Verdi: Requiem
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Catalogue Number LSO0683
UPC 822231168324James Mallinson producer
Jonathan Stokes and Neil Hutchinson for Classic Sound Ltd balance engineersRecorded January 2009, Barbican, London
DSD (Direct Stream Digital) recording
Notes and synopsis in English / en français / auf Deutsch
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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.'
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Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra
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 |
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 1
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
