| Wayfaring Stranger | |
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| Studio album by Andreas Scholl Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Edin Karamazov | |
| Released | 2001 |
| Genre | Folk, classical |
| Label | Decca |
Wayfaring Stranger is a 2001 album of English-language folksongs by the German countertenor Andreas Scholl. [1] [2]
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