Requiem
by Giuseppe Verdi
- Type: Album
- Released: July 1964
- Label: Angel
- Country: Italy
- Length: 1:27:50
- Community rating: 3.89/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Under the baton of Carlo Maria Giulini, the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus deliver a ferociously intense and deeply spiritual reading of Verdi's monumental choral work. Featuring a legendary quartet of soloists, including Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, the performance captures the operatic, often terrifying theatricality of the 'Dies irae' alongside moments of profound lyrical beauty. It is widely considered one of the greatest classical recordings of the stereo era.
Genres
Descriptors: christian, acoustic, orchestral, choral, death, vocal, spirituality, majestic, polyphonic
Tracklist
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: I. Introit - Kyrie (9:40)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: II. Dies irae (2:18)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: III. Tuba mirum (1:59)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: IV. Mors stupebit (1:36)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: V. Liber scriptus - Dies irae (5:14)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: VI. Quid sum miser (3:48)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: VII. Rex tremendae (3:53)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: VIII. Recordare (4:16)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: IX. Ingemisco (3:44)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: X. Confutatis - Dies irae (5:38)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XI. Lacrymosa (6:28)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XII. Domine Jesu Christe (4:10)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XIII. Hostias (6:14)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XIV. Sanctus (2:28)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XV. Agnus Dei (5:17)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XVI. Lux aeterna (6:33)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XVII. Libera me - Dies irae (4:53)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XVIII. Requiem aeternam (3:16)
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem: XIX. Libera me (6:17)
Credits
- Giuseppe Verdi - primary artist, composed by
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - primary artist, soprano vocals
- Christa Ludwig - primary artist, mezzo-soprano vocals
- Nicolai Gedda - primary artist, tenor vocals
- Nicolai Ghiaurov - primary artist, bass vocals
- Philharmonia Chorus - primary artist, chorus
- Carlo Maria Giulini - primary artist, conductor
- Jean Malouel - painting [cover]