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Index to Short Biographies of Performers - W |
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Performer Name |
Type |
Country |
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Julian Wachner |
Conductor |
USA |
|
Wolfgang Wachs [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Eberhard Wächter |
Bass-Baritone |
Austria |
|
Steve Wächter |
Counter-tenor |
Germany |
|
Elisabeth Wacker [Missing Biography] |
Contralto |
? |
|
Margaret Wacyk |
Piano |
USA |
|
Oratorienchor der Stadt Wadern |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Alexis Wagner |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Andreas Wagner |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Anne Catherine Wagner |
Mezzo-soprano, Contralto |
Germany |
|
Birgit Wagner |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Ekkehard Wagner [Missing Biography] |
Tenor |
? |
|
Friederike Wagner |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Gertrud Wagner [Missing Biography] |
Contralto |
? |
|
Iris Wagner |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Julia Sophie Wagner |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Roger Wagner |
Choral Conductor |
France / USA |
|
Roger Wagner Chorale |
Choir |
USA |
|
Sieglinde Wagner |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Rudolf Wagner-Régeny |
Piano, Clavichord |
Romania / Germany |
|
Gregory Wait |
Tenor, Choral Conductor |
USA |
|
Hiroshi Wakasugi |
Conductor |
Japan |
|
Edelgard Walch [Missing Biography] |
Harpsichord |
? |
|
Helmut Walcha |
Organ, Harpsichord |
Germany |
|
Margarete Waldbauer [Missing Biography] |
Contralto |
? |
|
Antony Walker |
Conductor |
Australia |
|
Mallory Walker |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Norman Walker |
Bass |
England |
|
Penelope Walker |
Contralto |
England |
|
Timothy Walker |
Guitar |
South Africa |
|
Simon Wall |
Tenor |
England |
|
Stephen Wall |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Tobias Wall [Missing Biography] |
Tenor |
? |
|
Barbara Wallace |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Michael Wallace |
Baritone |
England |
|
Stephen Wallace |
Counter-tenor |
England |
|
Vince Wallacs |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
Alfred Wallenstein |
Conductor, Cello |
USA |
|
Elizabeth Wallfisch |
Violin, Conductor |
Australia / England |
|
Manuel Walser |
Baritone |
Switzerland |
|
Kevin Walsh |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Deon van der Walt |
Tenor |
South Africa |
|
Antoine Walter [Missing Biography] |
Boy Alto |
? |
|
Bruno Walter |
Conductor |
Germany / USA |
|
Georg A. Walter |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Gert Walter |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Roland Waltner |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Winfried Walter |
Bass |
Germany |
|
William Walton |
Composer, Arranger, Conductor |
England |
|
Ulrich Wand [Missing Biography] |
Boy Alto |
? |
|
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir (WSBC) |
Boys' Choir |
England |
|
David Ward |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
John Taylor Ward |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Nicholas Ward |
Conductor |
England |
|
William Warfield |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Eugénie Warnier |
Soprano |
France |
|
Leonard Warren |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Stanley Warren |
Tenor |
USA |
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Warsaw Ensembles (Poland): |
|
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Warsaw Chamber Opera (WCO) |
Choir |
Poland |
|
Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra (WPCO) |
Chamber Orchestra |
Poland |
|
Warsaw Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (WPSO) |
Symphony Orchestra |
Poland |
|
Sinfonia Varsovia |
Chamber Orchestra |
Poland |
|
-- |
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Jon Washburn |
Conductor |
Canada |
|
Washington DC Ensembles (USA): |
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Washington Bach Consort (WBC) |
Orchestra & Choir |
USA |
|
Choral Arts Society of Washington (CASW) |
Choir & Orchestra |
USA |
|
National Symphony Orchestra (NSO, USA) |
Symphony Orchestra |
USA |
|
-- |
|
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|
Barbara Washington [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Akira Watanabe |
