Verdi: Requiem / Price, Elias, Björling, Tozzi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Fritz Reiner / Decca Legends / Decca 2x Audio CD 2000 / 289 467 119-2
UPC 028946711927
The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired. The first performance, at the San Marco church in Milan on 22 May 1874, marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death. The work was at one time referred to as the Manzoni Requiem. Considered too operatic to be performed in a liturgical setting, it is usually given in concert form of around 90 minutes in length. Musicologist David Rosen calls it "probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed since the compilation of Mozart's Requiem".
Label: |
Decca – 289 467 119-2 |
Series: |
Decca Legends |
Format: |
2 x CD, Compilation
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Country: |
Europe |
Released: |
2000 |
Genre: |
Classical |
Style: |
Religious, Romantic |
1-1 |
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I. Requiem, II. Dies Irae
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12:18 |
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1-6 |
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Rex Tremendae Majestatis
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4:14 |
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1-10 |
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Lacrimosa, III. Offertorio
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7:05 |
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1-11 |
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Domine Jesu Christe
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5:13 |
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2-4 |
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VII. Libera Me, Libera Me
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2:36 |
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2-6 |
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Requiem Aeternam
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3:42 |
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2-7 |
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Libera Me |
7:25 |
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Quattro Pezzi Sacri
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2-10 |
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Laudi Alla Vergine Maria
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5:43 |
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- Art Direction – Jeremy Tilston
- Bass Vocals – Giorgio Tozzi
- Chorus – Society Of The Friends Of Music, Vienna
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Fritz Reiner
- Engineer – Colin Moorfoot (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Gordon Parry (tracks: 1-1 to 2-11), James Brown (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7)
- Liner Notes – George Hall
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Rosalind Elias
- Orchestra – Wiener Philharmoniker
- Producer – Christopher Raeburn (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7), Erik Smith (tracks: 1-1 to 2-7), Ray Minshull (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11)
- Remastered By – Andrew Wedman, Thorsten Weigelt
- Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
- Tenor Vocals – Jussi Björling