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Berlioz: Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 / Gardner, Bergen Philharmonic
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- BERLIOZ, HECTOR
- Artist
- Todenes, Collegium Musicum Kor, Kor, Royal Northern College Of Music Choi
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Oct 05, 2018
- Catalog #
- CHSA 5219
- UPC
- 095115521922
About
With this surround-sound recording of Berlioz’s Requiem, Edward Gardner and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra tackle the infinite and the immeasurable.
All the grandiose, striking beauty of the Requiem’s large-scale ceremonial is encapsulated by first-class vocal and orchestral forces, fully utilising the spatial possibilities of Grieghallen in Bergen. The matching of space and sonority was one of Berlioz’s lasting obsessions, one experience in St Paul’s Cathedral in London throwing Berlioz into a delirium of emotion from which he took days to recover. His Grande Messe des morts, notorious for its requirement of four brass bands in addition to a large orchestra and chorus, taken here from live concerts, has often been seen as one of the most emotionally powerful works of its kind.
Setting a solemn and austere, even ascetic text, the music is not that of an orthodox believer but of a visionary, inspired by the dramatic implications of death and judgement.
All the grandiose, striking beauty of the Requiem’s large-scale ceremonial is encapsulated by first-class vocal and orchestral forces, fully utilising the spatial possibilities of Grieghallen in Bergen. The matching of space and sonority was one of Berlioz’s lasting obsessions, one experience in St Paul’s Cathedral in London throwing Berlioz into a delirium of emotion from which he took days to recover. His Grande Messe des morts, notorious for its requirement of four brass bands in addition to a large orchestra and chorus, taken here from live concerts, has often been seen as one of the most emotionally powerful works of its kind.
Setting a solemn and austere, even ascetic text, the music is not that of an orthodox believer but of a visionary, inspired by the dramatic implications of death and judgement.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 Requiem et Kyrie 10:20
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Requiem et Kyrie
- Duration
- 10:20
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
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2 Dies irae 10:58
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Dies irae
- Duration
- 10:58
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
3 Quid sum miser 02:44
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Quid sum miser
- Duration
- 02:44
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
4 Rex tremendae 05:42
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Rex tremendae
- Duration
- 05:42
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
5 Quaerens me 04:34
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Quaerens me
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir
-
6 Lacrimosa 09:45
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Lacrimosa
- Duration
- 09:45
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
7 Offertoire 08:46
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Offertoire
- Duration
- 08:46
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
8 Hostias 03:36
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Hostias
- Duration
- 03:36
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
9 Sanctus 11:05
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Sanctus
- Duration
- 11:05
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Performer
- Bror Magnus Tødenes
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner
-
10 Agnus Dei 12:39
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Agnus Dei
- Duration
- 12:39
- Composer
- Hector Berlioz
- Ensemble
- Collegiûm Mûsicûm Bergen Choir, Edvard Grieg Kor, Royal Northern College of Music Chorus, Bergen Philharmonic Choir, Eikanger-Bjørsvik Band, members Bergen Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester
- Conductor
- Edward Gardner