Dvorak - Requiem & Symphony No. 8
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with Vienna Singverein, Mariss Jansons
Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
[Jansons] clearly understands the dynamics of this strongly unified work and nearly everywhere his tempos are well judged. He is also very well served by superb choral singing and orchestral...
Dvorak - Requiem & Symphony No. 8
Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, with Vienna Singverein, Mariss Jansons
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Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Choral
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2010, Editor's Choice
[Jansons] clearly understands the dynamics of this strongly unified work and nearly everywhere his tempos are well judged. He is also very well served by superb choral singing and orchestral...
About
Among the activities undertaken by the Vienna Singverein to commemorate its 150th anniversary during the 2008–9 season was a series of performances of Dvorák’s Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons. The concert recordings of the two performances given in Amsterdam in February 2009 have been integrated here to create a captivating presentation of this rarely recorded work. On this double SACD release, Jansons, who has a special affinity with Dvorák’s late works, has paired the Requiem with the Eighth Symphony, composed during the period directly preceding the Requiem. Of particular note in Jansons’s interpretation of both works here is his attention to detail, a characteristic of his performances, but which in no way impedes the development of extended, overarching climaxes.
Contents and tracklist
- Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor)
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Wiener Singverein
- Mariss Jansons
- Recorded: 5-6 February 2009
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Mariss Jansons
- Recorded: 5-6 February 2009
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Mariss Jansons
- Recorded: 19-21, 23 and 25 December 2007 and 23 October 2008
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Mariss Jansons
- Recorded: 19-21, 23 and 25 December 2007 and 23 October 2008
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJuly 2010Editor's Choice
July 2010
[Jansons] clearly understands the dynamics of this strongly unified work and nearly everywhere his tempos are well judged. He is also very well served by superb choral singing and orchestral playing that clearly relishes the work's many challenges...the first two movements [of the Symphony] are a near ideal blend of volatility and poetry.
July 2010
...it's a real performance [of the Symphony] and a worthy makeweight for a magnificent reading of the Requiem, which is a real feather in Jansons's cap
July/August 2010
...what impresses most about this recording is the deeply sincere approach the performers adopt, confidently allowing the work to speak for itself...The four soloists are impressive... but the real heroes here are the members of the Wiener Singverein, whose fervent singing throughout such a lengthy work is a marvellous feat.
14th May 2010
The flow of the music [in the Requiem] is entirely natural in Jansons’s hands, the chorus, soloists and instrumental detail both gelling with and standing out from the texture as the occasion demands...[The Eighth's] exuberance and radiant instrumental colour [are] vivified through a performance of poise and rejuvenating verve.
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