Verdi: Requiem

An unheralded Requiem from the 1970s, but with solid soloists, fine choral singing and well-balanced sound, Patane proves an excellent Verdian, eliciting excitement without melodrama in a movingly... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 18th Sep 2015
Catalogue No: 94948
Label: Brilliant Classics

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Verdi: Requiem

Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic (soprano), Luigi Ottolini (tenor), Margarita Lilova (mezzo-soprano) & Bonaldo Giaiotti (bass)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Leipzig & Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Giuseppe Patanè

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Verdi’s Requiem is (along with Mozart’s Requiem) the most famous “Mass for the Death” ever written. Far exceeding its liturgical function the work is a human statement of all emotions connected with death: from the utter terror of the Dies Irae (Day of Wrath), the anguish of the Libera Me to triumph, consolation and resignation.

This classic recording is conducted by the Italian Maestro Giuseppe Patanè, an opera veteran, who offers a profound and moving performance of this “Sacred Opera”, along with a superb cast of Italian vocalists. Liner notes and sung texts included in the booklet.

Recorded in 1975, captured in sumptuous, excellent analogue sound.

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January 2016

An unheralded Requiem from the 1970s, but with solid soloists, fine choral singing and well-balanced sound, Patane proves an excellent Verdian, eliciting excitement without melodrama in a movingly devotional reading.

Verdi: Requiem

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