Requiem

Album by Giuseppe Verdi & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Christa Ludwig & Nicolai Gedda & Nicolaï Ghiaurov & Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus & Carlo Maria Giulini

Messa da Requiem is a requiem mass by Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi, completed and first performed in 1874. The work blends operatic drama with liturgical form, employing large-scale choral forces, soloists and orchestra to produce stark dynamic and textural contrasts, and it represents a major late-period composition in Verdi's output and a notable contribution to 19th-century sacred music.
First released: 1964

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Messa da requiem: Ia. Requiem: Requiem aeternam
    5:35
  2. 2.
    Messa da requiem: IIIa. Offertorio: Domine Jesu Christe
    4:59
  3. 3.
    Messa da requiem: Ib. Requiem: Kyrie eleison
    3:53
  4. 4.
    Messa da requiem: IIIb. Offertorio: Hostias
    5:58
  5. 5.
    Messa da requiem: IIa. Dies irae: Dies irae
    2:12
  6. 6.
    Messa da requiem: IV. Sanctus
    2:49
  7. 7.
    Messa da requiem: V. Agnus Dei
    5:23
  8. 8.
    Messa da requiem: IIb. Dies irae: Tuba mirum
    1:40
  9. 9.
    Messa da requiem: IIc. Dies irae: Mors stupebit
    1:23
  10. 10.
    Messa da requiem: VI. Lux aeterna
    6:47
  11. 11.
    Messa da requiem: IId. Dies irae: Liber scriptus
    5:09
  12. 12.
    Messa da requiem: VIIa. Libera me: Libera me, Domine
    2:30
  13. 13.
    Messa da requiem: IIe. Dies irae: Quid sum miser
    3:55
  14. 14.
    Messa da requiem: VIIb. Libera me: Dies irae
    2:19
  15. 15.
    Messa da requiem: IIf. Dies irae: Rex tremendae
    3:59
  16. 16.
    Messa da requiem: VIIc. Libera me: Requiem aeternam
    2:57
  17. 17.
    Messa da requiem: VIId. Libera me: Libera me, Domine
    5:57
  18. 18.
    Messa da requiem: IIg. Dies irae: Recordare
    4:18
  19. 19.
    Messa da requiem: IIh. Dies irae: Ingemisco
    3:44
  20. 20.
    Messa da requiem: IIi. Dies irae: Confutatis
    5:36
  21. 21.
    Messa da requiem: IIj. Dies irae: Lacrymosa
    6:35

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