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Four Sacred Pieces
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Chorus of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Date of broadcast: 23 January 2018
Although these choral works are often overlooked, they contain music of great beauty. The Ave Maria is haunting, the Stabat Mater highly dramatic, the Laudi alla Vergine Maria is lightly textured and captivating, and the Te Deum is so fine that Verdi reputedly wanted the score of it to be buried with him!
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales
Performers: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Chorus of Wales
Conductor: Xian Zhang
Recording date: 10 November 2017
Date of broadcast: 23 January 2018