Been a bit since I listened to anything choral. Let's finally listen to this recording of Berlioz's Requiem I've had my eye on for a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kV1h7FKsKJw&list=OLAK5uy_mPHO27_a4H_9iLbXGyVNtAxPhVXy0pF5o&index=1

>Berlioz’s (sic) conceived his Requiem for extraordinarily large forces: the score asks for over 100 stringed instruments, 20 woodwinds, a percussion section with 16 timpani and 4 tam-tams, 20 brass players within the orchestra and an additional 38 brass to form 4 brass choirs placed at the four corners of the stage. The minimum number for the choir is 200-some singers, though Berlioz asks that if space permits it, the number of singers be doubled or tripled. The work’s first performance in December 1837 involved over 400 people and this new recording involves 400 musicians.