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Mozart: Requiem, K. 626

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Download links and information about Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 by Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor. This album was released in 2004 and it belongs to genres. It contains 14 tracks with total duration of 50:04 minutes.

Artist: Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Release date: 2004
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Tracks: 14
Duration: 50:04
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No. Title Length
1. Requiem, K. 626: I. Introitus "Requiem" (featuring Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer, Erwin Ortner) 4:58
2. Requiem, K. 626: II. "Kyrie" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 2:55
3. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Dies Irae" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 1:50
4. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Tuba mirum" (featuring Kurt Streit, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer) 3:52
5. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Rex tremendae" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 1:58
6. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Recordare" (featuring Kurt Streit, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer) 6:19
7. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Confutatis" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 2:35
8. Requiem, K. 626: III. Sequentia "Lacrimosa" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 3:07
9. Requiem, K. 626: IV. Offertorium "Domine Jesu" (featuring Kurt Streit, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer, Erwin Ortner) 3:50
10. Requiem, K. 626: IV. Offertorium "Hostias" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 3:02
11. Requiem, K. 626: V. "Sanctus" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 1:19
12. Requiem, K. 626: VI. "Benedictus" (featuring Kurt Streit, Bernarda Fink, Gerald Finley, Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer, Erwin Ortner) 5:20
13. Requiem, K. 626: VII. "Agnus Dei" (featuring Erwin Ortner) 3:24
14. Requiem, K. 626: VIII. Communio "Lux aeterna" (featuring Christine Schäfer / Christine Schafer, Erwin Ortner) 5:35

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Mozart’s final piece was his Requiem, a work of ecstatic beauty that became a lasting archetype for sacred vocal music. Composed by a dying, penniless Mozart for an anonymous patron, the mysterious circumstances of the mass were the subject of Peter Shaffer’s play and film, Amadeus. The music transcends the myth in this performance from Austrian conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, who captures the detailed nuance of the piece without diluting its dramatic intensity. This 2004 interpretation quickly became the new reference recording of the Requiem by juxtaposing a lean orchestra of period instruments with a rich, intense chorus.