My local regional symphony is doing Verdi's Requiem next season, and that got me thinking. I posted a Verdi Requiem in 2019 with Caniglia, Stignani, Gigli, Pinza, conducted by Tullio...
Read MoreThere are four major requiems in Western classical music: Mozart, Verdi, Brahms (which is a requiem in name only), and Berlioz. Of course there are others (Duruflé and Fauré for...
Read MoreThis is one of those works that I should have written about years ago. I sang it as part of a choir in New York, and I still remember the...
Read MoreVerdi's Requiem is one of the greatest works ever written. I know of no better recording than the one that is referenced here. Besides the soloists, who were all in...
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