Requiem

Album by Giuseppe Verdi & Arturo Toscanini & Zinka Milanov & Bruna Castagna & Jussi Björling & Nicola Moscona & NBC Symphony Orchestra & Westminster Choir

Messa da Requiem is a choral-orchestral Requiem mass by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, composed and first performed in 1874. Scored for four soloists, large chorus and orchestra, it applies Verdi's operatic dramatic language to the Latin mass through sweeping orchestration, intense choral writing and stark dynamic contrasts, forming part of his late-career output and exemplifying the fusion of liturgical form and operatic expression in 19th-century sacred music.

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  1. 1.
    Messa da requiem: Ia. Requiem Aeternam
    4:54
  2. 2.
    Messa da requiem: Ib. Kyrie Eleison
    3:38
  3. 3.
    Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae
    2:11
  4. 4.
    Messa da requiem: IIb. Dies irae: Tuba mirum & Mors stupebit
    3:23
  5. 5.
    Messa da requiem: IIc. Dies irae: Liber scriptus & Dies irae
    5:03
  6. 6.
    Messa da requiem: IId. Dies irae: Quid sum miser
    3:36
  7. 7.
    Messa da requiem: IIe. Dies irae: Rex tremendae
    3:32
  8. 8.
    Messa da requiem: IIf. Dies irae: Recordare
    3:59
  9. 9.
    Messa da requiem: IIg. Dies irae: Ingemisco
    3:37
  10. 10.
    Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Confutatis
    5:32
  11. 11.
    Messa da requiem: IIi. Dies irae: Lacrymosa
    6:01
  12. 12.
    Messa da requiem: IIIa. Offertorio: Domine Jesu Christe
    4:36
  13. 13.
    Messa da requiem: IIIb. Offertorio: Hostias
    6:12
  14. 14.
    Messa da requiem: IV. Sanctus
    2:35
  15. 15.
    Messa da requiem: V. Agnus Dei
    4:54
  16. 16.
    Messa da requiem: VI. Lux aeterna
    6:01
  17. 17.
    Messa da requiem: VIIa. Libera me: Libera me & Dies irae
    5:00
  18. 18.
    Messa da requiem: VIIb. Libera me: Requiem Aeternam
    2:28
  19. 19.
    Messa da requiem: VIIc. Libera me: Libera me, Domine
    5:46
  20. 20.
    Aida: Overture
    9:19
  21. 21.
    Taming of the Shrew: Overture
    7:46

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