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Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 28 Sep 2000 19:42:47 -0500
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Marguerite has asked for a recording of a wordless choral rendition of
Barber's Adagio for Strings (NOT the Agnus Dei).  She writes:

>I seem to recall that it was part of a disc in which the same
>treatment had been done to several other classical pieces (using voices
>as instruments - even on pieces to which words had never been set, or for
>which voices were an 'odd' instrumentation choice), if that helps ring any
>bells for anyone...

You know, the Swingle Singers used to do this kind of thing with all sorts
of music (I remember in particular their rendition of Mussorgsky's
Pictures).  Might it be one of their out-of-print recordings?

Steve Schwartz

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