Baritone |
Japan |
|
Takashi Watanabe |
Harpsichord, Organ |
Japan |
|
Yoshio Watanabe |
Harpsichord |
Japan |
|
Peter Watchorn |
Music Director, Harpsichord |
Australia |
|
Robert Waterbury |
Bass |
USA |
|
Carolyn Watkinson |
Mezzo-soprano, Contralto |
England |
|
Christopher Watson |
Tenor |
England |
|
Ian Watson |
Conductor, Organ Harpsichord, Piano |
England |
|
Jean Watson |
Contralto |
Canada |
|
Kristen Watson |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Nathaniel Watson |
Baritone |
USA |
|
William Watson |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Cynthia Watters |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Andrew Watts |
Counter-tenor |
England |
|
Elizabeth Watts |
Soprano |
England |
|
Helen Watts |
Contralto |
Wales, UK |
|
Nicholas Watts |
Tenor |
England |
|
Timothy Wayne-Wright |
Counter-tenor |
England |
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WDR Big Band |
Big Band |
Germany |
|
WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln (WDR-SO) |
Symphony Orchestra |
Germany |
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Felicia Weathers |
Soprano |
USA |
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James Weaver |
Bass |
USA |
|
James Weaver |
Harpsichord |
USA |
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Michael A Webb |
Bass |
USA |
|
Carol Webber |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Geoffrey Webber |
Condctor |
England |
|
Dominique Weber [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Gunthild Weber |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Hans-Joachim Weber |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Irmgard Weber |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Janice Weber |
Piano |
USA |
|
Jens Weber |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Karl-Heinz Weber [Missing Biography] |
Tenor |
? |
|
Katharine Hannah Weber |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Ludwig Weber |
Bass |
Austria |
|
Marianne Weber [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Ruth Weber |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Amadeus Webersinke |
Piano, Organ |
Germ |
|
Justus von Websky |
Conductor |
Germany |
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Catherine Webster |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Marc Webster |
Bass |
USA |
|
Wolfram Wehnert |
Choral Conductor |
Germany |
|
Christoph Wegmann [Missing Biography] |
Boy Soprano |
? |
|
John Wegner |
Baritone |
Germany / Australia |
|
Christine Wehler |
Contralto |
Germany |
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Michaela Wehrum |
Mezzo-soprano |
Germany |
|
Herrad Wehrung |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Caroline Weichert |
Piano |
Germany |
|
Matthias Weichert |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Julia Weigel |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Jörg-Peter Weigle |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Sebastian Weigle |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Bernd Weikl |
Baritone |
Austria |
|
Bruno Weil |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Stefan Weiler |
Choral Conductor |
Germany |
|
Alexander Weimann |
Conductor, Harpsichord |
Germany |
|
Dieter Weimann [Missing Biography] |
Tenor |
? |
|
Martin Weimann [Missing Biography] |
Choral Conductor, Organ |
? |
|
Gerhard Weinberger |
Organ, Choral Conductor |
Germany |
|
Gisela Weinberger [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony (BCS) |
Chamber Orchestra |
Hungary |
|
William Weinert |
Chorale Conductor |
USA |
|
Felix Weingartner |
Conductor, Piano |
Austria |
|
Johannes Weinhuber |
Bass |
Germany |
|
Carl Weinrich |
Organ |
USA |
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Gillian Weir |
Organ |
New Zealand |
|
Scot Weir |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Max Weirich [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Maja Weis-Osborn [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Hans Weisbach |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Kenneth Weiss |
Harpsichord |
USA |
|
Maria Weiss |
Mezzo-soprano |
Austria |
|
Orion Weiss |
Piano |
USA |
|
Peter Weiss |
Piano |
Germany |
|
Silvia Weiss |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Edith Weiss-Mann |
Harpsichord |
Germany / USA |
|
Fritz Weisse |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Alexis Weissenberg |
