Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Sophie Karthäuser, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Maximilian Schmitt, Johannes Weisser, RIAS Kammerchor
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Conductor: René Jacobs
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902291
Release: 2017
Size: 807 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (Süssmayr – Dutron 2016 completion)
01. I. Introitus – Requiem æternam
02. I. Introitus – Kyrie
03. II. Sequentia – Dies Iræ
04. II. Sequentia – Tuba mirum
05. II. Sequentia – Rex tremendæ
06. II. Sequentia – Recordare
07. II. Sequentia – Confutatis
08. II. Sequentia – Lacrimosa
09. III. Offertorium – Domine Jesu Christe – Quam olim Abrahæ
10. III. Offertorium – Hostias – Quam olim Abrahæ
11. IV. Ordinario – Sanctus – Osanna
12. IV. Ordinario – Benedictus – Osanna
13. IV. Ordinario – Agnus Dei
14. V. Communio – Lux æterna
15. V. Communio – Cum sanctis tuis
1791: 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.