Dvorak Requiem, Op. 89 - Confutatis maledictis

[Celka01]

Absolutely perfect - Dvorak's emotional

[cgadami]

Because this is almost a plagerism of Mozart's requiem. Strange to see him lift so much of that movement. And I'm talking phrasing, not words, because that is probably part of the mass.

[YooToobSerfur]

@cgadami Just because each composer chose to use a loud bit and a soft bit and a loud bit and a soft bit to convey the meaning and emotion behind the words does not mean that one "plagerized" the other. The loud part conveys the despair and anguish that being sentenced to the everlasting flames of hell brings, while the soft part conveys the simple prayer, "Voca me ... Call me to You". Each composer uniquely and successfully communicated that message through their music. There is no plagerism.

[cgadami]

Because this is almost a plagerism of Mozart's requiem. Strange to see him lift so much of that movement.

[Purplecatsoup30]

As I listen closely, I think to myself: "he ripped off Mozart!!"

Does anyone else think it sound rather similar?

[BansaiMont3l]

@Purplecatsoup30 yeah, it really does.. strange xD

[lordofdrakknor]

My good friend gave me the Dvorak Requiem CD for my bar mitzvah over 15 years ago, and I still listen to it all the time. So good!!

[Siberiaeterna]

Magnifique!!

[xtop23]

wonderful

[classicallymusic]

This requiem is fantastic!!

[EarthaticFan]

this piece is absolutely amazing!

[pianist12]

Why isnt this Requiem popular? You normally only hear people mention Verdi, Mozart, and maybe Brahms- but this work is just as great as those...I just recently found this!!!

[Stravinsky91]

I know :S that is strange :/

[propmaintren]

@Stravinsky91 maybe because you have this all wrong. Confutatis maledictis is from Mozart's requiem only. NO ONE ELSE!!!!

[YooToobSerfur]

@propmaintren Really? And here I thought that nearly every Requiem Mass from the Renaissance to today had a Confutatis Maledictis in it. Mozart did not write the words, he only put them to music. So too with any of a multitude of composers who have included Dies Irae (the poem that includes Confutatis maledictis/Flammis acribus addictis:/Voca me cum benedictis) in their Requiems.

[yukifujita]

@propmaintren LOLWUT

[Victor20376]

@Stravinsky91 I like very much chorus music, but..this one is not my style; however: Dvorak's requiem is played (and sung) completely at the buriel-ceremony of Chechish ex-president Vaclav Havel in the Saint-Vituscthedral in Praghe.

(Bill Clinton was present too).

[ashraniyyah]

Those other Requiems have just been reputed earlier, but that does not mean that this particular Requiem will not also become reputed :) Like wealth, though, knowledge of any artist's work is not always equally distributed, elitism alas being a tremendous factor in this unequal distribution.

[olga2809]

Yesterday I heard this piece in the Concertgebouw played by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. The history of this orchestra dates back 120 years and they hadn't played this Requiem until now!

[Sinfoniette]

Is that with Karel Ancerl? If it isn't, you mush hear it. Its a great rendition.

[olga2809]

@ Sinfoniette

No, Mariss Jansons conducted the concert. Did you mean a CD recording? Anyway, I heard the piece live, not on CD.

[Sinfoniette]

Oh, Jansons. And yes, I meant a CD recording. But still the Ancerl is a required rendition for the Dvorak Requiem lover.

[paulusms]

The concert was great. Thomas Quasthoff as Bass-soloist and the choir "Wiener Singverein". I loved it.

[ComposerJMA]

@pianist12 I know ALL requiems. I question why Saint-Sains and Cherubini are less famous.

As well as Michael Haydn, the BEST requiem known to me.

[Janinka34]

Really great Requiem. More, please.