1791: a busy year for Mozart who, when he received a
commission for a Requiem, was already working on Die
Zauberflote and had a deadline to deliver La clemenza di Tito.
Everyone knows what happened next: the commission
postponed, exhaustion and death, a work left unfinished and
which, after several composers were approached, was finally
completed by Sussmayr. This version gradually became
established as the closest to Mozart's intentions, but is not
free of faulty part-writing and orchestration. In 2016 a young
French composer, Pierre-Henri Dutron, persuaded Rene
Jacobs to perform his own revision of the Requiem completed
by Sussmayr. This new version was created with great
success in a series of five concerts around Europe in
November 2016. We now present its first studio recording,
released exclusively on harmonia mundi.
1I. Introitus
Requiem æternam. Adagio 2'02
2Kyrie. Allegro 4'46
3II. Sequentia
Dies Iræ. Allegro assai 3'01
4Tuba mirum. Andante 1'00
5Rex tremendæ [Maestoso] 2'17
6Recordare [Allegretto] 1'16
7Confutatis. Andante 0'40
8Lacrimosa [Adagio] 2'06
9III. Offertorium
Domine Jesu Christe - Quam olim Abrahæ [Allegretto] 3'46
10Hostias [Larghetto] - Quam olim Abrahæ. Da capo 1'14
11IV. Ordinario
Sanctus [Andante maestoso]
Osanna [Allegro] 2'04
12Benedictus [Andante moderato]
Osanna [Allegro] 1'32
13Agnus Dei [Andante] 1'01
14V. Communio
Lux æterna. Adagio 1'20
15Cum sanctis tuis. Allegro 1'11 |
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