Martin: Requiem; Janácek: Otce náš / Segerstam, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony

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Capriccio
Release Date
March 4, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Leos Janacek, Frank Martin
    • PERFORMER
      Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes H. Ahnsjo, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz, Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Wie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 04, 2022
    • UPC
      845221054544
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      C5454
    • LABEL
      Capriccio
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Introitus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    2. Kyrie (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    3. Dies irae (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    4. Offertorium (Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    5. Sanctus (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    6. Agnus Dei (Alto)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Performer: Ria Bollen, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    7. In paradisum (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    8. Lux aeterna (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)

      Composer: Frank Martin

      Ensemble: Vienna Youth Choir, Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien

      Performer: Jane Marsh, Ria Bollen, Claes-Håkan Ahnsjö, Robert Holl, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    9. Otče náš (Vater unser, Our Father) -

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Choir

      Performer: Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    10. Buď vůle tvá (Dein Wille geschehe, Thy will be done) -

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Choir

      Performer: Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    11. Chléb náš vezdejší dej nám dnes (Unser täglich Brot gib uns heute, Give us this day our daily bread) -

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Choir

      Performer: Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    12. A odpusť nám naše viny (Und vergib uns unsre Schuld, And forgive us our trespasses) -

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Choir

      Performer: Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam

    13. Neuvoď nás v pokušení (Führe uns nicht in Versuchung, And lead us not into temptation)

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Ensemble: ORF Vienna Radio Choir

      Performer: Heinz Zednik, Arcola Clark, Rudolf Scholz

      Conductor: Leif Segerstam


It took Frank Martin a long time to heed his deep-seated inner calling to write a Requiem: 'What I have tried to express here is the clear will to accept death; to make peace with it.' The Requiem was composed in 1971/72, Martin utilizes the whole bandwidth of orchestral sound and explores all opportunities for interplay among the vocalists, as well. Leoš Janácek’s setting of the Otcenáš, the Lord’s Prayer, is not a conventionally religious work. The Czech composer was more interested in its social aspects than any theological musings. Conductor Leif Segerstam, Chief conductor of ORF Vienna radio Symphony Orchestra from 1975-1983 loved to surprise his public with non-mainstream repertoire. Two of these live recordings are now restored, re-mastered and first time published for the future.

REVIEW:

Frank Martin’s operatic background is to the fore in his setting of the Requiem. Written towards the very end of his life he had apparently delayed setting the text and once completed declared that his work was now done. Some decidedly 20th Century techniques, such as semi-spoken passages, can be heard in this music which is full of drama and displays a real affinity with the text. Janacek’s settting of the Lord’s Prayer is apparently written from a more detached view, with the composer apparently less committed to the meaning of the text in itself. However, this is still moving music, making for a fine pairing of lesser known liturgically inspired 20th Century (the Janacek only just!) works.

-- Lark Reviews