Requiem

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Franz Xaver S眉ssmayr

Requiem cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1958
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: Austria
  • Community rating: 4.22/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Captured with solemnity and immense choral power, this recording of the composer's unfinished masterwork emphasizes its profound existential terror and divine grace. The interpretation balances the terrifying weight of the Dies Irae with the soaring, classical purity of the vocal soloists.

Genres

Descriptors: choral, orchestral, spirituality, majestic, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Requiem
  2. Dies Irae
  3. Tuba Mirum
  4. Rex Tremendae
  5. Recordare
  6. Confutatis
  7. Lacrimosa
  8. Domine Jesu
  9. Hostias
  10. Sanctus
  11. Benedictus
  12. Agnus Dei

Credits

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - primary artist
  • Hermann Scherchen - primary artist, conductor
  • Frederick Guthrie - bass vocals
  • Wiener Akademie Kammerchor - chorus
  • Lucretia West - contralto vocals
  • Sena Jurinac - soprano vocals
  • Hans Loeffler - tenor vocals

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