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Verdi - Requiem / Dirigent: Ferenc Fricsay / The Originals / Deutsche Grammophon Audio CD Mono / 447 442-2
UPC 028944744224
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, 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: | Deutsche Grammophon – 447 442-2 |
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| Series: | The Originals |
| Format: |
CD, Mono
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| Country: | Europe |
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| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Romantic |
Tracklist:
| Messa Da Requiem | |||
| 1 | Requiem (Coro, Soli) | 8:22 | |
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Dies Irae |
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| 2 | Die Irae (Coro) | 2:05 | |
| 3 | Tuba Mirum (Coro, Basso) | 2:44 | |
| 4 | Liber Scriptus (Mezzo-Soprano, Coro) | 4:54 | |
| 5 | Quid Sum Miser (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenore) | 3:36 | |
| 6 | Rex Tremendae (Soli, Coro) | 3:40 | |
| 7 | Recordare (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano) | 3:39 | |
| 8 | Ingesmisco (Tenore) | 3:14 | |
| 9 | Confutatis (Bass, Coro) | 4:34 | |
| 10 | Lacrimosa (Soli, Coro) | 5:22 | |
| 11 | Offertorio (Soli) | 8:53 | |
| 12 | Sanctus (Coro) | 2:28 | |
| 13 | Agnus Dei (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Coro) | 4:22 | |
| 14 | Lux Aeterna (Mezzo-Soprano, Tenore, Basso) |
5:26 | |
| 15 | Libera Me (Soprano, Coro) | 12:08 |
- Art Direction – Hartmut Pfeiffer
- Bass Vocals – Kim Borg
- Choir – Chor Der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, RIAS-Kammerchor
- Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi
- Conductor – Ferenc Fricsay
- Engineer [Tonmeister = Balance Engineer] – Heinrich Keilholz
- Executive-Producer – Prof. Elsa Schiller
- Liner Notes [German] – Lutz von Pufendorf
- Liner Notes [Traduction] – Hélène Chen-Ménissier
- Liner Notes [Traduzione] – Gabriele Cervone
- Liner Notes [Translation] – Adele Poindexter
- Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Marianna Radev
- Orchestra – RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
- Photography By [Ferenc Fricsay] – Lotte Meitner-Graf
- Producer [Recording Producer] – Wolfgang Lohse
- Soprano Vocals – Maria Stader
- Tenor Vocals – Helmut Krebs
