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Track(s) taken from CDA67050

Toccata in G flat major, Op 13

composer

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Recording details: January 1998
Abbey Road Studios, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Simon Rhodes
Release date: June 1998
Total duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds

Cover artwork: Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (c1875). James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
 

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