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Originally Posted by AudioNut

The post quoted above was my first classical music post when I started this thread, three years and almost 9500 posts ago . . . and I'm listening to MISSA CAROLLA again this morning . . . . and have probably listened to it 200 times over the twenty years or so that I've owned it. It is that good.

Carreras was in great voice - preceding his treatment for cancer - the choir is excellent as is the orchestration. The recording is spacious, three dimensional, with superior soundstaging.

A great "show off" album, and, as a matter of fact, I bought a pair of speakers, partially as a result of having had this recording demoed over them and being mightily impressed (huge pair of Genesis 200's)

Ariel Ramirez - Missa Criolla (Creole Mass)
Navidad en Verano
Navidad Nuestra

Jose Carreras - Tenor
Coral Salve de Laredo
Sociedad Coral de Bilbao
Conducted by Jose Luis Ocejo

A Philips CD, Recorded in the Santuario de la Bien Aparecida, Cantabria, Spain in 1987

Julian - I'm ordering the Misa Criolla tonight based on your recommendation. Heard the samples and really liked it.