Mozart's Requiem

Excerpts from the great Mass. Although some of these excerpts appear in some of the six "Mozart's Greatest Hits" compilations, I thought it would be good to group them all together as a tribute to this great work.

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• Mozart
• Requiem
• Greatest-Hits

[stewartvcm]

it was this piece that got me into choral music at the age of 9. That sound when the chorus come in is still as spine chilling as it ever was. For sheer bombast and hand wringing about death, see Berlioz or Verdi's requiems but this work is so true about the genuine grief we feel, yet there is still the moments of pure beauty that reflect how life goes on. I must find my cd of it somewhere. Nothing comes close to Mozart's late works for sheer perfection of emotional expression.

[OldGrumpyGuy]

@stewartvcm The Requiem is the piece of music I return to most often and I never grow tired of it.

[09phall]

Thanks, OGG, for introducing me to the Requiem. What a wonderful piece of music. Its history seems to add to its power, since it is so closely associated with Mozart's death. I especially love the Lacrymosa. Even if he did write only the first minute or so, what a first minute!

[OldGrumpyGuy]

Yes, the lachrymosa is particularly haunting

[mortson978]

Well, the problem I have with the requiem, is some parts just dont live up to the others. In this case, brevity is a virtue. For instance, Rossini's William tell overture is one of my favorites, because it is fairly brief, and the climax is the final part. I believe the most climactic part of the requiem was lacrymosa, but it disturbs me to think of what kind of ending we missed out on, when mozart died before completing it.

[servenini]

Great piece for a breat composer!

i´m happy because you hace the complete requiem of mozart

[LincolnLLoyd]

I played this for my son, Evan Tyler, in utero. Well, it was the only Mozart I had on hand, during his advent and wished to act immediately after Barbara Walter's reported on 20/20 of the Berklee brain development study. Later when he was upset, he'd calm immediately upon hearing the first few pulses of Intruiso. I think my favorite of this gorgeous mass is the offertorium - even for its lyrical content and what it suggests about the accessibility, and not rather the ineffability, of God.

[Biakure1]

Mozart i love you ♥_♥

[kaeli356]

Sang this when I was in college. A very moving work. Thanks for posting it.

[darkmarkrammstein]

WELL C'MON

[thatstrbl]

Somewhat of an irony. Beethoven's music is often thought of as an elaboration of his darker side however the 9th was a lively piece, an Ode to Joy. Mozart, known for his music celebrating the good in life finds his greatest piece to be the Mass of Death.

I do agree, although Beethoven is my favorite all round composer, that this is the greatest work in musical history.

[OldGrumpyGuy]

I agree lucioscp