Requiem

Dunedin Consort, Soloists, John Butt - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, Reconstruction of First Performance (2014)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, Reconstruction of First Performance (2014)
Joanne Lunn, soprano; Rowan Hellier, alto; Thomas Hobbs, tenor; Matthew Brook, bass
Dunedin Consort, conducted by John Butt

EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 307 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 148 Mb | Artwork included
Classical, Choral | Label: Linn Records | # CKD 449 | Time: 01:01:39

Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2014 Choral category winner! Purely on grounds of performance alone, this is one of the finest Mozart Requiems of recent years. John Butt brings to Mozart the microscopic care and musicological acumen that have made his Bach and Handel recordings so thought-provoking and satisfying.

Hermann Meyer - Franz Lachner: Requiem in F mino (2006)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Dec. 8, 2019
Hermann Meyer - Franz Lachner: Requiem in F mino (2006)

Hermann Meyer - Franz Lachner: Requiem in F mino (2006)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:08 | 277 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Carus | Catalog: 83178

A prize student of music theorist Simon Sechter and a good friend of Beethoven and Schubert, German composer Franz Lachner was appointed Royal Court Conductor in Munich in 1836 where he directed the Court Theater, the Court Church, and the Court Concert Hall for with pride, dedication, and professionalism for the next 33 years. However, the death of his patron Maximilian II and the ascension of Ludwig II, avid patron of Richard Wagner, effectively ended Lachner's career. Though he lived another 23 years, Lachner's music was rarely if ever performed.

Peter Schreier - Mozart: Requiem, Coronation Mass (2001)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Jan. 14, 2020
Peter Schreier - Mozart: Requiem, Coronation Mass (2001)

Peter Schreier - Mozart: Requiem, Coronation Mass (2001)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:18:43 | 358 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips | Catalog: 464720

Peter Schreier brought a lifetime's experience as a singer to the conductor's rostrum in his accounts of Mozart's Requiem, Coronation Mass, and motet Ave verum Corpus. The performances were recorded in Dresden between 1982 and 1992. A major plus is highly disciplined singing by the Leipzig Radio Chorus, whose clarity of diction and finely balanced ensemble adds much to your enjoyment of these performances; they're heard on their own account in the motet that concludes this reissue. The Requiem (in Süssmayr's completion) is powerfully and urgently driven.
Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvořák: Requiem (1997)

Karel Ančerl, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvořák: Requiem (1997)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 01:54:09 | 571 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | Catalog: 453073

This is an excellent rendition of Dvorjak's Requiem. The Choral group have excellent diction and are sensitive to the light and shade required to bring our the meaning of the words. The Orchestra too contributes to the unity of the work. The Soloists are first class with beautiful voices. the conductor is to be congratulated for his skill in bring the three sections-chorus, soloists and orchestra-together to effectively recreate this wonderful work.

Bruno Walter - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (1989)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Dec. 15, 2019
Bruno Walter - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (1989)

Bruno Walter - Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (1989)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 63:06 | 323 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: CBS | Catalog: MPK 45687

Bruno Walter is a conductor who knew how to stamp the works he conducted and recorded, especially those from the religious repertory, with the seal of his warm poetic sensitivity and his radiant humanity. Through these scores, he manages to communicate his vision to us, and, without ever forcing an already strong text, without false sentiment or gratuitous effect, he leaves us room for a more personal interpretation of the music. Brahms composed his Requiem at the beginning of his career, at under thirty-five- the age at which Mozart died (this means that both composers wrote their Requiems at about the same age).
La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken - Mozart: Requiem (1999) (Repost)

La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken - Mozart: Requiem (1999)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 54:06 | 265 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Accent | Catalog: ACC 68645 D

«A mes yeux, cet enregistrement du requiem est incontounable, la sérénité qui s'en dégage, l'équilibre général, la qualité de l'interprétation tant vocale qu'instrumentale en font une version de premier plan, même si le choix est vaste, ma préférence est toujours restée pour cette version.»

Sylvia McNair, Sir Neville Marriner - Fauré: Requiem (1995)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at April 28, 2021
Sylvia McNair, Sir Neville Marriner - Fauré: Requiem (1995)

Sylvia McNair, Sir Neville Marriner - Fauré: Requiem (1995)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 224 MB | MP3 (CBR 320 kbps) - 139 MB | 54:33
Genre: Classical | Label: Philips

If I had to pick only a handful of discs to single out as being of extreme worth to me personally - this would be one of them. There are just some works out there where the composer was inspired to record something truly extraordinary. This is one such work and this recording is the best that I know of. I have also spent a lot of time with the Fournet, Rotterdam recording Fauré: Requiem; Pavane; Pelléas et Mélisande . And while I think that is a fine recording, this ASMF recording with Marriner is a cut above. The playing is sensuous and refined, the tempos are perfect to convey the feeling of the music. This recording has lifted me up at some very low times in my life, and never ceases to convey power, wonder, and awe.

Carlos Simon - Requiem for the Enslaved (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 17, 2022
Carlos Simon - Requiem for the Enslaved (2022)

Carlos Simon - Requiem for the Enslaved (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 55:40 | 252 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.

American composer Carlos Simon presents a multi-genre work, Requiem for the Enslaved. This work is a musical tribute to commemorate the stories of 272 enslaved men, women and children sold in 1838 by Georgetown University. Described as a "rap opera," Carlos infuses his original compositions with African American spirituals and familiar Catholic liturgical melodies.
Michel Corboz - Requiem. Mozart, Fauré, Brahms, Duruflé, Verdi (2021)

Michel Corboz - Requiem. Mozart, Fauré, Brahms, Duruflé, Verdi (2021)
FLAC tracks | 04:34:32 | 989 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Warner Classics

The Swiss conductor and choir master Michel Corboz, who passed away on September 2nd, devoted the most part of his life to sacred choral music, which he performed on stage and on record with such ensembles as the Ensemble vocal de Lausanne or the Orchestra of the Gulbenkian Foundation. We are mourning the loss of this great musical figure, to whom we pay homage with this collection of various requiems he recorded throughout his rich career, including Mozart (featuring Elly Ameling), Brahms, Fauré, Verdi, and the ethereal composition of Duruflé, made available for the first time on digital platforms.

Wolfgang Helbich - Joseph Eybler: Requiem (1993) (Repost)  Music

Posted by tirexiss at Aug. 20, 2019
Wolfgang Helbich - Joseph Eybler: Requiem (1993) (Repost)

Wolfgang Helbich - Joseph Eybler: Requiem (1993)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 51:53 | 262 MB
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Label: CPO | Catalog: CPO999 234-2

On the request of the Empress Maria Theresa in 1803, he composed a Requiem in c minor. Although the compositional style of Eybler's requiem is clearly oriented toward Albrechtsberger, Haydn, and, of course, Mozart, its rich orchestration (double choir and lavish wind instrumentation) and highly original formal design attest to an individual expressive style clearly distinguishing it from the run-of-the-mill sacred works littering those times. The regard in which this work was held no doubt helped Eybler receive his appointment as deputy Hofkapellmeister under Salieri in 1804.