Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Resurrexit in Westminster Cathedral

Berlioz(1803-1869)"Resurrexit"Messe Solennelle
Donna Brown(soprano)
Jean-Luc Viala(tenor)
Gilles Cachemaille(bass-baritone)
Monteverdi Choir
Orchestre Revolutionaire et Romantique
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner

recorderd in 1993

2 comments:

pelerin said...

May I ask if anyone else has just a blank square for the video? The still photos are perfect and I wonder what I have done wrong as it seems that earlier videos on the site are now just blank too.

umblepie said...

Thank you Father for posting this. This is the first time that I have heard this Mass, and from this extract it comes across as a powerful and moving work. For the information of 'Pelerin', the video was fine for me. Suggest trying it again, hopefully it is just a temporary glitch.

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