Posted by The general... on November 28, 2002 at 22:20:11:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Verdi Requiem posted by js on November 28, 2002 at 22:07:19:
...consensus is that Verdi wanted something that sounded more like a trombone...which to my mind says something similar to today's "cimbasso" or that skinny tuba-shaped cylindrical thing that the young lady is holding. I don't think that anyone is saying that Verdi's Requiem sounds bad on the tuba...just that it also sounds good on a WELL PLAYED cimbasso, and just might be more what Verdi had in mind.