Requiem
I was listening to Mozart's Requiem today. Beautiful piece. The Lacrimosa is particularly moving. It's difficult to understand the words when sung, but looking through the insert on the CD, I found some nice verses. Translation given was more poetically rendered than accurate though. =p
Quid sum miser tunc dicturus?
Quem patronum rogaturus,
cum vix iustus sit securus?
Rex tremendae majestatis
qui salvandos salvas gratis,
salva me, fons pietatis.
posted by Maria at 10:35 PM
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I've got the following Requiems at the house:
Mozart (of course)
Cherubini
Faure
In college (10 years ago now! :( )I sang in Cherubini and Faure. Each requiem has different pieces that I think are superior to their counterparts.
Faure's Pie Jesu is a wonderful soprano solo. In Paradisum is my favorite from Faure. It starts out lulling with an arpeggio and then the choir hits smoothly yet firmly. Agnus Dei, while a nice technical challenge for a tenor, seems kind of weak to me on the whole.
Cherubini's Dies Irae is grandiose and almost ridiculous, starting out with trumpets, hitting the gong, and but then there's a very long crescendo of quickening and rising notes, finishing strong. The Sanctus is beautiful too. The Pie Jesu in this one has nice dual clarinet/oboes but it makes me sleepy. :)
Mozart...well, you know Mozart. Confutatis Maledictis and Lacrimosa and nice, and Dies Irae is the stuff of commercials. The Agnus Dei, while it is pretty, just draws on and on. :)
It's been about four years since I really listened to all of them, so I'm not prepared to rank them or suggest a mix :)
Blech! Pardon my English in the above. :)
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