Requiem (Grande messe des morts)

Album by Hector Berlioz & James Wagner & Ernst‐Senff‐Chor & Rundfunkchor Berlin & Konzerthausorchester Berlin & Michael Schønwandt

Requiem (Grande messe des morts) is a large-scale sacred choral work by French composer Hector Berlioz, composed in 1837. Scored for an unusually huge orchestra with multiple choirs, expanded brass and percussion and notable spatial deployment of forces, it exemplifies Romantic-era monumental sonorities and occupies an important place in Berlioz's output as a demonstration of his orchestral imagination and contribution to nineteenth-century sacred music.
First released: 1993

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 7. Offertorium
    10:25
  2. 2.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 1. Requiem et Kyrie
    10:46
  3. 3.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 8. Hostias
    3:23
  4. 4.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 2. Dies iræ
    12:01
  5. 5.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 3. Quid sum miser
    3:01
  6. 6.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 9. Sanctus
    10:51
  7. 7.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 10. Agnus Dei
    12:09
  8. 8.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 4. Rex tremendæ
    5:37
  9. 9.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 5. Quærens me
    5:28
  10. 10.
    Requiem (Grande Messe des Morts), op. 5, H 75: No. 6. Lacrymosa
    9:44

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