Highly uplifting Missa solemnis at La Scala

Von James Imam, 26 Juni 2017

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Beethoven, Messe in D-Dur "Missa solemnis”, Op.123

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James Imam

James Imam is an arts journalist writing for publications including The Financial Times, The Times, Musical America and Opera magazine. He grew up in Manchester, read anthropology at Cambridge and has since lived in Milan. As a once-aspiring countertenor he has an abiding interest in Baroque music.

Highly uplifting: Haitink conducts Beethoven's Missa solemnis at La Scala