Verdi: Messa da Requiem

LPA  

1. Requiem e Kyrie
2. Requiem aeternam – Kyrie eleison
3. Sequenza
4. Dies irae – Tuba mirum – Mors stupebit
5. Liber scriptus – Dies irae

LPB

1. Quid sum miser – Rex tremendae
2. Recordare – Ingemisco
3. Confutatis – Dies irae – Lacrymosa

LPC

1. Offertorio
2. Domine Jesu Christe – Hostias
3. Sanctus
4. Agnus Dei

LPD

1. Lux aeterna
2. Libera me
3. Libera me, Domine – Dies irae
4. Requiem aeternam – Libera me, Domine

Claudio Abbado had only made a very few recordings for EMI Classics (now Warner), including Mozart’s Flute Concertos with Emmanuel Pahud. This live rendition of Verdi’s Messa da Requiem is definitively a major modern version of the work. In 2001, Abbado was doing his

In 2001, Claudio Abbado was soon to complete his tenure as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Berliner Philharmoniker, when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer not long before. Nonetheless, he was able to conduct this Verdi Requiem during two concerts that held a special significance, offering us a remarkable modern interpretation of the work. It featured an outstanding quartet of soloists, three of the world's most renowned choirs, and Berlin’s iconic orchestra.