Requiem

Album by Alfred Garyevich Schnittke & Chamber Choir Hymnia & Flemming Windekilde

Requiem is a choral-orchestral composition by Soviet-Russian composer Alfred Schnittke, completed in 1975. The work exemplifies Schnittke's polystylistic approach, juxtaposing liturgical chant-like material with dissonant modernist textures and moments of tonal lyricism, and reflects his mature engagement with religious themes and stylistic plurality.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Concerto for Mixed Chorus: 1. O pavelitel' suscheva fsevo / O Master of All Living
    15:35
  2. 2.
    Concerto for Mixed Chorus: 2. Sabran' je pesen sikh, gde kazhdyj stikh / I, an Expert in Human Passions
    7:47
  3. 3.
    Concerto for Mixed Chorus: 3. Fsem tem, kto vniknet fsushchnast' / God Grant Deliverance From Sin
    12:38
  4. 4.
    Concerto for Mixed Chorus: 4. Trud, shto nachinal ja supavan' jem / Complete This Work
    3:40

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Two Short Pieces for Organ: I.
    4:20
  2. 3.
    Two Short Pieces for Organ: II.
    3:58
  3. 4.
    Requiem: 1. Requiem
    4:06
  4. 5.
    Requiem: 2. Kyrie
    2:22
  5. 6.
    Requiem: 3. Dies irae
    1:02
  6. 7.
    Requiem: 4. Tuba mirum
    3:06
  7. 8.
    Requiem: 5. Rex tremendae
    1:00
  8. 9.
    Requiem: 6. Recordare
    2:38
  9. 10.
    Requiem: 7. Lacrimosa
    2:31
  10. 11.
    Requiem: 8. Domine Jesu
    1:16
  11. 12.
    Requiem: 9. Hostias
    1:05
  12. 13.
    Requiem: 10. Sanctus
    3:31
  13. 14.
    Requiem: 11. Benedictus
    2:12
  14. 15.
    Requiem: 12. Agnus Dei
    2:12
  15. 16.
    Requiem: 13. Credo
    3:41
  16. 17.
    Requiem: 14. Requiem
    4:11

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