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Netherlands Radio Choir in sublimely contemplative German Requiem

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“choir and orchestra on a constant simmer, even when pared down to the merest whisper”
Reviewed at Concertgebouw: Main Hall, Amsterdam on 24 January 2016
Brahms, Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op.45
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra (Radio Filharmonisch Orkest)
Netherlands Radio Choir (Groot Omroepkoor)
Edo de Waart, Conductor
Aga Mikolaj, Soprano
Peter Mattei, Baritone
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