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Mozart: Requiem / Weil, Tafelmusik, Tolzer Boys Choir

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Details

Artist
Mozart, Tafelmusik, Tolzer Boys Choir, Weil
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Aug 30, 2012
Catalog #
SONY 60764
UPC
074646076422

About


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

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Introit: Requiem aeternam (Chorus) 04:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introit: Requiem aeternam (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  2. 2 Kyrie eleison (Chorus) 02:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  3. 3 Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus) 01:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  4. 4 Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 03:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  5. 5 Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus) 01:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  6. 6 Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 03:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  7. 7 Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus) 02:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  8. 8 Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus) 02:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  9. 9 Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe (Chorus) 03:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  10. 10 Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces (Chorus) 03:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  11. 11 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  12. 12 Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 04:41
    Track
    12
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Marina Ulewicz, Barbara Holzl, Jörg Hering, Harry van der Kamp
    Ensemble
    Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  13. 13 Agnus Dei (Chorus) 03:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil
  14. 14 Communion: Lux aeterna (Soprano, Chorus) 04:59
    Track
    14
    Title
    Communion: Lux aeterna (Soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Marina Ulewicz
    Ensemble
    Tölz Boys' Choir, Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
    Conductor
    Bruno Weil