Requiem for Republicans/ precursor to LotR

[blueatheart]

I've been getting some classical today. In particular, I've been listening to various online versions of Mozart's "Requiem". The Europa Philharmonic is terribly slow (the Kyrie movement, which sounds normal at 2:30 or so, is 4:14). It ruins the rythm, imho. I found a "german" version linked by wikipedia, it is much better alhtough still slow.

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[viola4]

I could be wrong, but "Europa Philharmonic" doesn't sound like a "quality name". It sounds suspiciously like a "telephone orchestra" (=one not consisting of steady members which are playing together on a daily basis, but consisting of random musicians recruited for one particular project).

*after a little google search*: I haven't found any website or any other relevant entries about "Europa Philharmonic").

Thank you for the Torrent! Too bad I can't find out who's singing and who's playing - or is that information listed somewhere I didn't look?

[blueatheart]

In the torrent name, it claims it's the Solti version, which can be found on Amazon here.

[viola4]

And, btw, do you really think the Republican demise is worth the requiem??

[blueatheart]

The requiem is a sarcastic response, really, since the Republicans are certainly not fit for something as good as the Requiem upon their demise.