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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:

[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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[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

Requiem aeternam (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length10:12
Graduale (Soprano, Chorus)
Track length5:09
Dies irae (Chorus)
Track length2:25
Tuba mirum (Alto, Tenor, Bass, Chorus)
Track length9:24
Quid sum miser (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length6:33
Recordare, Jesu pie (Vocal Quartet)
Track length7:04
Confutatis maledictis (Chorus)
Track length5:16
Lacrimosa (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length6:48
Offertorium (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length12:30
Hostias (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length11:09
Sanctus (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length5:50
Pie Jesu (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length4:38
Agnus Dei (Vocal Quartet, Chorus)
Track length10:59
I. Allegro con brio
Track length9:59
II. Adagio
Track length10:37
III. Allegretto grazioso - Molto vivace
Track length6:37
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Track length10:16

Awards and reviews

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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