Berlioz Requiem opus 5

The Grande Messe des morts (Requiem), Op. 5, is a large-scale choral-orchestral work by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1837. Scored for vast forces including expanded brass and percussion, it combines dramatic choral writing and orchestral colour to create a large-scale liturgical setting and occupies a significant place in Berlioz's early mature output and in the development of nineteenth-century French orchestral and choral practice.