Mozart: Requiem / Weil, Tafelmusik, Tolzer Boys Choir

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Label
Sony Masterworks
Release Date
August 30, 2012
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • PERFORMER
      Mozart, Tafelmusik, Tolzer Boys Choir, Weil
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 30, 2012
    • UPC
      074646076422
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SONY 60764
    • LABEL
      Sony Masterworks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Introit: Requiem aeternam (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    2. Kyrie eleison (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    3. Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    4. Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    5. Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    6. Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    7. Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    8. Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    9. Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    10. Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    11. Sanctus (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    12. Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    13. Agnus Dei (Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Conductor: Bruno Weil

    14. Communion: Lux aeterna (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

      Ensemble: Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

      Performer: Marina Ulewicz

      Conductor: Bruno Weil



This recording presents a performance of H.C. Robbins Landon's edition of Mozart's Requiem, a product of modern scholarship, sound musicological argument, and learned intuition. It comprises Mozart's original fragment along with completions by the familiar Süssmayr, as well as Mozart's other students, Eybler and Freystädtler. The CD booklet gives details on who added what, and makes for interesting reading. But, the real concern here is the performance itself, and it is truly captivating. Bruno Weil's quick tempos bring fresh air and sunlight into the mausoleum some have made of this work. There is a compelling urgency that carries over from one movement to the next. The "Rex tremendae" here sounds chilling, its defiant anger fully embodied by the Tölzer Boys Choir, which sings with all the range and beauty of a traditional choir but with more clarity and poignancy. The four soloists are beautifully devotional, though bass Harry van der Kamp has some slight intonation problems in the "Tuba mirum". Tafelmusik's vividly colorful playing clarifies the musical lines with naturalness and subtlety, while the recorded sound marvelously balances reverberation and clarity. An outstanding release. --Victor Carr, ClassicsToday.com