Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s final composition, Requiem, was finished after his death by his student Franz Xaver Süssmayr. According to his wife, Constanze Mozart, the ailing composer had come to believe he was writing the piece, initially commissioned by a German count, to be played at his own funeral - and indeed some sections were. Requiem was later performed at the funerals and commemorative services of Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, and Frédéric Chopin.
Centuries later in 1960, “scraps of paper” containing Mozart’s unrealized ideas were discovered, prompting new versions of the Requiem.
Mozart Requiem
Robert Levin edition
Downtown Voices
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street
NOVUS NY
Stephen Sands, conductor
Sonya Headlam, soprano
Pamela Terry, mezzo-soprano
David Vanderwal, tenor
Neil Netherly, bass
Introitus
(0:03) Requiem aeternam
(4:32) Kyrie
Sequentia
(6:52) Dies irae
(8:50) Tuba mirum
(12:11) Rex tremendae
(14:18) Recordare
(18:44) Confutatis
(21:00) Lacrymosa
Offertorium
(24:52) Domine Jesu
(28:11) Hostias
(31:46) Sanctus
(34:03) Benedictus
(39:25) Agnus Dei
Communio
(42:30) Lux aeterna
(45:12) Cum sanctis tuis
(48:51) Encore: Ave Verum Corpus
6 мар 2024
