This album is a reissue of classic performances of the requiems of Fauré and Duruflé by the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. The Fauré is heard in its 1900 version for full orchestra and organ, accompanied by the New Philharmonia Orchestra being conducted by David Willcocks. The Duruflé, conducted by Philip Ledger, is performed in its most ...
As Dennis Brain was the finest horn player in the United Kingdom in the '50s, so the Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble was the finest wind chamber ensemble in the United Kingdom in the '50s. Brain, of course, is well known for his recordings of Strauss and Mozart's Horn Concertos, recordings which remain the deepest, the strongest, and the most soulful ...
Why did Bach compose his B minor Mass: as an application for a better paying job, or as the summa sine qua non of his religious art? When did Bach compose his B minor Mass: in his late forties at the high summer of life, or in his early sixties in the darkening winter of life? What is the B minor Mass: a collection of choruses and arias, of ...
A certain amount of hyperbole should be expected in the marketing of budget collections, but when EMI claims that its 2007 compilation Pure Classical contains "48 original hits by the original artists," it's pushing things too far. No one should be tricked into thinking any of the performers heard here were the first to record these short pieces ...
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