Berlioz: Requiem [Hybrid SACD]

Berlioz: Requiem [Hybrid SACD]

Berlioz: Requiem [Hybrid SACD]
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Composer: Hector Berlioz
Conductor: Charles Münch
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Léopold Simoneau
Edition: Music CD
Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
CD Release Date: 2005-01-25
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Requiem et Kyrie
  2. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Dies irae
  3. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Quid sum miser
  4. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Rex tremendae
  5. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Quaerens me
Music CD 2
  1. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Lacrymosa
  2. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Offertorium
  3. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Hostias
  4. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Sanctus
  5. Requiem (Grande Messe des morts), for tenor, chorus & orchestra, H. 75 (Op. 5): Agnus Dei

Music reviews of Berlioz: Requiem [Hybrid SACD]

Music Review: When I die...
Rating: 5 Stars

Berlioz thought big for his Mass: "The number [of performers] indicated is only relative. If space permit, the chorus may be doubled or tripled, and the orchestra be proportionally increased. But in the event of an exceptionally large chorus, say 700 to 800 voices, the entire chorus should only be used for the Dies Irae, the Tuba Mirum, and the Lacrymosa, the rest of the movements being restricted to 400 voices." I've performed the work as a member of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. We did not number 400, but I can attest to the fact that the house was crammed with 16 timpani, 10 pairs of cymbals, four brass choirs, and a partridge... Given that no recording can do this work justice, why not go with the one that's the most musically sublime? In my opinion, it pretty much takes a French musician to convey the style- Munch was Alsatian, close enough. There's only one brief solo in the piece, the Sanctus, it's stratospheric and most tenors either belt it or cheat by singing falsetto. Tenor Leopold Simoneau managed to shape every phrase perfectly- just achingly beautiful. The weakness on the recording is the New England Conservatory chorus. The tenor line is soaring and prominent throughout, and this tenor section is stretched (pun intended) beyond their limitations. Still, the Chorus is more than adequate and gets the message out. (I also highly recommend the Solti/CSO recording of Berlioz's The Damnation of Faust.)
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