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This will appeal particularly to Pavarotti fans, but it should also interest a wider audience. The eloquent Ingemisco section of Verdi's Requiem has long been one of the tenor's favorite numbers. It offers him opportunities, which he uses well, to display his tonal and expressive strengths. But it has added power here, in its original context, as a part of Verdi's epic vision of the end of the world and the Last Judgment. And with three well-chosen fellow soloists and the powerful San Carlo Chorus and orchestra conducted by Daniel Oren, Pavarotti is working amid a group of his peers. Among the classic settings of the ancient Latin Mass text, Verdi's has the most sustained emotional intensity, though Berlioz has a few moments that are more spectacular. That intensity, rooted in the contemplation of death, human imperfection, and the fear of eternal punishment, comes across with great impact in this performance. --Joe McLellan
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