Brian Wright introduces Puccini's youthful Mass.
He was 22 when he wrote it and had just heard
Verdi's Aida, an experience that left its mark on this work.
Puccini Messa di Gloria
William Johns (tenor)
Philippe Huttenlocher
(bass)
Gulbenkian Foundation
Chorus and SO, Lisbon, conductor Michel Corboz
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