Fritz Reiner - Verdi: Requiem (1960) [2018] Hi-Res
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BAND/ARTIST: Fritz Reiner
- Title: Verdi: Requiem
- Year Of Release: 1960 [2018]
- Label: HDTT [HDTT8435]
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: FLAC (Tracks) | 24 Bit/96 kHz
- Total Time: 01:36:15
- Total Size: 2,0 GB (+3%rec.)
- WebSite: Album Preview
Requiem, also called Requiem Mass, Italian in full Messa da requiem
per l’anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 maggio 1874 (“Requiem
Mass for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni May 22, 1874”),
requiem mass by Giuseppe Verdi, intended as a memorial to a departed hero—the poet, playwright, and novelist Alessandro Manzoni.
Requiem premiered in Milan on May 22, 1874. It is Verdi’s
largest-scale nonoperatic work.
The leading Italian writer of the 1800s, Manzoni played the role in Italy
that Goethe had for an earlier generation of Germans: that of the
country’s literary soul. On May 22, 1873, when Manzoni passed away,
all Italy mourned. Verdi, in a letter to his publisher, expressed a wish to
write something in memory of Manzoni. Determined to conduct the work
himself on the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death, Verdi arranged with
the city of Milan that the premiere would take place in San Marco.
Requiem premiered on schedule to massive public acclaim. The
performance at San Marco was followed by three more at La Scala.
In the opening “Requiem Aeternam,” “Te Decet Hymnus,” and “Kyrie”
sections, Verdi gradually builds up energy on flowing lines of imitative
polyphony.
The second movement, which has 10 sections, begins with a “Dies Irae”
that spans roughly half an hour by itself. It opens with strident brass,
swirling strings and the tumultuous fury of the chorus’s lines. For the
“Tuba Mirum” portion, the solo trumpet grows to a trumpet ensemble
as the composer evokes the trumpet that on Judgment Day calls forth
the dead from their graves. Also of note in this movement are the
virtuosic use of the vocal quartet in the “Rex Tremendae” section and
the tenor aria in the “Ingemisco”.
The “Offertorio” (third movement) sets the chorus aside in favour of the
vocal quartet, though the chorus returns in force for the “Sanctus”
(fourth movement). The “Agnus Dei” (fifth movement) begins with the
soprano and mezzo-soprano in lullaby-like a capella lines, before
being joined gently by the chorus and orchestra. The “Lux Aeterna”
(sixth movement) combines the mezzo-soprano not with the soprano,
but rather with the tenor and bass, as shimmering string tremolos seek
to capture the sense of that eternal light.
For the seventh and final movement, “Libera Me,” Verdi provides
assertive lines for the solo soprano, while the chorus is set in a far
more soft-spoken fashion, at least until the return of the tempest of
sound that is the “Dies Irae.” The “Requiem Aeternam” of the first
movement is also repeated. In the final section of the work, Verdi
layers the choral parts into a restless fugue.
Tracks:
1 Requiem And Kyrie 12:03
2 Dies Irae Part 1 14:36
3 Dies Irae (Concluded) 25:07
4 Offertorium 11:59
5 Sanctus 2:45
6 Agnus Dei 5:33
7 Lux Aeterna 7:07
8 Libera Me 16:04
Personnel:
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bass Vocals – Giorgio Tozzi
Chorus – Society Of The Friends Of Music, Vienna
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Rosalind Elias
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Jussi Bjoerling
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per l’anniversario della morte di Manzoni 22 maggio 1874 (“Requiem
Mass for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni May 22, 1874”),
requiem mass by Giuseppe Verdi, intended as a memorial to a departed hero—the poet, playwright, and novelist Alessandro Manzoni.
Requiem premiered in Milan on May 22, 1874. It is Verdi’s
largest-scale nonoperatic work.
The leading Italian writer of the 1800s, Manzoni played the role in Italy
that Goethe had for an earlier generation of Germans: that of the
country’s literary soul. On May 22, 1873, when Manzoni passed away,
all Italy mourned. Verdi, in a letter to his publisher, expressed a wish to
write something in memory of Manzoni. Determined to conduct the work
himself on the first anniversary of Manzoni’s death, Verdi arranged with
the city of Milan that the premiere would take place in San Marco.
Requiem premiered on schedule to massive public acclaim. The
performance at San Marco was followed by three more at La Scala.
In the opening “Requiem Aeternam,” “Te Decet Hymnus,” and “Kyrie”
sections, Verdi gradually builds up energy on flowing lines of imitative
polyphony.
The second movement, which has 10 sections, begins with a “Dies Irae”
that spans roughly half an hour by itself. It opens with strident brass,
swirling strings and the tumultuous fury of the chorus’s lines. For the
“Tuba Mirum” portion, the solo trumpet grows to a trumpet ensemble
as the composer evokes the trumpet that on Judgment Day calls forth
the dead from their graves. Also of note in this movement are the
virtuosic use of the vocal quartet in the “Rex Tremendae” section and
the tenor aria in the “Ingemisco”.
The “Offertorio” (third movement) sets the chorus aside in favour of the
vocal quartet, though the chorus returns in force for the “Sanctus”
(fourth movement). The “Agnus Dei” (fifth movement) begins with the
soprano and mezzo-soprano in lullaby-like a capella lines, before
being joined gently by the chorus and orchestra. The “Lux Aeterna”
(sixth movement) combines the mezzo-soprano not with the soprano,
but rather with the tenor and bass, as shimmering string tremolos seek
to capture the sense of that eternal light.
For the seventh and final movement, “Libera Me,” Verdi provides
assertive lines for the solo soprano, while the chorus is set in a far
more soft-spoken fashion, at least until the return of the tempest of
sound that is the “Dies Irae.” The “Requiem Aeternam” of the first
movement is also repeated. In the final section of the work, Verdi
layers the choral parts into a restless fugue.
Tracks:
1 Requiem And Kyrie 12:03
2 Dies Irae Part 1 14:36
3 Dies Irae (Concluded) 25:07
4 Offertorium 11:59
5 Sanctus 2:45
6 Agnus Dei 5:33
7 Lux Aeterna 7:07
8 Libera Me 16:04
Personnel:
Conductor – Fritz Reiner
Orchestra – Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Bass Vocals – Giorgio Tozzi
Chorus – Society Of The Friends Of Music, Vienna
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Rosalind Elias
Soprano Vocals – Leontyne Price
Tenor Vocals – Jussi Bjoerling
Year 2018 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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