Maybe my metaphor was more than needed to set the stage. I have been visiting the Musica Russica website
http://www.musicarussica.com/ and I'm about to order a few of the pieces that appear on the Sacred Treasures #1 CD. They are very inexpensive - running about $1-$3 each for satb parts and score. I'll report back later if anyone is interested to know how they sound on horns. I would like some day to hear a hundred or more horns playing this stuff in a resonant hall. The CD took a mild hit in a review on Musica Russica - constructed by Hearts of Space, it was made to capture the ultimate in lush dreamy sound in this genre, rather than to represent an orthodox service. But the reviewer was also happy that this pastiche CD helps to introduce Russian sacred choral music to a wide audience. And now that I heard it, I'm thinking that we might be able to have some fun with it too. Another horn-possible CD is "Vespers", which is a complete service, by S. Rachmaninoff. It is similar, but it hasn't got quite the turtle power of Sacred Treasures. { David Goldberg: [EMAIL PROTECTED] } { Math Dept, Washtenaw Community College } { Ann Arbor Michigan } _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
