Christine Labroche wrote:

>So am I. Donizetti certainly completed his 1835 Requiem in memory of
>Bellini, if my sources are to be believed.

The movement I heard was this (details taken from BBC Radio 3 playlists):

      Ingemisco (Requiem)
  Luciano Pavarotti
  Orchestra of the Lyric Arena of Verona/Gerhard Fackler
  DECCA 425 043-2 Tr 7x

That it was Pavarotti was obvious to me even listening to the recording
from another room!  Perhaps if I'd heard another singer performing it I
might have been less impressed.

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