[ Hyperion / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 2 February 1990
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'Outstanding. A performance that is at once perceptive, sympathetic and finely sung' (Gramophone)
'Rich and atmospheric, a blissfully unhurried reading' (BBC Music Magazine)
'A most beautiful performance, very well sung and recorded in an atmospheric, reverberent setting' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)
'Even in what has become a crowded field, this is an outstanding version … the finest of all' (International Record Review)
'Best and his choir get right to the heart of the unique Rachmaninov Vespers … an unearthly sublimity which many will find extremely moving' (Organists' Review)
'A memorable version of Rachmaninov's masterpiece, most beautifully sung and balanced, with rich and varied tone, and some outstanding soloists… buy this album immediately' (Musical Opinion)
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