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Inspired juxtapositions: Rachmaninov’s Vespers imaginatively clothed at Milton Court

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“with such luminous tone, it was hard not to succumb to the warm bath of choral sound”
Reviewed at Guildhall School of Music & Drama: Milton Court Concert Hall, London on 27 September 2015
Rachmaninov, All Night Vigil (“Vespers”), Op.37
Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in C major, Op.33 no.2
Rachmaninov, Prelude in F major, Op.32 no.7
Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in G minor, Op.33 no.8
Rachmaninov, Prelude in G flat major, Op.23 no.10
Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in E flat major, Op.33 no.6
Rachmaninov, Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4
Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in G minor, Op.33 no.7
Rachmaninov, Étude-tableau in C minor, Op.39 no.7
Rachmaninov, Prelude in C major, Op.32 no.1
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