Margaret Mikulska ([log in to unmask]) wrote:

>I haven't heard Gubaidulina's Passion yet, but in the "department"
>of oratorio repertory, I prefer Penderecki's St. Luke Passion and
>Messiaen's Transfiguration over Britten's War Requiem.

I'm afraid I'm going to have to go along with Margaret here.  I've never
thought much of the Britten and always thought it a pity that others will
now feel inhibited about setting Owen's magnificent poetry.

deryk barker
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