Requiem in C minor / Marche funèbre

Album by Luigi Cherubini & Corydon Singers & Corydon Orchestra & Matthew Best

Requiem in C minor / Marche funèbre is a recording of works by Italian composer Luigi Cherubini, originally composed in 1816. The music combines choral and orchestral forces in a late Classical–early Romantic liturgical idiom, characterised by sombre fanfares, contrapuntal choral writing and dense harmonic progressions that reflect Cherubini's mature style and the period's shift from Classical restraint to Romantic expressiveness.
First released: February 1996

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Marche funèbre (1820)
    6:18
  2. 2.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): I. Introit and Kyrie
    8:19
  3. 3.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): II. Graduale
    1:52
  4. 4.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): III. Dies irae
    9:33
  5. 5.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): IVa. Offertorium "Domine Jesu Christie"
    6:32
  6. 6.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): IVb. Offertorium "Hostias"
    7:50
  7. 7.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): V. Sanctus
    1:18
  8. 8.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): VI. Pie Jesu
    3:37
  9. 9.
    Requiem in C minor (1816): VII. Agnus Dei
    7:40

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