Verdi, Buzzolla, Bazzini, Pedrotti, Cagnioni etc

This Requiem, by Verdi and 12 nonentities who were his contemporaries, was never performed until 1988, and this is the recording of that occasion. Most of its parts are dire, despite the advocacy of Rilling and his fine collaborators. Worth watching once. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm

COMPOSERS: Bazzini,Buzzolla,Cagnioni etc,Pedrotti,Verdi
LABELS: Warner
ALBUM TITLE: Messa Per Rossini
WORKS: Works by Verdi, Buzzolla, Bazzini, Pedrotti, Cagnioni etc
PERFORMER: Benackova, Quivar, Wagner, Agache, Haugland; various choirs; Stuttgart Radio SO/Helmuth Rilling
CATALOGUE NO: 50-51011 7396-2-0

This Requiem, by Verdi and 12 nonentities who were his contemporaries, was never performed until 1988, and this is the recording of that occasion. Most of its parts are dire, despite the advocacy of Rilling and his fine collaborators. Worth watching once. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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