Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs & Te Deum
Ailyn Pérez, Christianne Stotijn, Michael Spyres, Jan Martínik, Kateřina Kněžíková, Svatopluk Sem; Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša
Awards:
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Record Review, 28th March 2020, Record of the Week
Jakub Hrůša’s performance of the Requiem is darkly dramatic and ferociously committed. Every aspect of this recording leaps into life. The soloists are characterful, with heartfelt and clear...
Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs & Te Deum
Ailyn Pérez, Christianne Stotijn, Michael Spyres, Jan Martínik, Kateřina Kněžíková, Svatopluk Sem; Czech Philharmonic, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Jiří Bělohlávek, Jakub Hrůša
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Awards:
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Record Review, 28th March 2020, Record of the Week
Jakub Hrůša’s performance of the Requiem is darkly dramatic and ferociously committed. Every aspect of this recording leaps into life. The soloists are characterful, with heartfelt and clear...
About
• Both the Biblical Songs and Te Deum are new additions to the Decca catalogue • Live recordings, featuring a stellar line up of soloists
• This release concludes the series of Jiří Bělohlávek’s last recordings of Czech masterworks for Decca Classics before he sadly passed away in 2017
“The Czech Philharmonic give their collective all; with the best sound Decca has yet achieved at the Rudolfinum, this can be placed next to Charles Mackerras as the finest modern Asrael.” BBC Music Magazine, Orchestral Choice ★★★★★
Contents and tracklist
- Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jan Martiník (bass (vocal))
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
- Jakub Hrůša
- Recorded: 2017-09-14
- Recording Venue: Rudolfinum, Prague
- Ailyn Pérez (soprano), Christianne Stotijn (mezzo-soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor), Jan Martiník (bass (vocal))
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
- Jakub Hrůša
- Recorded: 2017-09-14
- Recording Venue: Rudolfinum, Prague
- Jan Martiník (bass (vocal))
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
- Jiří Bělohlávek
- Recorded: 2017-02-28
- Recording Venue: Rudolfinum, Prague
- Kateřina Kněžíková (soprano), Svatopluk Sem (baritone)
- Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Choir
- Jakub Hrůša
- Recorded: 2018-12-21
- Recording Venue: Rudolfinum, Prague
Awards and reviews
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Record Review28th March 2020Record of the Week
June 2020
Jakub Hrůša’s performance of the Requiem is darkly dramatic and ferociously committed. Every aspect of this recording leaps into life. The soloists are characterful, with heartfelt and clear delivery of the texts. The orchestra glows with textural richness, from the silky, emollient strings to the penetrating, incisive wind and brass. The mighty, slightly old-fashioned choral sound is well-balanced across the whole, massive soundscape, even if it is occasionally woolly.
