Requiem

Requiem

Requiem
Our Price: $29.00
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.65 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more CD details
Listen soundtracks from this album


(Click here)
Buy this Music CD at online store in your country
Canadian Music Store

CD Details

Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 1994-11-22
Music Label: Polygram Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Requiem Op. 89: I. Introitus - Kyrie - A. Dvorak
  2. Requiem Op. 89: Graduale - A. Dvorak
  3. Requiem Op. 89: Dies Irae - A. Dvorak
  4. Requiem Op. 89: Tuba mirum - A. Dvorak
  5. Requiem Op. 89: Quid sum miser - A. Dvorak
  6. Requiem Op. 89: Recordare - A. Dvorak
  7. Requiem Op. 89: Confutatis maledictis - A. Dvorak
  8. Requiem Op. 89: Lachrymosa - A. Dvorak
  9. Requiem Op. 89: Domine Jesu - A. Dvorak
Music CD 2
  1. Requiem Op. 89 (Suite): Hostias - Antonin Dvorak
  2. Requiem Op. 89 (Suite): II. Sanctus - Benedictus - Antonin Dvorak
  3. Requiem Op. 89 (Suite): Pie Jesus - Antonin Dvorak
  4. Requiem Op. 89 (Suite): Agnus dei - Antonin Dvorak
  5. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: Rings un den Herrn sind Wolken und dunkel - Antonin Dvorak
  6. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: Gott, erhire mein inniges Flahen - Antonin Dvorak
  7. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: Gott is mein Hirte - Antonin Dvorak
  8. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: In den Wassern su Babylon sassen wir - Antonin Dvorak
  9. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: Wende dich zumir - Antonin Dvorak
  10. 6 Chants bibliques op. 99: Singet ein neues Lied - Antonin Dvorak

Music reviews of Requiem

Music Review: A REQUIEM TOO FAR
Rating: 4 Stars

Among settings of the liturgical text of the Requiem mass, Dvorak's has never been a crowd-puller like Mozart's or Verdi's or Faure's, and sadly I can't say I'm surprised. Shaw called the work `beyond belief uninspired' and I wish I thought he was exaggerating. Dvorak may have been under some pressure from the Birmingham Festival to come up with a big choral composition, but to this day it defeats me why he thought that this slow-moving and lugubrious behemoth of a Requiem was likely to fill the bill so soon after Verdi's blazing masterpiece to the same text. However this is a review of the performance and the production, not of the music, and those are in general very good indeed. The liner-note, by John Warrack in the set as I have it, is sound but plodding, as if to be in the spirit of the thing, but the performance, and particularly the contribution of the soloists, is excellent. The recording is not bad at all for 1959, and it is only the over-forward balance given to the solo voices, together with a touch of hardness now and again in their tone and a slight sense of strain in some of the louder sections (e.g. Quam olim Abrahae), that stops me from awarding the set the full 5 stars.

The music of the Requiem seems to me to improve towards the end, particularly in the first part of the Offertorium and in the second setting of the Pie Jesu, at both which points the sound recalls Verdi. It also seems to come to life where I would not have expected it to, with the musically unpromising text Quam olim Abrahae promisisti, and to retain some of this livelier spirit in the Sanctus. However what makes this set recommendable just on its own is the filler item, 6 of the 10 settings of the Psalms from Dvorak's op 99. These are heartfelt and moving, solemn for the most part but finishing with the ever-lovely Singet ein neues Lied, in which Dvorak's unmistakable voice is heard clearly for the first time. These performances date from 1960, and they give us another reminder of what Fischer-Dieskau amounted to in his wonderful prime, beautifully accompanied by Demus. There is a very slight roughness to the sound in the earlier numbers, but it seems to disappear later, and to me it is insignificant beside singing and musicianship of this order, with that glorious voice heard to full effect.

Just a pity about that Requiem really. The full texts of the Latin there and the German in the songs are given with English translations. The Latin is very accurately printed, the only error being `praestra' for `praesta' in the Dies Irae. There are only two mistakes in the translation, both minor - the last phrase of the Gradual means `he will not fear evil from the hearing'; and in the Offertory `lest' is wrong. These two phrases are not dependent on `Deliver them' but are separate propositions `let hell not swallow them, let them not fall into darkness', after which the `And' will not make good sense, and no wonder considering the Latin says `but'.

I had no version of the Requiem before, mainly because I did not want one, but this is a good one and it can be recommended to anyone, whatever they think of the piece as music. As for the Biblical songs, I make a joyful noise to the Lord.
More Requiem free music reviews:
1

Description of Requiem

All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.

Classical CDs
Music Genres
Bestsellers in Classical CDs
Winterscapes ImageWinterscapes
by London Philharmonic
Prophetic Voice; Published: 2000-07; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $2.74
Price in other shops: $6.99
The Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee ImageThe Queen, the Bear, & the Bumblebee
by Dini Petty
Children's Group; Published: 2001-03; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $13.38
Price in other shops: $13.98
Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr ImageClassical Kids - Beethoven Lives Upstairs Cdr
Release date: 2000-04-05; Music CD
Best price: $24.97
Tchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos)) ImageTchaikovsky (Life and Works (Naxos))
by Malcolm Sinclair, Jeremy Siepmann
Naxos; Published: 2003-11; Audio CD; Book
Best price: $35.99
Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS] ImageJose Carreras - Jose Carreras - Jubileum Concert [VHS]
Sling Shot; Release date: 2000-04-18; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $5.86
Price in other shops: $9.99
Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS] ImageTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker / Nureyev, Park, Royal Ballet [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-09-09; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $29.90
Price in other shops: $29.95
Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS] ImageRambert Dance Company - Lonely Town Lonley Street / Sergeant's Early Dream [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1997-10-28; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $14.99
Price in other shops: $29.95
Winter Music: Composing the North ImageWinter Music: Composing the North
by John Luther Adams
Wesleyan; Published: 2004-11-10; Hardcover; Book
Best price: $25.35
Price in other shops: $25.95
Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImagePuccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $6.38
Price in other shops: $29.95
Verdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS] ImageVerdi - Falstaff / Giulini, Bruson, Ricciarelli, Nucci, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Kultur Video; Release date: 1999-05-25; VHS Tape; VHS Video
Best price: $12.95
Price in other shops: $29.95
Books | DVD Video | VHS Video | Health and Personal Care | Digital Cameras and Photo | Kitchen and Housewares | Tools and Hardware | Sports Equipment | Dresses shirts shoes apparel pants
Copyright © 2004-2007 music-hills.com
Google
 
Web music-hills.com
Compare prices and find music notes for more than one million Music CD titles