Julia Lezhneva talks about singing Vivaldi
In this video, soprano Julia Lezhneva talks about Vivaldi’s sacred motet In furore iustissimae irae RV 626, which she has recorded with Il Giardino Armonica and Giovanni Antonini on her Decca CD Alleluia.
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