In Reply to: Well, just sat through all of Verdi's Aida. Grand? Yes, but.... posted by jdaniel@jps.net on January 19, 2016 at 12:09:47:
I also first started to 'get' Verdi with the Requiem. However, when I first heard Toscanini do it in the 1950's in MONO...it was POWERFUL and GRAND....I can't listen to any other version now.
Marty N.
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- RE: Well, just sat through all of Verdi's Aida. Grand? Yes, but.... - afro18 19:03:50 01/22/16 (1)
- Requiem was my first Verdi as well, though I mostly listened to Dies Irae. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 19:13:24 01/24/16 (0)