Grande Messe des morts

Album by Hector Berlioz & Sylvain Cambreling & Paul Groves & EuropaChorAkademie & SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden‐Baden und Freiburg

Grande Messe des morts is a large-scale requiem mass by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1837. Scored for vast forces including expanded orchestra, multiple choirs and organ, it exemplifies Berlioz's dramatic orchestration and occupies a significant place in his oeuvre and in the development of 19th-century sacred and orchestral writing.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Requiem et Kyrie
    11:27
  2. 2.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Dies irae
    4:55
  3. 3.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Tuba mirum
    6:27
  4. 4.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Quid sum miser
    3:07
  5. 5.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Rex tremendae
    6:01
  6. 6.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Quaerens me
    4:33
  7. 7.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Lacrimosa
    10:54

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Offertorium
    7:20
  2. 3.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Hostias
    3:17
  3. 4.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Sanctus
    11:09
  4. 5.
    Grande Messe des morts, op. 5, “Requiem”: Agnus Dei
    13:06

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