Dies Irae, Dies Illa - Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)

[Neonalfax]

I love Mozart!!! I really but really do!! And I mostly love his Requiem... ... But M. Haydn's Dies Irae is better.

[162ALAN162]

I like both this and Mozarts a lot, but the first section alone of Verdi's beats them by a mile.

[Nganguen]

Angelic Dies Irae...It also sounds like the Mozart's, but this version is "particular" and I love it!

[AdvocateToTheAccuser]

I love this Dies Irae. It's interesting, the idea of comparing it to Mozart's. I'm not sure which one I like better, but they certainly have similarities, as well as differences. I like the Haydn because it's like a musical narrative. The rhythm never ceases, the entire text is in there, and the scoring has neat different voices that capture the different emotions. Mozart doesn't use all the text, but he matches the notes and rhythm to the words perfectly.

[162ALAN162]

@AdvocateToTheAccuser Mozart's does indeed use all the text, but it's split between six sections, beginning "Dies Iræ', 'Tuba Mirum', 'Rex Tremendæ', 'Recordare', 'Confutatis Maledictis' and 'Lacrimosa'.

[DALLASot]

This is very good, however I still prefer Mozart's version

[TheCrazyCello]

@DALLASot

Oh no, Haydn's all the way. The Sequenz may be shorter, but it's compact and the Dies Irae is truly terrifying. Mozart sticks to primary/secondary harmony and uses the fact that it's louder and faster to make it scary. Haydn's is truly terrifying with those supernatural sounding Neapolitan 6ths...

[TheCrazyCello]

@DALLASot ...and have you heard the Introitus? It's just devastating. Mozart's is a pale comparison really, he invert's Haydn's fugal theme which just weakens it harmonically and doesn't achieve the same emotional depth. Perhaps if Mozart himself had completed his, instead of Eybler and Suessmayr and the rest, he might have matched the overarching consistancy of structure that Haydn achieves, but we'll never know :/

[luresia333]

Amazing...simply amazing.Thank you!

[OpheliasNightmares]

hey <3

this piece of music is in Faust 1 ^_^

[Dekida]

hey!!!

I love this Requiem!!! Thanx!!!!

[handyman109]

Immpresive music, great to have both Latin and English text.

[Smithyinlove]

Mate really like this piece of music, it's better than Mozart's, although I do like Mozart it's not as "fussy." The sound quality of your upload is a heck of a lot better than carcamoster's - they all sound like they're singing down a steel sewer pipe!!!!!

[TheCrazyCello]

@Smithyinlove Finally someone who agrees about the Haydn Requiem! You sir, have taste. But then, Mozart didn't have the same inspiration - Haydn's patron and his 1yo daughter died that year. Plus Mozart didn't even write a quarter of his before he copped it.