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From: wjm@lcuxc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: RE: Inspirational music
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Date: Fri, 5-Apr-85 15:37:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  5 15:37:40 1985
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My views of some rather moving/inspirational works:
(not necessarily listed in order of preference)

Beethoven: String Quartet, Op. 131 (LaSalle Quartet version on DG)
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D "Choral" (I have the 1960's vintage
                                         Bernstein/NY Philharmonic - 
                                         performance is not bad if you can
                                         hack the CBS surface noise.)
Mozart: Requiem, K.626 (Marriner on Argo)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40
Tchaikovsky:  Piano Concerto No. 1
Bach:  Many of the organ fugues - there is a certain MAJESTY and POWER to
       his organ music, especially when played on a large instrument.
       Virgil Fox made two direct-to-disk recordings for Crystal Clear
       "The Fox Touch vols 1 & 2" on the organ of the Garden Grove
       Community Church which are VERY awe-inspiring.
Mahler: Symphonies 2 "Resurrection" and 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
        (Solti/Chicago on London)
Admittedly, this is not a complete list, but some of my thoughts on the
subject.
Regards,
Bill Mitchell ({ihnp4!}lcuxc!wjm)