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A Berlioz Requiem of scale and sensitivity

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“Roth... stirred the cauldron with attentive care yet never held back on the big guns”
Reviewed at Royal Albert Hall, London on 13 November 2016
Berlioz, Requiem "Grande Messe des morts", Op.5
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Philharmonic Choir
Toby Spence, Tenor
François-Xavier Roth, Conductor
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