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Your random composer is Gluck

"What is Life?" (from Orfeo ed Euridice) : 26/04/08

Kathleen Ferrier, London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent

'Orfeo ed Euridice' (conclusion of Act I & beginning of Act II of opera) : 14/10/00

Janet Baker etc, Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard

'Orpheo ed Euridice' (excerpts from opera) : 25/06/05

Marilyn Horne, Pilar Lorengar, Helen Donath, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Georg Solti

Composition unspecified : 28/06/97

What is Life (from Orfeo ed Euridice) : 17/01/09

Kathleen Ferrier (contralto), London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent