Alexander Kastalsky: Requiem

Most of the music is clearly steeped in the Orthodox tradition, infused with memories of Mozart’s Requiem, but includes disquieting elements such as the Musorgsky-like funeral bell chord which... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2020, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: 8574245
Label: Naxos
Length: 63 minutes

Grammy Awards

63rd Awards (2021)

Nominee - Best Choral Performance

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Kastalsky: Requiem for Fallen Brothers

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Joseph Charles Beutel (bass-baritone), Anna Dennis (soprano)
Cathedral Choral Society, The Clarion Choir, The Saint Tikhon Choir, Kansas City Chorale, Orchestra Of St. Luke's
Leonard Slatkin

I. Requiem aeternam. Give Rest to the Souls

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II. Kyrie eleison

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III. Rex tremendae

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IV. Ingemisco. Guilty, Now I Pour

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V. Confutatis. While the Wicked Are Confounded

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VI. Lacrymosa

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VII. Domine Jesu. Now the Laborer's Task Is O'er

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VIII. Beati Mortui

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IX. Hostias

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X. Interludium. From the Direction of the Japanese Troops, Gentle Music Is Heard

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XI. Sanctus

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XII. Agnus Dei

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XIII. What Sweetness in This World Is Not Mixed with Grief

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XIV. Rock of Ages

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XV. Kyrie eleison

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XVI. Interludium. Hymn to Indra

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XVII. Requiem aeternam

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Alexander Kastalsky was a student of Tchaikovsky and a mentor to Rachmaninov, becoming director of the Moscow Synodal School until the Bolshevik regime banned all sacred music, including the extraordinary Requiem for Fallen Brothers which consequently lay forgotten for over a century. The Requiem is a rich and varied mosaic that honours those who perished in the First World War, poignantly combining Orthodox and Gregorian chant with hymns from the allied nations, even including Rock of Ages. This unprecedented and peerless monument to those who made the ultimate sacrifice was acclaimed on its 1917 premiere as a ‘uniquely Russian requiem that… gave musical voice to the tears of many nations’.

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December 2020

Most of the music is clearly steeped in the Orthodox tradition, infused with memories of Mozart’s Requiem, but includes disquieting elements such as the Musorgsky-like funeral bell chord which makes ominous reappearances, like the bell in Britten’s War Requiem….Slatkin, who admits a deep belief in this work, draws a touching performance.

March/April 2021

The present performance is deeply committed. Slatkin obviously undertook the project as a labor of love, and he conveys his belief in the score to his vast forces. Soprano Anna Dennis sings with a lovely lyric tone and enough force for the moments requiring it.

October 2020

The three soloists and four choirs involved have really grasped what is needed to communicate this complex work, and Slatkin’s driven direction of the Orchestra of St Luke’s means that the tension never lets up. It may have had to wait until now to be revealed to audiences but this is an extraordinary work and this fine recording will, I am convinced, ensure that it acquires a permanent place in the repertoire.

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