Mozart Requiem Mass in D Minor VIII - Hostias

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:

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• lacrimosa

[HumanistAtheist]

Starting around 2:25 I keep hearing them sing "Don't call me marmalade, call me cici." Blasted audio pareidolia (audeidolia?).

[betacorazon]

please don't compare that nitwit spears to verdi....its an insult to musicians everywhere, and all her fans are either sluts or trashy like she is....and i know ppl that adore her and are sluts and trash...just as well as having a low I.Q. level.....

[kaliosik1]

интересно что может быть хуже этого?

[301250]

Sung with so much heart-felt reverence, so moving and enough to convince the diehard atheist that there must be a Greater Being to inspire such music from the creative hand of that genius, Mozart. His unfinished Masterpiece of all masterpieces.

[VeggieVamp]

@betacorazon That is an absolutely ridiculous thing to say. You must be trolling because if you aren't, I have lost another grain of faith that I have in humanity.

[LomaLailanq897]

soso wohne in leipzig

[VeggieVamp]

@HumanistAtheist That has to be the best comment I have ever come across of youtube. Ever. Mind-blowing so it was!

[videosflopi]

perfect interpretation of Gardiner. I love how they interpret this Requiem. I did not like that of Karl Bohm, too slow for my taste, Gardiner is perfect.

[twitface100]

beautiful absoulutly beautiful