The first of 13 programmes. Verdi Requiem
JULIA VARADY (soprano)
DOLORA zajic (mezzo-soprano) DENNIS O'NEILL (tenor)
YEVGENY NESTERENKO (bass) BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS director GARETH MORRELL BACH CHOIR director
DAVID WILLCOCKS LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR director RICHARD COOKE
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BELA DEKANY conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD (Given on 22 July 1988 in the Royal Albert Hall , London) (R)
... a performance of stability and weight THE INDEPENDENT