Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!UNC!UNCPJS From: UNCPJS@UNC.BITNET (Peter J. Schledorn) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: Re: RE: Faure plus Pinky and Perky Message-ID: Date: 6 Feb 90 14:36:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 18 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway About the Requiem: Along with Mozart's (which is fantastic), there are two others to try. The Verdi Requiem is wonderful--the Dies Irae movement will blow you out of the room, as will much of the rest. The German Requiem by Brahms is not a Mass setting, but a setting of passages from the Bible. The range of expression in this work is amazing-- Brahms covers all the ambiguous emotions of pain/hope/acceptance that go with the contemplation of death. That, and the Beethoven Missa Solemnis, are this heathen's favorite religious music. There is a recording of the Brahms conducted by Ernest Ansermet from the 1960's which is a model performance of this work--don't know whether it is still available, but I hope so. Best, Peter.