Review: Finzi (Watkins, Lortie, BBC Symphony Orchestra/Davis)
Watkins and Lortie help Finzi rake eloquently over Romantic embers.
Greg Keane has been a Limelight contributor since 2008. He is a copywriter and has also lectured in music appreciation in the adult education sector. He has a prodigious collection of LPs and was previously a producer (aka the Dark Lord of Vinyl) of ABC Classic FM.
Watkins and Lortie help Finzi rake eloquently over Romantic embers.
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