Mozart Requiem Mass in D Minor IX - Sanctus

John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists and the Monteverdi Choir. This performance was filmed at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, Barcelona in Dec. 1991.

A Requiem Mass in the Roman Catholic tradition is a service designed to pray for the souls of the departed. The parts of the liturgy that are meant to be sung are what constitute all Requiem Mass compositions, including Mozart's.

The structure is as follows:
1. Introit
2. Kyrie
3. Sequence: a. Dies irae b. Tuba mirum c. Rex tremendae d. Recordare e. Confutatis f. Lacrimosa
4. Offertory: a. Domine Jesu Christe b. Hostias
5. Sanctus
6. Benedictus
7. Agnus Dei
8. Lux Aeterna

Mozart died before finishing the Requiem Mass, and his wife Constanze gave the task of finishing the work to a pupil of Mozart's named Süssmayr. From the Sanctus onward, the Requiem is the creation of Süssmayr, though he did use portions of the Introit and Kyrie for the Lux Aeterna, as requested by Mozart and as per tradition.

Despite, or maybe partially because of, the controversy surrounding this Requiem Mass, it is widely regarded as Mozart's greatest masterpiece.

Latin Lyrics and English translation follow:

Category:

Music

Tags:

• mozart
• amadeus
• requiem
• mass
• minor
• sanctus
• dies
• bach
• classical
• beethoven
• roman
• catholic
• confutatis
• lacrimosa

[ottawaalfie]

I think when they sing "gloria" @ 0:40 it sounds truly glorious!

[NJHanna]

(Sanctus. Sanctus, Sanctus,

Dominus Deus Sabaoth!

Pleni suni coeli et terra gloria tua.

Osanna in excelsis.)

Holy, holy, holy,

Lord God of Sabaoth.

Heaven and earth are full of Thy glory.

Hosanna in the highest.

[sstuddert]

@punkypenguin321 yes, just when you think he's going to do something interesting he ends it.

[tombaker1222]

@Moconnor834 @Moconnor834 Yes, male altos do exist. None are shown in this video, but you get female tenors too. Rare, but the odd voice does cross over the vocal range!

[asdfghjane1234]

mozart = genius

sussmayr = mozart taught you well............wow

[Moconnor834]

is the guy singing an alto line at 1:02?!

[ComposerJMA]

1:04 whoooa countertenor

[punkypenguin321]

0:54 just makes me smile. he should've made that section last longer

[Timrath]

@olcorganist Nonsense. First of all, there are not "many" but merely "some" parallel fifths in those parts. Secondly, they're exactly of the same kind that Mozart himself used to make all the time. Specifically the one everyone's harping about, the one in the Sanctus, is just a so-called "faux bourdon" with the strings coupled in octaves to provide a richer sound.

That's as typical for Mozart as yet another type of parallel fifths, that was even named after him (Mozart Fifths).

[palmeritarock23]

¿Por qué en el coro no hay contraltos mujeres? Su voz la hacen hombres! :S

[EraserKneaded]

@Elainelps0421 Well you obviously know a good deal more about exorcisms than I do 'cuz you beat me to it! I was sitting here doing a portrait I'd rather not do for someone I'd rather not know, having a rotten time with it, smoke coming out my ears and suddenly I've got a grin like the Cheshire Cat. I've gone all peaceful and goofy-like. You're pretty good company yourself, for a violinist. :-) :-)

[Elainelps0421]

@EraserKneaded You are nice and funny :) I am cracking up at all of your answers:) I like you!