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- 1 2 3 Ingeborg Danz on Bach Cantatas website
- ↑ Sandra Stahlheber student in Stuttgart
- ↑ "2008 Bach Cantatas Herreweghe". BBC Music Magazine . Vol. 16 no. 7–12. British Broadcasting Corporation.
The present team makes a favourable impression, though I regret the absence of contralto Ingeborg Danz who has made several outstanding appearances in the series
