Donizetti: Messa da Requiem
Leyla Gencer (soprano), Mirna Pecile (mezzo), Armando Moretti (tenor), Alessandro Cassis (bass)
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della Rai, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
The performance is enthusiastic and generally convincing, especially from the orchestra. Even if it is possible to imagine more imaginative soloists the present team are never less than adequate...[it]...
Donizetti: Messa da Requiem
Leyla Gencer (soprano), Mirna Pecile (mezzo), Armando Moretti (tenor), Alessandro Cassis (bass)
Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della Rai, Gianandrea Gavazzeni
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The performance is enthusiastic and generally convincing, especially from the orchestra. Even if it is possible to imagine more imaginative soloists the present team are never less than adequate...[it]...
About
This live recording is marked as having been made in Milan on 26th March 1961, but some sources suggest, after careful examination, that this is incorrect and that the recording was made in 1971. We are unable to confirm the accuracy of the information beyond this.
Contents and tracklist
- Leyla Gencer, Mirna Pecile, Armando Moretti, Alessandro Cassis
- Coro di Milano della RAI, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Milano
- Gianandrea Gavazzeni
Awards and reviews
June 2012
The performance is enthusiastic and generally convincing, especially from the orchestra. Even if it is possible to imagine more imaginative soloists the present team are never less than adequate...[it] can be unhesitatingly commended to enthusiasts for the composer or more generally for choral music of the nineteenth century.
