Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!auvm!GENESEO!SEG92 From: SEG92@GENESEO.BITNET (the Talking Drum) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.allmusic Subject: RE: Faure plus Pinky and Perky Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 90 21:17:00 GMT Sender: Discussions on all forms of Music Reply-To: Discussions on all forms of Music Lines: 15 Approved: NETNEWS@AUVM Gateway X-Envelope-to: ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET X-VMS-To: IN%"ALLMUSIC@AUVM.BITNET" Gavin-- I think that the Perky part in Faure's Requiem must be Pie Jesu, although I'm not too sure . . . Soprano solo, right? Maybe it's Sanctus? Again, not sure, I'll have to check my recording. So the rest of it is gloomy? So what? I think it's probably one of the most beautiful pieces of music written and has been my favorite since I sang it as a Tenor in high school in 1983. I'm a big fan of requiems . . . they're so beautiful and sad . . . there's a Japanese word for it: "mono no aware"--the enhancement of the beauty of life when you realize it's going to end. My recording also has the Chichester Psalms by Bernstein . . . interesting, to say the least. Anybody heard of them? How is Bach's Requiem compared to Faure's? Billy, Don't be a Hero is 20 years old?!?!?!? -TD