Václav Jan Tomášek - Requiem in C-minor (1820) 

Usually composers like Tomasek are standing in the shadows of the great composers, but this work stands totally on its own in full sun light. No shadows here. Brilliant, eloquent and very moving.

Not a single DOWN thumb as of 26 Feb 2016! Mr. Tomasek has made a very positive impression.

Another underrated Requiem to throw in the pile with Cherubini and Michael Haydn.

"Like" on 4 May 2017. Listening in rememberance of my Mother, who died last year

A surprisingly impressive and master´s work.

Un moment divin...éternité? Un grand merci !

Náš rodák! Konečně, že jsem se taky dostal k jeho dílu.

Quelle très belle école que celle de tous ces compositeurs de la bohème et la tchèquie, inconnus même des plus grands mélomanes !!! C'est vraiment très beau, émouvant...Quelle puissance, surtout dans le Dies irae...

Very very CZECH recording done in the romantic style! Brava

Very impressive piece! Yes, there are some parallels to the Mozart's Requiem, but it seems that they are only the common stylistic elements of classicism, not more. And there is a lot of specifically Czech beauty in this music...

non conoscevo questo autore, l'ho ascoltato e sono stato particolarmente preso dalla sua musica.

Plus j'entends ce compositeur venu d'un autre âge, plus j'apprécie sa qualité. Il est parfois ennuyeux, mais créant une variété de timbres avec une excellente orchestration. Beaux thèmes, bon développement, une touche sûre et un doigté serein :)

Cuanto dramatismo y dolor encierran estás notas.

Merci pour ce magnifique chef d'oeuvre trop peu connu

MAGNIFIQUE ET TELLEMENT PUISSANT !

nice painting also

Most uplifting. Danke!

thanks for sharing this beautiful piece

Excellent!!!!

big thanks for that

Dies Irae - 5:34

A True Wonderful Work! Sounds like Mozart Requiem!

While this Requiem doesn't seem too original, with echoes of Mozart's unfinished masterpiece (and by extension, Michael Haydn's) often manifesting themselves, though never to the point of slavish imitation, the high level of writing makes up for that. Overall, a very satisfying work (a minor quibble on the abruptness of the Agnus Dei's close, but it doesn't detract too much). Tomášek wrote this in response to viewing the village of Stran after its devastation by a flood. He wrote the Dies Irae section first, then continued the rest immediately without pause. Upon finishing it, he gave it a careful once over, then concluded that "there was nothing in there which could possibly disgrace the sacred style; rather on the contrary, I was able to afford myself with good reason the benefit of having met the strictest artistic criteria, and of offering to the world of music an opus which can safely claim its rightful place alongside other Requiems, including even the most celebrated ones." Now, nearly two hundred years later, we can happily agree with his self-critique. Well done, maestro! www.requiemsurvey.org/composers.php?id=761

GOOD VOICES...

danke!!

Splendid stuff. What is the painting??

sacred musik!!!

美到不像安魂曲~~

He is one of the close friends of Beethoven.

Superb music! It would be nice to know who are the soloists? Choir? Orchestra?

S K U T E C 17 4 1774 - P R A G A 3 4 1850

20:20

WOW! Mozart move aside! Incredible.

Je mimořádně brutální a nekulturní přerušovat jedinečné hudební Tomáškovo dílo stupidními reklamami. Dovedete si představit, že by si tohle někdo dovolil během živého koncertu? Nestačí dát reklamu jen na začátek a konec, jak to obvykle bývá? Zamyslete se nad sebou, tohle už opravdu není v pořádku. (Úmyslně nepíšu "normální", protože tento svět už dlouho normální není).

Coitado do Felipe