Piano |
Bulgaria / France |
|
Gerda Weissenberg [Missing Biography] |
Contralto |
? |
|
Johannes Weisser |
Baritone |
Norway |
|
Corby Welch |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Kathryn Weld |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
George Weldon |
Conductor |
England |
|
Irene Weldon |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Andreas Weller |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Sharon Weller |
Contralto |
USA |
|
Walter Weller |
Conductor, Violin |
Austria |
|
John Wells |
Organ |
New Zealand |
|
Grete Welz [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Hanni Wendlandt [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Alexander Wendt |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Erich Wenk |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Ortrun Wenkel |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Jed Wentz |
Flute, Conductor |
USA |
|
Silke Wenzel |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
August Wenzinger |
Conductor |
Switzerland |
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Markus Werba |
Baritone |
Austria |
|
Hermann Werdermann [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Gerhard Werlitz |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Barbara Werner |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Fritz Werner |
Conductor, Organ |
Germany |
|
Regina Werner |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Kai Wessel |
Counter-tenor |
Germany |
|
Jayne West |
Soprano |
USA |
|
Mary Westbrook-Geha |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Annelies Westen [Missing Biography] |
Mezzo-soprano |
? |
|
Richard Westenburg |
Choral Conductor |
USA |
|
Hayley Westenra |
Soprano |
New Zealand |
|
Bryce Westervelt |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Westfälische Kantorei, Herford (WKH) [Missing Biography] |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Hedwig Westhoff-Düppmann |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Westminster Abbey Choir (London) |
Choir |
England |
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Westminster Choir (Princeton) (WCC) |
Choir |
USA |
|
Westminster Chapel Choir (Princeton) |
Choir |
USA |
|
Westminster Symphonic Choir (Princeton) |
Choir |
USA |
|
John Wetter [Missing Biography] |
Guitar |
? |
|
Peter Wetzler [Missing Biography] |
Tenor |
? |
|
Terry Wey |
Boy Soprano, Counter-tenor |
Switzerland |
|
Eckhard Weyand |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Caroline Weynants |
Soprano |
Belgium |
|
Marja Weyrauch |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Margery McDuffie Whatley |
Piano |
USA |
|
Rebecca Whelan |
Soprano |
Canada |
|
Matthew White |
Counter-tenor |
Canada |
|
Orville White |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
Stephen White |
Tenor |
USA |
|
John Scott Whiteley |
Organ |
England |
|
Bailey Whiteman |
Contralto, Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Don Whitsitt |
Bass |
USA |
|
Léla Wiche |
Soprano |
Austria |
|
Tadeusz Wicherek |
Conductor |
Poland |
|
Kurt Wichmann [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Edward Wickham |
Bass, Choral Conductor |
England |
|
Walter Widdop |
Tenor |
England |
|
Kurt Widmer |
Baritone |
Switzerland |
|
Oliver Widmer |
Bass-Baritone |
Switzerland |
|
Maryseult Wieczorek |
Mezzo-soprano |
France |
|
Wilhelm Wiedl |
Boy Soprano |
Germany |
|
Aimée Van De Wiele [Missing Biography] |
Harpsichord |
Belgium |
|
Ernst Wiemann |
Bass |
Germany |
|
Erika Wien |
Mezzo-soprano |
Austria |
|
Manuel Wiencke |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Wien (Vienna) Ensembles (Austria): |
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Chorus Viennensis |
Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor (VKC) |
Chamber Choir |
Austria |
|
Orchester Wiener Akademie |
Chamber Orchestra |
Austra |
|
Wiener Jeunesse-Chor (WJC) |
Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Kammerchor (VKC) |
Chamber Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Kammerorchester (WKO) |
Chamber Orchestra |
Austria |
|
Wiener Konzertchor |
Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Philharmoniker (VPO) |
Symphony Orchestra |
Austria |
|
Wiener Sängerknaben |
Boys’ Choir |
Austria |
|
- Soloists of the Wiener Sängerknaben |
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Wiener Singakademie |
Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Singverein |
Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Staatsoper |
Orchestra & Choir |
Austria |
|
Wiener Symphoniker |
Symphony Orchestra |
Austria |
|
-- |
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|
Jean Wiéner |
Piano |
France |
|
Otto Wiener |
Bass-Baritone |
Austria |
|
Hajo Wienroth |
Conductor, Flute |
Germany |
|
Edith Wiens |
Soprano |
Canada |
|
Kantorei der Bergkirche, Wiesbaden |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Henrik Wiese |
Flute |
Austria |
|
Maria Wieslander |
Choral Conductor |
Sweden |
|
Tone Wik |
Soprano |
Norway |
|
Christina Wilcocks |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Earl Wild |
Piano |
USA |
|
Hubert Wild |
Baritone, Counter-tenor |
Germany |
|
Mark Wilde |
Tenor |
Scotland, UK |
|
William Wildermann |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany / USA |
|
Gerhard Wilhelm |
Choral Conductor |
Germany |
|
Horst Wilhelm |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Günther Wilhelms [Missing Biography] |
Baritone |
? |
|
Lawrence Wiliford |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Elisabeth Wilke |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Almut Wilker [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Matthew Wilkie |
Bassoon |
Australia |
|
Clare Wilkinson |
Mezzo-soprano |
England |
|
Karen Wilkerson |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Donald Wilkinson |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
Stephen Wilkinson |
Choral Conductor |
England |
|
Jonas Will [Missing Biography] |
Boy Alto |
? |
|
Barbara Maria Willi |
Harpsichord |
Czech Republic ? |
|
David Willcocks |
Conductor |
England |
|
Tannie Willemstijn |
Soprano |
Holland |
|
Michael Alexander Willens |
Conductor |
USA (?) |
|
William Byrd Singers (Manchester) |
Chamber Choir |
England |
|
Douglas Williams |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
John Williams |
Guitar |
Australia |
|
John Williams |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
Roderick Williams |
Baritone |
England |
|
John Finley Williamson |
Choral Conductor |
USA |
|
Carel Willink [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
Holland |
|
Trine Wilsberg Lund |
Soprano |
Norway |
|
Andrew Wilson |
Organ |
England |
|
Glen Wilson |
Harpsichord, Piano |
USA |
|
Neil Wilson |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Steven Caldicott Wilson |
Tenor |
USA |
|
David Wilson-Johnson |
Bass-Baritone |
England |
|
Peter Wimberger |
Bass-Baritone |
Austria |
|
Hans-Georg Wimmer |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Gösta Winbergh |
Tenor |
Sweden |
|
Winchester Cathedral Choir |
Choir |
England |
|
Yaron Windmüller |
Baritone |
Israel |
|
Windsbacher Knabenchor (WKC) |
Boys Choir |
Germany |
|
- Soloists of the Windsbacher Knabenchor |
|
|
|
Johanna Winkel |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Jens Winkelmann |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Michael Winkler |
Guitar |
Switzerland / Germany |
|
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (WSO) |
Symphony Orchestra |
Canada |
|
Helmut Winschermann |
Conductor, Oboe |
Germany |
|
Glenn Winslade |
Tenor |
Australia |
|
Albrecht Winter |
Violin, Conductor |
Germany |
|
Quade Winter |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Susanne Winter |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Urs Winter |
Tenor |
Switzerland |
|
Veronika Winter |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Lawrence Winters |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Winterthur Symphony Orchestra / Musikkollegium Winterthur |
Symphony Orchestra |
Switzerland |
|
Torsten Wirth |
Choral Conductor, Organ |
Germany |
|
Wisconsin Chamber Choir (WCC) |
Chamber Choir |
USA |
|
Pieter Wispelwey |
Cello |
The Netherlands |
|
Richard Wistreich |
Bass |
England |
|
Ger Withag |
Baritone |
Holland |
|
Herbert Witherspoon |
Bass |
USA |
|
Titus Witt |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Udo Witt |
Conductor, Organ |
Germany |
|
Helmut Wittek |
Boy Soprano |
Germany |
|
Christoph Wittmann |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Simon Witzig |
Tenor |
Switzerland |
|
Ilton Wjuniski |
Harpsichord |
Brazil |
|
Ekkehard Wlaschiha |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Bohdan Wodiczko |
Conductor |
Poland |
|
Mattijs van de Woerd |
Baritone |
Holland |
|
