This week we’ll venture into hallowed territory with some of the most profound music in the literature, including requiems by Mozart, Verdi, Berlioz, Fauré, Dvořák and Duruflé.
Life Among the Dead: Requiem Masses
Playlist
Episode 1
Mozart: Introtitus, Kyrie & Dies Irae
from Requiem, K. 626
Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
DHM 58705
9:44
Berlioz: Requiem & Kyrie
from Grande Messe des Morts
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Davis
Phil 157302
11:31
Verdi: Requiem & Kyrie
from Requiem Mass
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Bernstein
Martina Arroyo, soprano; Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano;
Ruggero Raimondi, bass; Placido Domingo, tenor
Sony 47639
10:42
Dvorák: Kyrie
From Requiem Mass, Op. 89
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus/Ancerl
Sup 3673
10:01
Mozart: Tuba Mirum
From Requiem
Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
Gerald Finley, baritone; Christine Schäfer, soprano;
Bernarda Fink, alto; Kurt Streit, tenor
DHM 58705
3:51
Episode 2
Berlioz: Dies Irae
from Grande Messe des Morts
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Davis
Phil 157302
13:44
Verdi: Dies Irae & excerpts
from Requiem Mass
Berlin Phil/Abaddo
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano; Daniela Barcellona, mezzo-soprano;
Julian Konstantinov, bass; Roberto Alagna, tenor
EMI 57168
36:18, 3:15
Episode 3
Mozart: Rex Trememde, Ricordare, Confutatis & Lachrymosa
from Requiem, K. 626
Concentus Musicus Wien/Harnoncourt
DHM 58705
13:54, :50
Berlioz: Quid Sum miser, Rex Tremendae, Quaerens Me & Lachrymosa
from Grande Messe des Morts
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Davis
Phil 157302
26:27
Fauré: Sanctus, Pie Jesu, & Agnus Dei
from Requiem, Op. 48
La Chapelle Royale Paris/Herreweghe
HM 901292
7:47, 3:57
Episode 4
Mozart: Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnus Dei & Lux Aeterna
from Requiem, K. 626
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Shaw
Telarc 80128
15:56
Berlioz: Sanctus
from Grande Messe des Morts
Boston Symphony Orchestra/Munch
Leopold Simoneau, tenor
RCA 6210
3:24
Verdi: Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Lux Aeterna & Libera Me
from Requiem Mass
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus/Giulini
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano; Christa Ludwig, mezzo-soprano;
Nicolai Gedda, tenor; Nicolai Ghiaurov, bass
EMI 67563
28:21
Duruflé: Sanctus
from Requiem, Op. 9
Orchestra and Chorus of the Academy of Saint Cecilia/Chung
Bryn Terfel, baritone; Cecilia Bartoli, mezzo-soprano
DG 459365
2:39
Episode 5
Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
I-IV, VI
Philharmonia Orchestra/Klemperer
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
EMI 66955
9:53, 14:26, 9:48, 17:22