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Margaret Balfour

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Classical

Margaret Balfour (c.1892 – January 1961) was an English classical Contralto of the 1920s and 1930s. She is best remembered as the angel in Elgar's own recorded excerpts of The Dream of Gerontius (1927) and one of the 16 soloists in the original performance of Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music (1938).

     
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The Dream of Gerontius: The Angel's Farewell - Remastered 2023 on Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music - Exploring the Sixteen Singers Chosen for the First Performance by Various Artists

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232The London Philharmonic Choir, The London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates, Elisabeth Schumann, Margaret Balfour, Walter Widdop, Friedrich Schorr1929Album
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