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Mozart & Haas: Choral Works / Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, Salzburg Bach Choir
Belvedere Edition

Mozart & Haas: Choral Works / Salzburg Mozarteumorchester, Salzburg Bach Choir

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Details

Composer
HAAS MOZART
Artist
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Salzburger Bachchor, Kuhmeier, Conolly, Lehtipuu, Miles, Holzapfel, Bol
Format
CD
Label
Belvedere Edition
Released
Feb 08, 2019
Catalog #
BVE08047
UPC
4260415080479

About

At the end of April 1791, Wolfgang Amadé Mozart applied for the position of second Kapellmeister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, hoping to inherit the position from Leopold Hofmann, the incumbent Kapellmeister, the City Council of Vienna accepted Mozart’s petition in a strongly worded decree as a basis for the text in the vocal passages of his Sieben Klangräume Accompanying the Unfinished Fragments of Mozart’s Requiem KV 626. All of the parts of the Requiem composed by Mozart himself exist in a complete four-part vocal score with organ bass - only the first movement is fully orchestrated - and contain virtually all of the key musical aspects: theme, harmony, melody, dynamics and modulation. According to Haas, “Mozart sketched out the main musical voices for the whole piece, producing almost a skeleton to the work” – in other words, fragments of sound. This was the approach used by Haas for his Klangräume (Sound Spaces): “ In between these fragments of sound, I was able to add a different sound world - one in the style of the early 21st century.” Haas responds powerfully to the nature of the fragments. Haas regarded the Requiem fragment as “sacrosanct”. The only aspect that Haas adopted from Mozart was his orchestration: mixed choir, mostly with four voices, but also extended to include as many as 16 voices for the spoken passages, but no vocal soloists. Haas does not use any musical material written by Mozart. He only uses the key signature of D minor on which he builds a series of harmonics for his composition. However, Haas responds powerfully to the nature of the fragments. The choir does not sing any of the words from the Requiem. Haas used the letter from the City Council of Vienna answering Mozart’s petition for the Position of assistant to the Kapellmeister at St. Stephen’s Cathedral. “Although Mozart is offered the position, he is granted it with such administrative brutality, which shows a total lack of understanding of everything related to art.” Haas uses the orchestral instruments to echo and foretell the moods in Mozart’s fragments, adding intricate tonal contrasts to the polyphonic richness of Mozart’s music. He adopts completely different compositional methods to establish connections to Mozart’s composition.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Introit: Requiem aeternam 04:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introit: Requiem aeternam
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Genia Kühmeier, Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  2. 2 Kyrie eleison 02:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kyrie eleison
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  3. 3 Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae 01:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  4. 4 7 Klangräume: Klangräume I 05:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume I
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  5. 5 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum 03:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Genia Kühmeier, Sarah Connolly, Topi Lehtipuu, Alastair Miles, Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  6. 6 7 Klangräume: Klangräume II 04:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume II
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  7. 7 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis 01:50
    Track
    7
    Title
    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  8. 8 7 Klangräume: Klangräume III 04:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume III
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  9. 9 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie 04:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Genia Kühmeier, Sarah Connolly, Topi Lehtipuu, Alastair Miles, Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  10. 10 7 Klangräume: Klangräume IV 03:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume IV
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  11. 11 Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis 02:13
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  12. 12 Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa 00:52
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  13. 13 7 Klangräume: Klangräume V 02:14
    Track
    13
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume V
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  14. 14 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe 03:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Genia Kühmeier, Sarah Connolly, Alastair Miles, Topi Lehtipuu, Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  15. 15 7 Klangräume: Klangräume VI 03:05
    Track
    15
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume VI
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  16. 16 Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces 02:10
    Track
    16
    Title
    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Anton Holzapfel
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton
  17. 17 7 Klangräume: Klangräume VII 02:30
    Track
    17
    Title
    7 Klangräume: Klangräume VII
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Georg Friedrich Haas
    Ensemble
    Salzburg Bach Choir, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg
    Conductor
    Ivor Bolton