Fauré's "Lullaby of Death"

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Originally Posted by Stew_Matthews

...yeah that crossed my mind, but I didn't feel brave enough to take up the debate.......

There is a wonderful version of Les Nuits d'été, sung by Veronique Gens that is well worth hearing.

I am unsure if David is into Berlioz. I cannot imagine he does not appreciate the influence of Beethoven on The Symphonie Fantastique, though Berlioz’s originality shines in that as well - he went, if you will, somewhat where LVB never went for whatever reason.

For me, this is sublime:



(mostly good production IMO - though I have seen it with church bells - actually, I saw the 1812 outside one time when the condutor used what appeared to be all the churches in town -- needless to say the entire audience burst into tears mostly in unison )

Almost Wagnerian isn't it - did I just say that