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Mozart: Requiem (with Intro & Commentary) / Arman, Academy of Ancient Music Berlin
BR Klassik

Mozart: Requiem (with Intro & Commentary) / Arman, Academy of Ancient Music Berlin

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Composer
MOZART, W.A.
Artist
Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Arman
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Oct 02, 2020
Catalog #
BRK900926
UPC
4035719009262

About

The version submitted by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Chorus is based on surviving Mozart sources as well as on his colleague Süßmayr's additions; in several places, however, it reaches new conclusions that are implemented with due caution and humble respect for Mozart's magnificent original. Mozart's Requiem is followed by Neukomm's Respond Libera me, Domine – and for musical, liturgical and chronological reasons, the programme begins with Mozart's Vesperae solennes de Confessore KV 339 (1780), composed of psalms from the Old Testament as well as the Magnificat from the Gospel of St Luke and composed for the liturgical festival of a holy confessor. Howard Arman has prepended Mozart’s movements for the festival vespers with antiphons taken from the vespers De Confessore Pontifici (for a confessor who was a bishop) of the Gregorian Liber usualis, and has also composed his own organ intonations to enhance the antiphons.

Although it remained incomplete as Mozart’s last work, the Requiem in D minor (1791) ranks as one of the most important settings of the Latin Mass for the Dead ever written. Immediately after Mozart's all too premature death, his pupil Franz Xaver Süßmayr elaborated a completed version that is still appreciated and regularly performed to this day because of its close proximity to the original – and this despite a number of new adaptations created over the years that sometimes add cautious improvements to the Süßmayr version or instead follow their own lights entirely. – Mozart’s Requiem KV 626 from 1791 is followed by Sigismund von Neukomm's Libera me, Domine, the Respond from the Liturgy of Exequies composed by Neukomm in 1821 as a liturgical completion of Mozart's Requiem for a performance in Rio de Janeiro (the Salzburg composer Neukomm had emigrated to Brazil in 1816).

REVIEW

Howard Arman conducts all pieces with assurance, in a period-informed style. Choral singing complements the accomplished period-informed playing of the thirty-four-strong Akamus on authentic instruments. The world-class Bavarian chorus shows a unanimity of cause, and supplies an inspired sacred sound, ardent, ample and immediate. Arman’s vocal soloists integrate splendidly and convincingly. Amid the emotional drama generated in the performances, the reverential nature of these sacred scores remains fundamental, and is honoured here faithfully.

