Building a Library: Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor
Reviewer - Jeremy Summerly
First Choice: The Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor)
(Recorded 1997; from CD entitled ‘Songs of Farewell’; c/w BRIDGE A Prayer; PARRY Songs of Farewell)
GUILD GMCD 7132 (CD)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.vaughan.williams:
bal.vaughan.williams.mass
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BUILDING A LIBRARY RECOMMENDATION:
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Mass in G Minor
Reviewer: Jeremy Summerly
First Choice:
The Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse (conductor) (recorded 1997; c/w BRIDGE A Prayer; PARRY Songs of Farewell) (from CD entitled 'Songs of Farewell')
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[Next week's Building a Library will feature Mozart's Piano Concerto No.9 in E Flat Major K271 'Jeunehomme'.]
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