Dunedin Consort, John Butt - Mozart: Requiem - Reconstruction of 1st performance (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/192 kHz | Time - 61:39 minutes | 2,36 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Time - 61:39 minutes | 1,2 GB
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This GRAMMY-nominated recording provides the opportunity to re-imagine what this work may have sounded like at its very first performance and won Dunedin Consort its second Gramophone Award. The recording is the first not only to use this new edition, but also to present the work using forces close in style and scale to those at the first performances.
The Dunedin Consort presents the premiere recording of Mozart scholar David Black's new edition of Süssmayr's completion of Mozart's Requiem. It was named winner of the 'Choral' category at the 2014 Gramophone Awards.
For all of the 19th century and most of the 20th, the commonly performed version of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's unfinished Requiem in D minor was the completion by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, Mozart's amanuensis. It was given its first public performance in January 1793, as part of a benefit concert to aid Constanze Mozart. Since the Requiem was published in 1800 by Breitkopf and Härtel (with some changes and no credit to Süssmayr), it has been revised to modify some of his clumsy counterpoint and orchestration, particularly in the Sanctus and Osanna. There have even been new editions with freshly composed movements and reworked orchestration that are arguably superior to Süssmayr's, suggesting what Mozart might have accomplished had he lived. Getting past all of this conjecture about an unfinished masterpiece is difficult for scholar and layperson alike, so John Butt and the Dunedin Consort have simply attempted a thorough reconstruction of the first performance, using Süssmayr's completion in the edition by David Black, and employing the number of singers and instrumentalists heard at the premiere. While there will never be a 100% authentic performance of the Requiem, this is at least an honest attempt to convey the intentions of Mozart and Süssmayr, for better or worse, without the interference of others. While this performance sounds close to period practice, with a small choir and a lean Classical orchestra, the music is refreshed but familiar, and both purists for period practice and adherents of modern style can find common ground here. Linn's hybrid SACD offers extraordinarily clear and spacious sound, and the sharpness of the playing comes across in the mix without any loss of the wonderful acoustic resonance.
Tracklist:
01 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam
02 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie
03 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Dies irae
04 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IV. Tuba mirum
05 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - V. Rex tremendae
06 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VI. Recordare
07 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VII. Confutatis
08 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VIII. Lacrimosa
09 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IX. Domine Jesu
10 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - X. Hostias
11 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XI. Quam olim Abrahae
12 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XII. Sanctus
13 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIII. Benedictus & Osanna
14 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIV. Agnus Dei
15 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XV. Lux aeterna
16 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XVI. Cum sanctis
17 - Misericordias Domini in D minor, K. 222 - 'Offertorium de tempore'
18 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
19 - Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
Produced and Engineered by Philip Hobbs.
Recorded in September 15-19, 2013 at Greyfriar’s Kirk, Edinburgh, UK.
Musicians:
Joanne Lunn - soprano
Rowan Hellier - alto
Tomas Hobbs - tenor
Matthew Brook - bass
Dunedin Consort, John Butt - director
Analyzed: Dunedin Consort / Mozart: Requiem (Reconstruction of first performance)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.79 dB -15.77 dB 4:28 01-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam
DR10 -0.58 dB -14.19 dB 2:32 02-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.65 dB 1:49 03-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Dies irae
DR14 -2.83 dB -21.94 dB 3:19 04-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IV. Tuba mirum
DR10 -0.54 dB -14.24 dB 1:57 05-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - V. Rex tremendae
DR13 -0.68 dB -18.35 dB 4:51 06-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VI. Recordare
DR12 -0.48 dB -17.93 dB 2:34 07-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VII. Confutatis
DR10 -0.53 dB -15.48 dB 3:03 08-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VIII. Lacrimosa
DR12 -0.88 dB -16.27 dB 3:15 09-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IX. Domine Jesu
DR11 -1.13 dB -16.67 dB 2:18 10-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - X. Hostias
DR11 -1.13 dB -16.11 dB 1:40 11-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XI. Quam olim Abrahae
DR8 -0.44 dB -11.72 dB 1:35 12-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XII. Sanctus
DR13 -0.92 dB -17.90 dB 5:17 13-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIII. Benedictus & Osanna
DR10 -0.69 dB -16.51 dB 2:56 14-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIV. Agnus Dei
DR10 -0.54 dB -15.56 dB 2:45 15-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XV. Lux aeterna
DR10 -0.45 dB -14.58 dB 2:44 16-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XVI. Cum sanctis
DR13 -1.13 dB -19.28 dB 7:20 17-Misericordias Domini in D minor, K. 222 - 'Offertorium de tempore'
DR12 -0.84 dB -17.41 dB 4:29 18-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
DR11 -0.93 dB -16.58 dB 2:46 19-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5572 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -0.79 dB -15.77 dB 4:28 01-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam
DR10 -0.58 dB -14.19 dB 2:32 02-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie
DR9 -0.10 dB -11.65 dB 1:49 03-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - III. Dies irae
DR14 -2.83 dB -21.94 dB 3:19 04-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IV. Tuba mirum
DR10 -0.54 dB -14.24 dB 1:57 05-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - V. Rex tremendae
DR13 -0.68 dB -18.35 dB 4:51 06-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VI. Recordare
DR12 -0.48 dB -17.93 dB 2:34 07-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VII. Confutatis
DR10 -0.53 dB -15.48 dB 3:03 08-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - VIII. Lacrimosa
DR12 -0.88 dB -16.27 dB 3:15 09-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - IX. Domine Jesu
DR11 -1.13 dB -16.67 dB 2:18 10-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - X. Hostias
DR11 -1.13 dB -16.11 dB 1:40 11-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XI. Quam olim Abrahae
DR8 -0.44 dB -11.72 dB 1:35 12-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XII. Sanctus
DR13 -0.92 dB -17.90 dB 5:17 13-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIII. Benedictus & Osanna
DR10 -0.69 dB -16.51 dB 2:56 14-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XIV. Agnus Dei
DR10 -0.54 dB -15.56 dB 2:45 15-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XV. Lux aeterna
DR10 -0.45 dB -14.58 dB 2:44 16-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - XVI. Cum sanctis
DR13 -1.13 dB -19.28 dB 7:20 17-Misericordias Domini in D minor, K. 222 - 'Offertorium de tempore'
DR12 -0.84 dB -17.41 dB 4:29 18-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - I. Requiem aeternam (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
DR11 -0.93 dB -16.58 dB 2:46 19-Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - II. Kyrie (Reconstruction of Requiem performance at Mozart's funeral, 1791)
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Number of tracks: 19
Official DR value: DR11
Samplerate: 192000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 5572 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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