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Title: Top-notch Rutter
Review: Finally got around to purchasing this, adding to my collection of Requiems, which I play annually and seriatem the week before Easter. Reminded me of the Brahms in architecture and the Faure in feeling. Effective juxtaposition of the Latin Mass texts with the psalms in English. A performance that made for wonderful listening. Interesting to contrast with Lloyd-Weber's theatrical Requiem, composed at about the same time, and more reminiscent of the Verdi. The other selections on the CD were equally rewarding. I enjoyed particularly the Cantus and What Sweeter Music. The whole CD is both deeply religious and uplifting and well worth listening to repeatedly.
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