[Borges]

You prefer the Gounod to the Schubert? I’ve always regarded the former as cheap claptrap and and affront to those who love Bach. Just for the record, the Gounod setting is actually a setting of the Latin Ave Maria. Schubert’s is a setting of a German translation of a Walter Scott poem that really isn’t religious themed.

[Enchante]

Well I’ll have to listen to more versions of both to really know what I prefer..... I think some of the specific voices I have heard sing the Gounod version are what make me think I prefer that, but I will need to explore the comparison more fully. My musical education is just beginning......

[Enchante]

"Schubert’s is a setting of a German translation of a Walter Scott poem that really isn’t religious themed."

Yes, I was wondering about that too b/c from what I could tell the Scott/Schubert text did not seem to be very religious but I thought maybe I was missing something.....