Suppe: Requiem

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Schaller has engaged an excellent quartet of soloists...I find Pesendorfer unerringly consistent throughout, displaying rich and reverentially expressive singing...I loved every second of Suppé’s... — MusicWeb International, April 2013 More…

Release Date: 28th Jan 2013
Catalogue No: PH12061
Label: Profil Medien
Length: 74 minutes

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Suppe: Requiem: I. Requiem aeternam

Work length8:19

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Marie Fajtova, Franziska Gottwald, Tomislav Mužek, Albert Pesendorfer
Munich Philharmonic Chorus, Philharmonie Festiva
Gerd Schaller

Suppe: Requiem

Work length1:05:59

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Albert Pesendorfer, Marie Fajtova, Franziska Gottwald, Tomislav Mužek
Munich Philharmonic Chorus, Philharmonie Festiva
Gerd Schaller

II. Dies irae

Track length2:47

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III. Tuba mirum

Track length7:37

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IV. Rex tremendae

Track length2:12

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V. Recordare

Track length5:40

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VI. Confutatis

Track length4:10

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VII. Lacrymosa

Track length4:53

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VIII. Offertorio: Domine, Jesu Christe

Track length5:29

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IX. Offertorio: Hostias

Track length7:23

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X. Sanctus: Sanctus

Track length2:44

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XI. Sanctus: Benedictus

Track length4:59

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XII. Sanctus: Agnus Dei

Track length12:16

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XIII. Sanctus: Libera me

Track length5:49

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A Requiem from the king of operetta? A Requiem by Franz von Suppé? What on earth would that be? Light cavalry pressed into a liturgical corset? A liturgical trifle without any significance? It is amazing and completely incomprehensible that this Requiem in D minor of 1855 for solo voices, choir and orchestra is still not in the common repertoire. True, there have been sporadic performances and a small number of CD recordings, but such marginal interest does not do justice to the work. How come?

In order to do justice to the work's enduring characteristics, it is worth considering the circumstances surrounding its composition. The occasion for writing it was the death of Franz von Suppé's great patron and friend Pokorny, yet it was dedicated to no less a personage than "His Holiness, Pope Pius IX". In terms of quality and the appropriateness of its setting, this Requiem is altogether in keeping with its elevated purpose. In his obituary for Franz von Suppé in 1895, Johannes Brahms wrote: "He actually owes his incredible agility in secular things to his sacred compositions. He had really learnt something!"

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April 2013

Schaller has engaged an excellent quartet of soloists...I find Pesendorfer unerringly consistent throughout, displaying rich and reverentially expressive singing...I loved every second of Suppé’s splendid Requiem: a real discovery stunningly performed and so satisfyingly recorded too.

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