Mozart: Requiem : Rias Kammerchor and Jacobs - LP

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Mozart: Requiem : Rias Kammerchor and Jacobs - LP
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Mozart: Requiem - Freiburger Barockorchester (Artist, Orchestra), RIAS Kammerchor (Artist, Orchestra), René Jacobs (Artist, Conductor), Format: Vinyl - The harmonia mundi label is proud to announce their first vinyl release in over three decades. It features the label's star conductor René Jacobs leading a revelatory performance of Mozart's beloved Requiem in a recording produced in all-analog sound especially for this LP.

It is also special in that it features a recently penned completion of the famously unfinished work. Instead of the familiar Franz Xaver Süssmayr version, Jacobs has opted to use an acclaimed new completion by young French composer Pierre-Henri Dutron. This release is it's world premiére studio recording, featuring a stellar group of soloists, the RIAS Kammerchor and the Freiburger Barockorchester.

1791 was a busy year for Mozart who, when he received a commission for a Requiem, was already working on Die Zauberflöte and had a deadline to deliver La clemenza di Tito. Everyone knows what happened next: the commission postponed, exhaustion and death, a work left unfinished and which, after several composers were approached, was finally completed by Süssmayr.
 
This version gradually became established as the closest to Mozart's intentions, but is not free of faulty part-writing and orchestration. In 2016 a young French composer, Pierre-Henri Dutron, persuaded René Jacobs to perform his own revision of the Requiem completed by Süssmayr. This new version was created with great success in a series of five concerts around Europe in November 2016. We now present its first studio recording, released exclusively on harmonia mundi.
 
Side A:
1. I. Introitus. Requiem aeternam - Adagio
2. Kyrie - Allegro
3. II. Sequentia. Dies Irae - Allegro assai
4. Tuba mirum - Andante
5. Rex tremendae [Maestoso]
6. Recordare [Allegretto]
7. Confutatis - Andante
8. Lacrimosa [Adagio]
 
Side B:
1. III. Offertorium. Domine Jesu Christe - Quam olim Abrahae [Allegretto]
2. Hostias [Larghetto] - Quam olim Abrahae. Da capo
3. IV. Ordinario. Sanctus [Andante maestoso] - Osanna [Allegro]
4. Benedictus [Andante moderato] - Osanna [Allegro]
5. Agnus Dei [Andante]
6. V. Communio. Lux aeterna - Adagio
7. Cum sanctis tuis - Allegro
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