A historic recording of Mozart’s Requiem is presented alongside a little known Requiem from the same era. Written 7 years after Mozart’s death, Józef Kozłowski’s Requiem was commissioned by the abdicated King Stanisław of Poland and completed in 1798.
Two Classical Requiems
W.A. Mozart, sitting in a bedchair during his fatal illness, with 3 vocalists and 5 instrumentalists around him. The painting is titled Mozart singing his requiem. (Photo: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Playlist
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem
Bruno Walter, conductor; Elisabeth Schumann; Kerstin Thorborg; Anton Dermota; Igor Kipnis
Vienna Philharmonic and Singverein
Józef Kozłowski: Requiem
Hans Graf, conductor; Peretyatko; Petrova; Stepanov; Seidl
Singapore Symphony
