Berlioz - La captive - Eleanor Steber (1954)

Hector Berlioz
La captive (orientale), op. 12 (text by Victor Hugo)
Eleanor Steber, soprano
Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Jean Morel, conductor
Columbia, 1954

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