The Vespers I don't like as much, but the Faure Requiem is one of the most
beautiful pieces he wrote. I sang it and did the bass solo in college,
you're making me want to pull out my recordings of it! :)
m
craque
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on 8/21/02 9:25 AM, Irene McC spurted:
quoted 30 lines On 20 Aug 2002 at 7:39, Brandon Smith wrote:> On 20 Aug 2002 at 7:39, Brandon Smith wrote:
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>> shit, just reply and talk about what you listened to
>> this weekend.
>
> You asked, I'll answer.
>
> I've just suffered a burglary and some majorly high-end audio
> equipment has been stolen (including my beloved NAD 3020 amp from
> 1979!!). Thus I've been less than bright and cheery and by musical
> accompaniment lately has been
>
> Faure's Requiem (from the library, with lots of skips and jumps)
> Rachmaninoff's Vespers.
>
> The latter I cannot recomment highly enough. It's NOT IDM, but it is
> quite quite brilliant for those quiet introspective yet strong
> moments.
>
> There, totally off topic, but hey, that happens around here :-)
>
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