tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post112100070665814897..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Private PassionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1148566150649408472006-05-25T15:09:00.000+01:002006-05-25T15:09:00.000+01:00I just found my name here. Someone asked about a ...I just found my name here. Someone asked about a good recording of the Cantique de Jean Racine sans Requiem. Get the wonderful misecellany from the Girls of Bath Abbey, memorably described by Catherine Bott on CD Review as 'The matchless maidens of Bath'.<BR/>Stephen VenablesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1121023831848670432005-07-10T20:30:00.000+01:002005-07-10T20:30:00.000+01:00I have been trying to find a good recording of the...I have been trying to find a good recording of the Faure 'Cantique de Jean Racine' that doesn't include the Requiem as I want to avoid duplication in my collection.<BR/><BR/>I can't locate a 'Requiem free' alternative.<BR/><BR/>Do any readers have recommendations?Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1121020798394778152005-07-10T19:39:00.000+01:002005-07-10T19:39:00.000+01:00I heard the "Cantique de Jean Racine" years ago on...I heard the "Cantique de Jean Racine" years ago on WGBH Boston, courtesy of host Doug Briscoe who always seems to know what I personally like! I researched versions and while it meant getting yet another copy of the Requiem, I did obtain this wonderful piece. <BR/><BR/>Another similar experience listening to 'GBH was hearing the Allegri "Miserere" and the fascinating story that it would might never have seen a life beyond the Vatican walls had it not been for Mozart's steel-trap aural memory, so jealousy guarded was this musical treasure that the Papacy did not permit its publication.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com