Messa da Requiem (H. Rilling) (2CD)

VERDI Giuseppe - Messa da Requiem (H. Rilling) (2CD)

Giuseppe Verdi composed his famous "Requiem" in 1874 on the occasion of the first anniversary of the death of the great writer Alessandro Manzoni, author of the famous novel "I promessi sposi" (The Betrothed).
The colors of the score and the operatic treatment of the Requiem text, then caused a stir - and do so even today. Despite or perhaps because of this it is one of the opera composer's most
popular works. Verdi's setting is indisputably one of the greatest settings of the Latin funeral mass.
The singers on this production are - as always with maestro Helmuth Rilling - handpicked. The SWR Symphony Orchestra joins as orchestral support for this interpretation by one of the 20th century's greatest choral conductors.

1.1	Messa da Requiem Requiem aeternam		10:10
1.2	Messa da Requiem Dies irae		38:05
1.3	Messa da Requiem Offertorium		09:33
2.1	Messa da Requiem Sanctus		02:51
2.2	Messa da Requiem Agnus Dei		05:05
2.3	Messa da Requiem Lux æterna		06:15
2.4	Messa da Requiem Libera me		14:42