COMPOSERS: Franck
LABELS: Hannsler
WORKS: Les Béatitudes
PERFORMER: Gächinger Kantorei, Stuttgart; SWR Radio SO, Stuttgart/Helmuth Rilling
CATALOGUE NO: 98.548
Unlike the Sermon on the Mount’s elegant concision, Franck’s huge meditation sprawls a little, but Rilling’s fervour, coherence and feel for the rarefied religiosity grips – Diana Montague’s radiance a blessing of its own. Paul Riley
