Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yo, Rabs: The Brahms stopped me in my tracks the first time I heard it. My fave is the London recording by Solti and the Chicago Symphony/Chorus, interpreted by Solti with Kiri and Bernd Weil. I suspect it's my most played recording and always inspires me. I know that Brahms referred to Beethoven as "The Giant", but it's just possible that Beethoven would have been please with the Requiem. To me, it's a Spiritual thing, not a Religious thing, to listen to the Brahms. Good on ya for adding your voice to this great work. Bob Bob Shaw rsphotoimages at comcast.net On Feb 5, 2010, at 8:46 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Oh to be rich, with the Concorde still flying, and able to say, I'll see >> (and hear) you tonight - may be in another life. >> >> Hope it went off well Mark - it's a wonderful requiem. I sang in Faure's >> and Verdi's Requiems (Requia?) when I was at school. >> >> I'm not particularly religious, but I love the music - the catholics >> have the best choral works and the methodists have the best hymns. >> >> Cheers >> Douglas > > > I sang the Mozart Requiem last weekend in Brooklyn as part of my regular > classical choir their. > But the Brahms is non religious. He got flak for that. No mention of God > etc. > But you'd have to know German to know its non religious. > So it sounds ok in a Church. > Of course they have all kinds of classical music concerts in churches. > People love the reverb. > I'm just back and it went pretty well I walked home afterwards 40 blocks > from 120 to 80. All kinds of people taking pictures with annoying cameras > and video. Lots of tripods. > > [Rabs] > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information