Gems 5

1. Sanctus : Cherubini

Luigi Cherubini was an Italian composer. Although his music is not well known today, Cherubini was greatly admired by his contemporaries. Beethoven considered him to be the greatest dramatic composer of his time.
Cherubini was born Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini in Florence on September 14 th 1760.
He wrote the Requiem in C minor in1816 commemorating the anniversary of the execution of King Louis XVI of France, was a huge success. The work was greatly admired by Beethoven, Schumann and Brahms.
He also wrote the Requiem in D minor for his own funeral and it was indeed played at his funeral when he died aged 81.
If you would like to know an awful lot about Cherubini follow this link

We sing the Sanctus from the D minor Requiem

2. Let It Be Me

This is a reworking of a French song recorded in 1955 by Gilbert Becaud called "Je T'Appartiens." The first English version of this was recorded in 1957 by an actress named Jill Corey. One of the first pop songs to use a string section. 8 violins and a cello were used. It was also the first Everly Brothers song to use strings. Just before this became a hit, The Everly Brothers left their original label, Cadence Records, and signed with Warner Brothers for a $100,000 bonus, which was huge at the time. This was the first Everly Brothers song they did not record in Nashville. It was done in New York. Three other versions have entered the US top-40: Betty Everett & Jerry Butler in 1964, Glen Campbell & Bobbie Gentry in 1969, and Willie Nelson in 1982. Bob Dylan recorded this on his 1970 album Self Portrait
Amoung others to record this beautiful song: The Righteous Brothers, Nancy Sinatra, Glenn Campbell and Tom Jones.

To learn more about Gilbert Becaud follow this link
http://www.rfimusique.com/siteen/biographie/biographie_6087.asp

http://www.music-with-ease.com/flying-dutchman-synopsis.html

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