tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post6973879648676601702..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: Where have all the Requiems gone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-81755062088850713602011-12-19T10:42:36.466+00:002011-12-19T10:42:36.466+00:00This site lists almost 5000 Requiems -
http://www...This site lists almost 5000 Requiems -<br /><br />http://www.requiemsurvey.org/Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-86855255992615844242011-12-18T17:20:44.475+00:002011-12-18T17:20:44.475+00:00Beethoven said: "If I were to write a Requiem...Beethoven said: "If I were to write a Requiem, Cherubini's would be my only model." Maybe modern composers should take heed. But I have a feeling there were only 2. Still, no one else wrote a pair.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-29039969996242456452011-12-18T13:31:41.443+00:002011-12-18T13:31:41.443+00:00David, thanks for that.
You have reminded me of h...David, thanks for that.<br /><br />You have reminded me of how much I have enjoyed Carus' new release of the Cherubini Requiem in C which uses the chamber sized forces of the Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Hofkapelle Stuttgart.<br /><br />I must devote a post to it.<br /><br />http://www.amazon.co.uk/Requiem-C-Kammerchor-Stuttgart-Hoffkapelle/dp/B00410CJ2WPliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-12043405575260303002011-12-18T13:22:08.382+00:002011-12-18T13:22:08.382+00:00One of Cherubini's many distinctions is that o...One of Cherubini's many distinctions is that of being the only serial requiem-writer. Or am I missing someone? There was a wonderful EMI box containing all of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com