In response to the Post “Opera Long Play (Arias)” a listener requested their favourite version of Pie Jesu. So here it is.
(*my wife – who is the opera buff in the family! – says she likes the one originally posted better … which is sung by Anna Netrebko)
Pie Jesu by Sarah Brightman and Paul Miles Kingston
Paul Miles Kingston & Sarah Brightman – Pie Jesu
Sometimes my love of the piano gets me carried away I think. I’d like to provide the music you listeners want; after-all it is your site! So how about sending some requests? To make it easier you can send directly to my email: jimji@internode.on.net
I love the way he kind of sneaks up on you in this prelude. Slowly lulls you whilst building to a crashing, smashing mid section, and then sneaks away again! On the whole a very ‘poetic’ piece. Played by the great Sviatoslav Richter.
Rachmaninoff Prelude no. 10 Op.32 in B minor. Lento