Why do americans always sing with an unneccessary vibrato? It has no place in this number! The conductor seems to have understood that it would have destroyed the last chord and has 'removed' it!
Thanks for inviting me to be your friend, I will do so gladly! This is a fine recording you have found. Most Reger played on organs from his time end up as complete mush, but this one is clear and majestic, full of temperament, thanks to the Jehmlich organ with its roots in the Silbermann tradi...
Having been impressed by his Dies Irae from the Requiem, I find the Stabat Mater just too cheesy. The style of the music just doesn't match the depth of the text.
Fantastically passionate