A Swan Song for an Empress
Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly focus on Victoria's final work - a Requiem dedicated to the Dowager Empress Maria at the Convento de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid.
Donald Macleod and Jeremy Summerly focus on Victoria's final work - a requiem dedicated to the memory of the Dowager Empress Maria at the Convento de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid. Victoria spent his final 24 years there - first in the Empress's services and, after her death in 1603, as convent organist.
Taedet animam meam (Requiem)
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director)
Veni, sancte spiritus
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Joseph Cullen (organ continuo)
James O'Donnell (Master of Music)
Britten: Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
Iain Farrington (organ)
Requiem
Tallis Scholars
Peter Phillips (director).
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