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2005-10-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Rienzi; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; Tannhäuser
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

LPO presents a previously unreleased concert recording which documents some of the great moments with former LPO principal conductor Klaus Tennstedt. Though Wagners most celebrated...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4, etc / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-10-18

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Csapo, Eva
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mahlers symphonies are recognized as the pinnacle of vision and inspiration in the late romantic period. In this Profil release, Klaus Tennstedt conducts the SWR...continue...

Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 & 7 / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-08-16

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; Symphony no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt and the Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundunks here perform the fifth and seventh symphonies of Prokofiev. "Wild, but world-class." - Goetz Thieme...continue...

Mozart: Symphony no 32 & 1; Sibelius / Tennstedt

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-08-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 32 in G major, K 318; Symphony no 1 in E flat major, K 16; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Performers: Yaron, Yuval
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This Profil CD is an eloquent demonstration of Tennstedt's inspired leadership and the artistry of a very fine violinist. It's definitely a leading candidate for...continue...

Bruckner: Symphony no 3 / Tennstedt, Bavarian Radio SO

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-07-19

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...Tennstedt was masterful in all the German and Austrian classics, Bruckner included... This performance is intense and powerful in its outer movements, gentle and lyrical...continue...

Legend - Beethoven, Bruch: Concertos / Kennedy

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; North German Radio Symphony Orchestra Hamburg

Gemini - Wagner: Orchestral Music / Tennstedt, Berlin PO

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-02-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Das Rheingold; Siegfried; Tannhäuser; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1 & 5, etc; Weber/Tennstedt

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt's previous BBC Legends recordings of Dvorak Symphony No. 8 and Janacek's Sinfonietta and Beethoven Symphony No. 9 have met with enormous critical success...continue...

Smetana, Dvorak, Janacek / Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-03-23

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Prodaná nevesta (The Bartered Bride), overture to the opera; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"The sound is unexpectedly rich, full, and well balanced for a broadcast tape - as good or better than many of today's studio recordings. While...continue...

Hallelujah - 35 Great Sacred Choruses

2 CD / EMI Distribution (USA) / 2004-03-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Laudate Dominum; ...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Bayl, Benjamin; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Dale, Laurence; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grier, Francis; Hayes, Nicholas; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Lancelot, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Muti, Riccardo; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wangenheim, Volker; Willcocks, David; Handford, Maurice; Tennstedt, Klaus; Cleobury, Stephen; Forster, Karl...
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Gerald Finley (cantor); Michael Cockerham, Doris Soffel (alto); Andrew King (tenor); Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble); Keith Lew...continue...

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Tennstedt, Haeggander, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2003-10-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Haggander, Marianne; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir

"This is surely one of Tennstedt's best recordings, and he really gets it right in every way. It is an inspired performance, one of the...continue...

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

The Very Best of Jessye Norman

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-04-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Wesendonck Lieder; Franz Schubert: Dem Unendlichen, D 291; Der Winterabend, D 938; Auflösung, D 807; Joha...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baldwin, Dalton; Burles, Charles; Carreras, Nicole; Debost, Michel; Duesing, Dale; Fontanarosa, Renaud; Gage, Irwin; LaFont, Jean-P...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Cambreling, Sylvain; Muti, Riccardo; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 4, etc / Tennstedt, Popp, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-01-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Muti, Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-08-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

R. Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra, etc / Tennstedt, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-08-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Don Juan, Op. 20; Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers: Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Tennstedt, London Philharmonic

11 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-11-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor;...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Hill, David; Hynninen, Jorma; Mathis, Edith; Popp, Lucia; Soffel, Doris; Sotin, Hans; Versalle, Richard; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tennstedt's Mahler cycle is the single greatest contribution the late conductor made to the world of music. These recordings, made at Abbey Road and Kingsway...continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Music / Klaus Tennstedt

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1996-06-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Das Rheingold; Siegfried; Tannhäuser; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"...The sound is superb - as good as anything I've heard in quite a while...Snap this one up at the two-for-one price before the folks...continue...

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1996-04-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; John Williams: Schindler's List; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Donohoe, Peter; du Pré, Jacqueline; Erdbeer, Johannes; Galway, James...
Conductors: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Sutherland, Iain; Muti, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Sanderling, Kurt; Tennstedt, Klaus; Myers, Stanley; Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir of Cambridg...

This set includes both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Brahms: Violin Concerto / Kennedy, Tennstedt, London PO

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1991-03-26

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Nolan, David
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Classic FM Magazine
Tennstedt's slower-than-average tempi and Kennedy's more maverick-than-average take make this recording stand out.
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