Recognised as one of the leading conductors of his generation, Gianandrea Noseda gathers together an outstanding cast of Italian stars for these searing performances of Verdi’s Requiem to open the LSO’s 16/17 season.

The Requiem shows Verdi’s mastery of choral writing. It was written as a memorial for the Italian writer and poet Alessandro Manzoni and premiered on 22 May 1874 – the one-year anniversary of Manzoni’s death. Verdi’s purpose was religious as well as dramatic. His Requiem may be seen as a protest against the outrage of death as much as a plea for celestial peace and it is a work of the most highly concentrated emotion.

As Brahms described the piece after its premiere: ‘Only a genius could’ve written something like this.’

Composer Giuseppe Verdi
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Chorus Director Simon Halsey
Performers London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Soloists Erika Grimaldi, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli, Michele Pertusi

1. No 1 Requiem Requiem aeternam
2. No 2 Dies Irae i. Dies irae
3. No 2 Dies Irae ii. Tuba mirum
4. No 2 Dies Irae iii. Mors stupebit
5. No 2 Dies Irae iv. Liber scriptus
6. No 2 Dies Irae v. Quid sum miser
7. No 2 Dies Irae vi. Rex tremendae
8. No 2 Dies Irae vii. Recordare
9. No 2 Dies Irae viii. Ingemisco
10. No 2 Dies Irae ix. Confutatis
11. No 2 Dies Irae x. Lacrymosa
12. No 3 Offertorio i. Domine Jesu Christe
13. No 3 Offertorio ii. Hostias
14. No 4 Sanctus
15. No 5 Agnus Dei
16. No 6 Lux aeterna
17. No 7 Libera me i. Libera me
18. No 7 Libera me ii. Dies irae
19. No 7 Libera me iii. Requiem aeternam
20. No 7 Libera me iv. Libera me

Release date 7 April 2017
LSO0800 | 822231180029

Producer Nicholas Parker
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded live on 18 & 20 September 2016, Barbican Hall, London

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