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Chris Bonds writes:
>I own it. It's competent, but I am still looking for the perfect (Verdi)
>requiem (and the perfect piece of carrot cake). The trumpets are out of
>tune in the Tuba Mirum, but I haven't heard a recording yet where they
>are in tune. If someone has their perfect version, let me know!
I can't help with the carrot cake (I don't like creamed cheese!) but the
recording of the Verdi Requiem *I* find most personally satisfying is the
Fricsay live performance on DG. It IS in mono, but that shouldn't dissuade
any but the sonic thrill-seekers.
That said - I really don't find the Verdi Requiem the most
"soul-satisfying" of the (surprisingly large number of) Requiems. All too
many of them seem to go for the obvious dramatic gestures. (Here I refer
to the setting of the familiar Catholic ritual, not to include the assorted
non-liturgical memorial pieces such as Brahms's, Britten's, and others.) Of
those traditional-text versions, I am most comforted? consoled? healed? by
Ockeghem's and Faure's.
Mark
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