Mozart's Requiem Mass in D Minor V - Recordare

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.

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

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[musicismylife17blue]

@MrsWesenDerNacht Barbara Bonney I love her!

[MrsWesenDerNacht]

this soprano is really good - and cute. does anyone know who she is?

[Wolfzart89]

I can't help but wonder if Mozart was really a human after hearing this.

[FroggerbobT]

@diebongs92 I wouldn't call a requiem "opera music".

[TheUshankaBrothers]

Where's the Requiem in D MInor from the Big Lebowski?

I was going to write a requiem mass, but then I took a sonata to knee.

[97aaroniscool97]

@diebongs92 Why is it significan that you live in South Africa?

[diebongs92]

i live in South Africa i love Mozart. He is the best composer of the 18th century according to my opinion. If i can get anyone who can tell me what kind of Opera music this is(the soprano in combination with the cello is the best i love it)

[bootheven]

I see the Recordare as the acid test in Mozart's Requiem. I'm sure it is pretty difficult to get right. 1:28ish... Se - 'di' - sti Las-sus... needs a poco cresc on the second syllable . I can't fault the Baritone and I felt rather taken back by the strange enunciation of the section starting with Ingemisco 'tamquam reus.' Again, it seems Gardiner is preoccupied with odd Stacatto effects. I enjoyed the performance though.

[davlor86]

was this Mozart's favourite piece of Requiem?

[MrBranchFreeman]

@HUNTERWORLDNATION No problem. I never thought about it the way you did, but it just makes so much sense.