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Don't worry Ciaran, I doubt it will be my last 1610 Vespers whether I like this recording or not.

Fergus, I thought you had that disc above already?

fergus wrote:

Do give us a good report on that one Fergus as I have it in my amazon basket at the moment. In particular let me know what the balance is like between the choir and the orchestra. For this Requiem I prefer it when the orchestra just whispers above the choir on occasion but never being too dominant.

Diapason wrote: Fergus, I thought you had that disc above already?

No Simon. Herreweghe recorded this work twice and the one that I bought not so long ago was the later or full orchestra version. By way of contrast this is the “Madeline” version, original version or smaller forces version. I wanted to have both versions.

DaveF wrote:

fergus wrote:

Do give us a good report on that one Fergus as I have it in my amazon basket at the moment. In particular let me know what the balance is like between the choir and the orchestra. For this Requiem I prefer it when the orchestra just whispers above the choir on occasion but never being too dominant.

Will do Dave....I am particularly looking forward to hearing it.

fergus wrote:

Diapason wrote: Fergus, I thought you had that disc above already?

No Simon. Herreweghe recorded this work twice and the one that I bought not so long ago was the later or full orchestra version. By way of contrast this is the “Madeline” version, original version or smaller forces version. I wanted to have both versions.

Ah yes, of course. Look forward to report.

DaveF wrote:

As I was sayiing over in the "What are you..." thread I am sorely tempted to get that set.

To complete the set....

fergus wrote:To complete the set....

It's a fine set too, enjoy.