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MUSIC CREDITS:

Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Work: 1812 Overture, Op.49
Performer: Mariinsky Orchestra
Conductor: Valery Gergiev
Year: 2009
Label: Mariinsky
Catalogue No: MAR0503

With thanks to Emilia Strachevskaia.