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Liszt's Christus

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A recording from last year's Liszt Festival of London of the first complete performance in this country of Liszt's monumental oratorio.
LOIS MCDONALL (soprano)
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-soprano) ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
WILLARD WHITE (bass-baritone) CHRISTOPHER BOWERS-BROADBENT (organ)
LISZT FESTIVAL CHORUS
ST ANGELA'S SCHOOL CHOIR director PETER BROADBENT
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conductor BRIAN WRIGHT
Part 1 Christmas Oratorio
8.50* Interval Reading
9.0* Liszt's Christus
Part 2 After the Epiphany
Part 3 Christ's Passion and Resurrection
I count this performance among the most thrilling of my musical discoveries in the past two decades.
(WILLIAM MANN, THE TIMES)

Contributors

Soprano:
Lois McDonall
Mezzo-Soprano:
Sarah Walker
Director:
Peter Broadbent
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conductor:
Brian Wright
Source: Radio Times

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