David Stewart wrote, comparing the Requiem to the Great Mass: >It (Great Mass) is more balanced: you have the power of the Kyrie with >the lightness of the Laudamus te and the exhiliration of the Credo. >The problem (for me) (but the asset to others) is that the Requiem is >a constant stream of hard-hiting music. Although I never thought of it that way, David is correct about the hard-hitting nature of the Requiem in comparison to the Great Mass. But, that's not my problem with the Requiem. I love hard-hitting music as long as it hits me the right way. I just think that the Great Mass is more consistently excellent in musical invention. Of course, *others* having finished the Requiem has much to do with it. Don Satz [log in to unmask]