Schnittke: requiem

[composer86]

It is a really beautiful beginning of a requiem! Something similar in the beauty created Valentin Silvestrov in the 4. movement (Largo) of his Requiem for Larissa

[AmbientariaRecords]

Anyone knows where to find the score ?

[VomSaturn]

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

[speakvisual]

holy mother of christ i'm speechless

[medous]

Sounds like HALO ^^

[switmee09]

is this the requiem of castlevania? my classmate wants me to dl it.. but I can't find it >.< anyone? please help me..

[Canados]

i don't think that Rothko painting is related to Schnittke.. his music is much more meaningful and straight forward that most Rothko's works.

[ccloko]

i thought it had some tonal qualitieys of repeatition as disco does, some atonal dissonace. disco does that, very much a more modern peice.

[skypraiou]

υπέροχο!!!

[littlespider2005]

If your school has access to Naxos Music Library (often most easily accessible on campus through the library's website), there is a beautiful recording by the Swedish Radio Choir. We performed the entire requiem last semester and dedicated it to a student who tragically lost his life days before our concert. The emotions that it evoked were incredible. Thank you Alfred Schnittke!

[WilsonDittrich]

I can't stop hearing...can't can't can't...

[AikiNick102]

While Mozart's or Brahms' requiem is very tragic and fills you with sorrow, Schnittke's requiem is more terrifying and dark! Is this this the best requiem? I don't know. Is this the most distinctive requiem? Certainly! Astonishing! Ingenious!

[kamino96]

Woaw I would love the idea to be burried in my grave with this music playing...Simply majestic, gothic, powerful :great !!!

[AikiNick102]

This is the best of all requiems, except for Mozart's, in my opinion. One way or another, every time I listen to this it sends chills down my spine, just like Mozart's work.

[TheCruelestMonth]

@AikiNick102 Also listen to Faure's... I love it...

[AikiNick102]

@TheCruelestMonth I have listened to Faure's requiem, I listen to a lot of Requiems.

[crazilisious4ever]

where can i download this? I've looked everywhere for this!

[MerlinTheDraconic]

Huh. Usually I can't stand Schnittke, but I can actually listen to this without wanting to claw my ears out.

[mauimaestro357]

I was honored to perform the US premiere of this work in Boston Cathedral in the presence of the composer and under the baton of Sarah Caldwell in 1987

[staciedunlop]

@mauimaestro357 I was in that performance as well...what an absolutely incredible experience...I will always remember it

[alexandrodega]

beautiful

ХОРОШО

[causticprovocateur]

that something this intense came out as disco was about to rise in popularity is a testament to Alfred Schnittke's immense ability. Is entirely possible to claim him as a creative genius...

[DarthJeeling]

And Pierre Boulez's le marteau sans maître came out at the height of Elvis's fame in America. Two different worlds, nothing to do with each other.

[mika41793]

ahh, i remember singing this with a choir called chorus angelicus and gaudeamus. this is a wonderful piece, very moving, yet dark and mysterious.

[skjumpers]

@mika41793:

I'm currently singing in a choir directed by Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus's founder, Paul Halley. I might actually become an organ scholar under his tutelage.

We're about to do Saint John Passion, but there are whispers of this for next year.

[mika41793]

@skjumpers are you in nova scotia? i heard that he was doing something with kings college up there? maybe? haha i don't really know, but i'm sure that you would enjoy this piece. it brings back so many memories.

[sangkongen]

it's breathtaking... I love to sing it with my choir as well

[proferrando]

very deep.

[cervereta]

I did not found it in eMule. Well, I really found it, but only 2 or 3 people had it... so it was nearly impossible to download it.

[cervereta]

I heard the whole requiem and I have to admit that it's wonderful... never had I heard such a different requiem from the others... could somebody upload more parts of this piece? I can not buy this piece anywhere. Thank you.

[sciprio]

Thank you for your comment.

I´m going to upload the complete requiem in a near future, the problem is that i don´t have the album where it´s contained, so i´ll have to borrow it again from the library of my university.

[pasxizeis]

you can buy it from iTunes

[elgranrafa]

emule!

[FerventSylph]

@cervereta I have had the entire work for some years now. This is the first time I am hearing for along time. Such beauty accumulates upon hearing again. Amazing

[babauzza]

Ho cantato questo requiem... In tutte le prove ero disperata perchè era uno stile mai visto ci sono molte dissonanze (nel dies irae specialmente) ed è molto complicato... Ma poi, cantato in una chiesa con gli strumenti e l'acustica giusta era da brivido... Tetro, ma davvero bello... Wonderful!

[sciprio]

Thank you for your kind words.

[DafniElissa]

@babauzza wow! in che coro canti? dove? adoro queste cose, un giorno anche io vorrei far parte di un coro :)