Which is your favorite Requiem?

mc ukrneal · July 30, 2013, 01:10:34 AM

So which Requiems do you like most? You have three votes. I thought we needed a mid-summer poll, just because.

I may have have missed someone you like, so feel free to shout him out here. As a curiosity, perhaps you could also list how many of the 21 listed in the poll you have actually heard.

The new erato · July 30, 2013, 01:44:44 AM

Only came up with two I can call favorite (if Gilles had been included I would have had 3), Ockeghem and Verdi.

By Schumann you mean Requiem for Mignon? And I think Cherubini has several.

mc ukrneal · July 30, 2013, 02:30:22 AM

Quote from: The new erato on July 30, 2013, 01:44:44 AM
Only came up with two I can call favorite (if Gilles had been included I would have had 3), Ockeghem and Verdi.

By Schumann you mean Requiem for Mignon? And I think Cherubini has several.

Yes to Schumann. I didn't realize Cherubini had two! I just have the one, but that gives me a chance to explore another! Cool! I am not familar with Gilles, so another name for me to explore as well.

The new erato · July 30, 2013, 02:40:43 AM

And Foulds, Lobo, Howells are the 3 I haven't heard, though I am not 100% sure about the Saint-Saens (though I am pretty sure I have heard it).

EDIT: and talking about old Requiems, Morales and Guerrero belong there, both of which I have heard and like a lot.

Mirror Image · July 30, 2013, 07:30:28 AM

Britten, Faure, and Durufle for me, although Berlioz, Brahms, Ligeti, and recently Schnittke are high on my list.

Gurn Blanston · July 30, 2013, 07:34:00 AM

Mozart, Michael Haydn, Cherubini.

ibanezmonster · July 30, 2013, 07:36:10 AM

Brahms, Verdi, Penderecki

springrite · July 30, 2013, 07:48:41 AM

Tough one!

OK, I picked Durufle, Brahms and Ligeti.

SonicMan46 · July 30, 2013, 08:06:15 AM

Well, I've not listen to many of those in a while (was in a Requiem collecting mode probably a half dozen years ago -

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BUT, Brahms, Durufle, & Faure would certainly be in my personal top picks -

DavidW · July 30, 2013, 08:22:48 AM

Mozart and Brahms.

Karl Henning · July 30, 2013, 08:40:50 AM

Judging by actual listens over the past ten years, I have to say Berlioz, and then Brahms.

PaulR · July 30, 2013, 08:47:22 AM

1) Berlioz
2) Faure
3) Mozart

Honorable Mentions: Verdi, Schnittke, Weinberg, Britten, Cherubini #1.

kyjo · July 30, 2013, 08:49:15 AM

Wow, I'm the odd one out here! I was the first vote for all three of my choices: Foulds, Delius and Dvorak

Dancing Divertimentian · July 30, 2013, 09:10:58 AM

Berlioz, Mozart, Brahms.

Todd · July 30, 2013, 09:17:45 AM

Faure and Mozart from the list, along with Cristóbal de Morales.

TheGSMoeller · July 30, 2013, 10:52:41 AM

Berlioz, Britten and Ockeghem.

springrite · July 30, 2013, 10:58:55 AM

I thought Ligeti would get more love...

Sergeant Rock · July 30, 2013, 10:59:12 AM

Mozart, Berlioz, Verdi

Sarge

Sammy · July 30, 2013, 11:05:19 AM

Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on July 30, 2013, 09:10:58 AM
Berlioz, Mozart, Brahms.

Same here.

KevinP · October 17, 2014, 05:38:52 PM

Bumping after comparing three versions of Verdi's yesterday.

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Biber's Requiem in A is my third choice, but included above, after Verdi's and Brahms'. I've never heard a recording other than this one, but I have doubts that I would like another recording.

The funeral march (which, if I recall, Sovall inserted and isn't normally part of the Requiem):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1aWmda0WqM

He also wrote one in F minor which has been often recorded but has never grabbed me like this one.

Which is your favorite Requiem?

Which Requiem is your favorite of those listed?

Mirror Image

ibanezmonster

DavidW

kyjo