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Thu 11 Nov 2009Top of the popes
ARTS:TAKE SOME Gregorian chant, add in the sumptuous strings of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, top it off with the voice of Pope Benedict XVI, mix the whole thing up in the historic studios of London’s Abbey Road, and what do you have? A Christmas chart-topper? With its suspiciously New Age, sumptuously melodic feel, the Pope’s new record, Alma Mater, might indeed do well, writes PADDY AGNEWin Rome
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