–MusicWeb International

Tracklist 55 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Ecce sacerdos magnus (Cantor) 00:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    Ecce sacerdos magnus (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  3. 2 Dixit Dominus 03:47
    Track
    2
    Title
    Dixit Dominus
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  4. 3 Ecce sacerdos magnus (Chorus) 00:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    Ecce sacerdos magnus (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  5. 4 Non est inventus (Cantor) 00:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    Non est inventus (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  6. 5 Confitebor 04:08
    Track
    5
    Title
    Confitebor
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  7. 6 Non est inventus (Chorus) 00:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    Non est inventus (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:18
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  8. 7 Ideo (Cantor) 00:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ideo (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:14
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  9. 8 Beatus vir 04:32
    Track
    8
    Title
    Beatus vir
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  10. 9 Ideo jurejurando (Chorus) 00:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Ideo jurejurando (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  11. 10 Sacerdotes Dei (Cantor) 00:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sacerdotes Dei (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  12. 11 Laudate Pueri 03:21
    Track
    11
    Title
    Laudate Pueri
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  13. 12 Sacerdotes Dei (Chorus) 00:22
    Track
    12
    Title
    Sacerdotes Dei (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  14. 13 Serve bone (Cantor) 00:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    Serve bone (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  15. 14 Laudate Dominum 04:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    Laudate Dominum
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  16. 15 Serve bone et fidelis (Chorus) 00:20
    Track
    15
    Title
    Serve bone et fidelis (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  17. 16 Dum esset summus pontifex (Cantor) 00:28
    Track
    16
    Title
    Dum esset summus pontifex (Cantor)
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Performer
    Nikolaus Pfannkuch, Raphael Alpermann
  18. 17 Magnificat 04:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    Magnificat
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  19. 18 Dum esset summus pontifex (Chorus) 00:34
    Track
    18
    Title
    Dum esset summus pontifex (Chorus)
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Howard Arman
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  20. 19 Introit: Requiem aeternam (Soprano, Chorus) 04:39
    Track
    19
    Title
    Introit: Requiem aeternam (Soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  21. 20 Kyrie eleison (Chorus) 02:21
    Track
    20
    Title
    Kyrie eleison (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  22. 21 Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus) 01:51
    Track
    21
    Title
    Sequence No. 1: Dies Irae (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  23. 22 Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 02:53
    Track
    22
    Title
    Sequence No. 2: Tuba mirum (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  24. 23 Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus) 01:45
    Track
    23
    Title
    Sequence No. 3: Rex tremendae majestatis (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  25. 24 Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 04:34
    Track
    24
    Title
    Sequence No. 4: Recordare, Jesu pie (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  26. 25 Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus) 02:17
    Track
    25
    Title
    Sequence No. 5: Confutatis maledictis (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  27. 26 Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus) 03:28
    Track
    26
    Title
    Sequence No. 6: Lacrimosa dies illa (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  28. 27 Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus) 03:28
    Track
    27
    Title
    Offertory No. 1: Domine Jesu Christe (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  29. 28 Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces (Chorus) 02:05
    Track
    28
    Title
    Offertory No. 2: Hostias et preces (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  30. 29 Offertory No. 3: Quam olim Abrahae (Chorus) 01:43
    Track
    29
    Title
    Offertory No. 3: Quam olim Abrahae (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  31. 30 Sanctus (Chorus) 01:21
    Track
    30
    Title
    Sanctus (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  32. 31 Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass) 04:40
    Track
    31
    Title
    Benedictus (Soprano, Mezzo-soprano, Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien, Tareq Nazmi
    Ensemble
    Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  33. 32 Agnus Dei (Chorus) 02:45
    Track
    32
    Title
    Agnus Dei (Chorus)
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  34. 33 Communion: Lux aeterna (Soprano, Chorus) 05:08
    Track
    33
    Title
    Communion: Lux aeterna (Soprano, Chorus)
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Christina Landshamer
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  35. 34 Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna 01:33
    Track
    34
    Title
    Libera me, Domine, de morte aeterna
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  36. 35 Tremens factus sum ego 00:55
    Track
    35
    Title
    Tremens factus sum ego
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  37. 36 Quando coeli movendi sunt 00:38
    Track
    36
    Title
    Quando coeli movendi sunt
    Duration
    00:38
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  38. 37 Dies illa 00:55
    Track
    37
    Title
    Dies illa
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  39. 38 Requiem aeternam 01:40
    Track
    38
    Title
    Requiem aeternam
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  40. 39 Libera me, Domine 01:36
    Track
    39
    Title
    Libera me, Domine
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm
    Ensemble
    Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
    Conductor
    Howard Arman
  41. Disc 2
  42. 1 Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Eine neue Vervollständigung 04:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Eine neue Vervollständigung
    Duration
    04:11
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman
  43. 2 Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Die tragische Tonart 04:04
    Track
    2
    Title
    Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Die tragische Tonart
    Duration
    04:04
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  44. 3 Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Der graue Bote 03:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Der graue Bote
    Duration
    03:32
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  45. 4 Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Der wahre Endzweck unseres Lebens 05:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Der wahre Endzweck unseres Lebens
    Duration
    05:39
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Burchard Dabinnus, Katja Schild
  46. 5 Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Dokument des Verschwindens 06:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    Teil 1: Tod und Verklärung: Dokument des Verschwindens
    Duration
    06:46
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  47. 6 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Anonymus 05:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Anonymus
    Duration
    05:10
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  48. 7 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Das Fragment 06:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Das Fragment
    Duration
    06:40
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  49. 8 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Klangfarben als Symbol 04:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Klangfarben als Symbol
    Duration
    04:53
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  50. 9 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Remplissage 03:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Remplissage
    Duration
    03:59
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Franziska Ball
  51. 10 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Herausforderung: Fuge 07:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Herausforderung: Fuge
    Duration
    07:00
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Franziska Ball
  52. 11 Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Berufliche Perspektiven 02:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    Teil 2: Lückenfüller: Berufliche Perspektiven
    Duration
    02:58
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  53. 12 Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Süßmayr 03:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Süßmayr
    Duration
    03:35
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Burchard Dabinnus, Franziska Ball
  54. 13 Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Eybler 02:51
    Track
    13
    Title
    Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Eybler
    Duration
    02:51
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Burchard Dabinnus, Franziska Ball
  55. 14 Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Urschrift und Erstdruck 04:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Urschrift und Erstdruck
    Duration
    04:31
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl, Franziska Ball
  56. 15 Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Der Requiemstreit 03:01
    Track
    15
    Title
    Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Der Requiemstreit
    Duration
    03:01
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Hans Jürgen Stockerl
  57. 16 Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Libera me 04:13
    Track
    16
    Title
    Teil 3: Mythos und Manuskript: Libera me
    Duration
    04:13
    Performer
    Christian Baumann, Howard Arman, Hans Jürgen Stockerl