Requiem

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Franz Xaver Süssmayr

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This highly regarded 1987 recording captures the profound emotional weight and apocalyptic terror of Mozart's unfinished choral masterpiece. Utilizing massive orchestral arrangements and deeply passionate, polyphonic vocal choirs, the performance underscores the funereal dread and Christian themes of the original composition. It stands as an epic, devastatingly beautiful realization of the classical repertoire.

Genres

  • Classical Period
  • Requiem
  • Choral

Tracklist

  1. Requiem, K. 626: I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam
  2. Requiem, K. 626: II. Kyrie
  3. Requiem, K. 626: IIIa. Dies irae
  4. Requiem, K. 626: IIIb. Tuba mirum
  5. Requiem, K. 626: IIIc. Rex tremendae
  6. Requiem, K. 626: IIId. Recordare
  7. Requiem, K. 626: IIIe. Confutatis
  8. Requiem, K. 626: IIIf. Lacrimosa
  9. Requiem, K. 626: IVa. Domine Jesu
  10. Requiem, K. 626: IVb. Hostias
  11. Requiem, K. 626: V. Sanctus
  12. Requiem, K. 626: VI. Benedictus
  13. Requiem, K. 626: VII. Agnus Dei
  14. Requiem, K. 626: VIII. Communio. Lux aeterna