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Guilini conducts Faure and Verdi | BBC Legends BBCL42212

Guilini conducts Faure and Verdi

Label: BBC Legends

Cat No: BBCL42212

Barcode: 0684911422122

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st October 2007

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Contents

Works

Faure
Four Sacred Pieces

Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi Requiem

Artists

Janet Baker
Gerard Souzay
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Carlo Maria Giulini

Works

Faure
Four Sacred Pieces

Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi Requiem

Artists

Janet Baker
Gerard Souzay
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor

Carlo Maria Giulini

About

This 1962 broadcast of a gala occasion at the Royal Festival Hall brings together two of Carlo Maria Giulini’s choral specialities, the Fauré RequiemVerdi's Four Sacred Pieces.

His only commercial recording of the Fauré was made 24 years later in the studio in 1986 so this account recorded live in London represents him at his peak as a conductor. The live Verdi performance on the other hand preceded the studio recording by 8 months (also with Janet Baker) and was obviously a run through prior to recording the work, though Giulini was always at his most inspired when caught live.

The celebrated soloists are Janet Baker and the French baritone Gerard Souzay (1918-2004) whose public appearances began in 1945 with recitals and concerts, including a performance of Fauré's Requiem in a centenary tribute to the composer at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He had a large discography ranging from Fauré, Schubert, Schumann and Ravel though he never recorded the Fauré Requiem.

Giulini was always a prolific seller when conducting opera and choral works and this is a major addition to the conductor's BBC Legends discography.

The recording has been sourced from John Goldsmith, founder of Unicorn Records.

Recorded: Royal Festival Hall, London, 30 April 1962.

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