When we went thrift shopping just before school started, The Apprentice rooted out a cassette copy of of Fauré's Requiem, performed by the King's College Choir, conducted by David Willcocks. For twenty-five cents. It didn't have any liner notes or other hints as to whether this was something to be really happy about or just an okay fill-in because we didn't have any other Fauré music (other than the Fauré Album borrowed from the library). Okay, I'm not really up on my performers, although "King's College Choir" sounded reasonably good.
Today I finally had the chance to play the tape and look it up on
Amazon. The reviews are a few years old but they're enthusiastic. I especially liked this comment:
"Spike Milligan, of all people, said that he couldn't imagine music being more beautiful than Fauré's Requiem. John Peel, of all people, included the Pie Jesu from this recording amongst his favourite records. So who am I to argue? The best recording of the most beautiful music. Sounds about right to me."
I won't argue either. For twenty-five cents, I think we got a deal.
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