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Verdi: Requiem

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Aside from his operas, Verdi is best known for his extraordinary Requiem, written in memory of the Italian writer and nationalist Alessandro Manzoni. The dramatic power of the famous Dies irae and the sublime lyricism of the work’s solo passages have led many to describe it as more of an opera than a formal Requiem Mass.

Composer Verdi
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performers London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists Christine Brewer, Karen Cargill, Stuart Neill, John Relyea

Disc 1
1. Requiem: I. Requiem Aeternam
2. Requiem: II. Dies Irae
3. Requiem: III. Tuba Mirum
4. Requiem: IV. Liber Scriptus
5. Requiem: V. Quid Sum Miser
6. Requiem: VI. Rex Tremendae
7. Requiem: VII. Recordare
8. Requiem: VIII. Ingemisco
9. Requiem: IX. Confutatis
10. Requiem: X. Lacrymosa

Disc 2
1. Requiem: XI. Domine Jesu Christe
2. Requiem: XII. Hostias
3. Requiem: XIII. Sanctus
4. Requiem: XIV. Agnus Dei
5. Requiem: XV. Lux Aeterna
6. Requiem: XVI. Libera Me, Dies Irae, Requiem Aeternam
7. Requiem: XVII. Libera Me

Release date 24 August 2009
LSO0683 | 822231168324

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded January 2009, Barbican, London

DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
Notes and synopsis in English / en français / auf Deutsch
Includes complete text in Latin and English

FLAC - 24bit 96kHz - Compatible with Windows and Android devices
MP3 - 320kbps - Universal compatibility
SACD - Compatible with all CD players

Available on streaming services

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Review

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'Each of the incisively characterised sections flows naturally out of each other – the slabs of brass in a speaker-bursting 'Tuba mirum' yielding to the nihilistic doubt of 'Mors stupebit' is superbly achieved – and the sheer grief of the 'Lacrymosa' is fantastically well expressed ... This is one of the most driven things I’ve heard Davis do – penetrating, on-the-edge conducting that digs deep into the music’s astounding emotional range, and he is rewarded with similarly engaged, idiomatic playing.'

- ClassicalSource.com