Dorothee Wohlgemuth |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Ewa Wolak |
Contralto |
Poland |
|
Mogens Wöldike |
Conductor |
Denmark |
|
Lars Woldt |
Bass |
Germany |
|
Andreas Wolf |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Axel Wolf |
Lute |
Germany |
|
Elisabeth Wolf [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
|
Ilse Wolf |
Soprano |
Germany / England |
|
Jürgen Wolf |
Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord |
Germany |
|
Charlotte Wolf-Matthäus > Lotte Wolf-Matthäus |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Lotte Wolf-Matthäus |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Martin Wölfel |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Beverly Wolff |
Mezzo-soprano |
USA |
|
Christine Wolff |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Ernst Victor Wolff |
Piano, Harpsichord |
Germany / USA |
|
Henny Wolff |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Hugh Wolff |
Conductor |
France / USA |
|
Karl Wolff |
Guitar |
USA |
|
Konstantin Wolff |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Charles de Wolff |
Conductor, Organ |
Holland |
|
Karl Wolfram |
Baritone |
Germany |
|
Jochen Woll |
Conductor |
Germany |
|
Eduard Wollitz |
Bass |
Germany |
|
Eva Wollmann [Missing Biography] |
Piano |
? |
|
Rolf Wollrad |
Bass |
Germany |
|
Leonardo Wolovsky |
Bass-Baritone |
USA |
|
Albert Wong |
Piano |
USA |
|
Caleb Woo |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Edward Wood |
Piano |
USA |
|
Henry J. Wood |
Conductor |
England |
|
William Wood [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
|
Leslie Woodgate |
Chorus Master |
England |
|
Ralph Woodward |
Conductor, Organ |
England |
|
Roger Woodward |
Piano |
Australia |
|
George Wallace Woodworth |
Choral Conductor, Organ |
USA |
|
Robert Woolley |
Harpsichord, Organ, Fortepiano |
England |
|
Delia Woolford |
Contralto |
England |
|
Barry Wordsworth |
Conductor |
England |
|
Charles Workman |
Tenor |
USA |
|
Robert Wörle |
Tenor |
Germany ? |
|
Marcel Worms |
Piano |
The Netherlands |
|
Marlene Worms [Missing Biography] |
Alto |
? |
|
Dominik Wörner |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Frank Wörner |
Bass-Baritone |
Germany |
|
Cornelia Wosnitza |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Annie Woud |
Contralto |
Holland |
|
Stefania Woytowicz |
Soprano |
Poland |
|
Christopher Wrench |
Organ |
Australia |
|
Byron Wright |
Tenor |
USA |
|
David Wright |
Harpsichord |
England |
|
Gordon Wright |
Conductor |
USA |
|
Graham Wright |
Baritone |
USA |
|
Simon Wright |
Conductor, Organ |
England |
|
Cornelia Wulkopf |
Contralto |
Germany |
|
Kerstin-Maria Wüller |
Soprano |
Germany |
|
Heinz Wunderlich |
Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord |
Germany |
|
Fritz Wunderlich |
Tenor |
Germany |
|
Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal (SOW) |
Symphony Orchestra |
Germany |
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Würzburg Ensembles: |
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Würzburger Bach-Chor |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Monteverdichor Würzburg (MCW) |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Ökumenischer Hochschulchor Würzburg (MCW) |
Choir |
Germany |
|
Oratorienchor Würzburg (OCW) |
Choir |
Germany |
|
-- |
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|
Stephanie Wüst |
Soprano |
Germany |
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Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn (WKOH) |
Chamber Orchestra |
Germany |
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Erika Wustmann [Missing Biography] |
Soprano |
? |
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Christiane Wuyts |
Harpsichord |
Belgium |
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Richard Wyn Roberts |
Counter-tenor |
England |
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Ariana Wyatt |
Soprano |
USA |
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Walker Wyatt [Missing Biography] |
Bass |
? |
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Catherine Wyn-Rogers |
Mezzo-soprano, Contralto |
England |
|
Simon Wynberg |
Guitar |
? |
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Yehudi Wyner |
Conductor, Piano, Harpsichord |
USA |
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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (January 2001 - May 2013) |
