There is a performance of Brahms' Requiem this coming weekend and I was contemplating whether or not to go. So I youtubed a bit and came across this gem of a snippet by the Berlin Philharmonic, and their rendition absolutely blew me away. I immediately bought the CD from the store, and I haven't been able to stop listening to it since. Maybe in time to come I'll be able to describe why I love it so much. I'll borrow the words from Keats for now. Listening to this Requiem is like
An endless fountain of immortal drink,Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever indeed. Needless to say, I've decided to go this weekend. I hope it'll be a good performance. The Berlin Philharmonic's rendition is now etched in my mind, and I think it'd be almost impossible for any other to displace it. Alas, Klemperer and Karajan are dead.
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