Dvorak - Requiem & Symphony No. 8

RCO Live: RCO10001

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Awards:

Gramophone Awards 2011

Shortlisted - Choral

Gramophone Magazine

Editor's Choice - July 2010

Label:

RCO Live

Catalogue No:

RCO10001

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Release date:

26th April 2010

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5425008376974

Medium:

SACD

Format:

Hybrid Multi-channel

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Dvorak - Requiem & Symphony No. 8

Dvorak:

Requiem, Op. 89

Recorded Live Concertgebouw 5-6 Feb 2009

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano), Mihoko Fujimura (alto), Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor) & Thomas Quasthoff (bass)

with Vienna Singverein

Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88

19, 20, 21, 23 & 25/12/2007 & 23/10/2008

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

SACD - 2 discs

$18.50

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Among the activities undertaken by the Vienna Singverein to commemorate its 150th anniversary during the 2008–9 season was a series of performances of Dvorák’s Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons. The concert recordings of the two performances given in Amsterdam in February 2009 have been integrated here to create a captivating presentation of this rarely recorded work. On this double SACD release, Jansons, who has a special affinity with Dvorák’s late works, has paired the Requiem with the Eighth Symphony, composed during the period directly preceding the Requiem. Of particular note in Jansons’s interpretation of both works here is his attention to detail, a characteristic of his performances, but which in no way impedes the development of extended, overarching climaxes.

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Introitus. Requiem aeternam

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Graduale. Requiem aeternam

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Sequentia. Dies irae

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Tuba mirum

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Quid sum miser

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Recordare, Jesu pie

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Confutatis maledictis

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part I, Lacrimosa

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part II, Offertorium. Domine Jesu Christe

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part II, Hostias

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part II, Sanctus, Benedictus

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part II, Pie Jesu

play Requiem, Op. 89: Part II, Agnus Dei

play Requiem, Op. 89: Applause

play Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: I. Allegro con brio

play Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: II. Adagio

play Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: III. Allegretto grazioso

play Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: IV. Allegro ma non troppo

play Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: Applause

14th May 2010 *****	“The flow of the music [in the Requiem] is entirely natural in Jansons’s hands, the chorus, soloists and instrumental detail both gelling with and standing out from the texture as the occasion demands...[The Eighth's] exuberance and radiant instrumental colour [are] vivified through a performance of poise and rejuvenating verve.”
July 2010	“...it's a real performance [of the Symphony] and a worthy makeweight for a magnificent reading of the Requiem, which is a real feather in Jansons's cap”
July 2010 ****	“[Jansons] clearly understands the dynamics of this strongly unified work and nearly everywhere his tempos are well judged. He is also very well served by superb choral singing and orchestral playing that clearly relishes the work's many challenges...the first two movements [of the Symphony] are a near ideal blend of volatility and poetry.”
July/August 2010	“...what impresses most about this recording is the deeply sincere approach the performers adopt, confidently allowing the work to speak for itself...The four soloists are impressive... but the real heroes here are the members of the Wiener Singverein, whose fervent singing throughout such a lengthy work is a marvellous feat.”