Composer: Anton Bruckner
Performer: Johanna Winkel, Sophie Harmsen, Michael Feyfar, Ludwig Mittelhammer, RIAS Kammerchor Berlin
Orchestra: Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Conductor: Łukasz Borowicz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accentus
Catalogue: ACC30474
Release: 2019
Size: 562 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Requiem in D Minor, WAB 39
01. I. Introitus. Requiem
02. II. Sequentia. Dies irae
03. IIIa. Offertorium. Domine
04. IIIb. Offertorium. Hostias
05. IIIc. Offertorium. Quam olim
06. IV. Sanctus
07. V. Benedictus
08. IVa. Agnus Dei
09. IVb. Requiem
10. IVc. Cum sanctis
11. Libera me, WAB 22
12. Aequale, WAB 149
13. Am Grabe, WAB 2
14. Vor Arneths Grab, WAB 53 (Arr. B.G. Cohrs for 3 Trombones)
15. Vor Arneths Grab, WAB 53
16. Aequale, WAB 114
17. Totenlied No. 1, WAB 47 No. 1
18. Trösterin Musik, WAB 81b
19. Totenlied No. 2, WAB 47 No. 2
20. Libera me, WAB 21
On March 14, 1849, 24-year-old Anton Bruckner finished his first major vocal composition. The only requiem of the composer who would later become the architect of big symphonic ‘castles in the sky’ was still created during his work in St. Florian. Some references to older models and some stylistic incongruities in musical stature still refer to the phase of self-discovery of the young composer. But those who listen closely will certainly discover the passages in which the mystical aura and sublimity of the large orchestral scores shine through already, be it in the gently glowing tone of the Benedictus, the intimate creed of the Agnus Dei or the powerful or the masterfully conceived double fugue of Quam olim Abrahae. It is essentially ‘Bruckner on the way to Bruckner’. After the Missa Solemnis, released in February 2018, this recording marks the second step in the journey of discovery into the cosmos of Anton Bruckners seldom heard early works.