Requiem - Fisher Tull

Requiem - Peter Wesenauer

Requiem - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Requiem (K. 626) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mozart's last work was actually unfinished when he died in 1791. Completed by friend and pupil, Franz Xavier Sussmayr, it has become a testament to Mozart's enduring greatness, unmatched for melodic eloquence and emotional depth. This marvelously effective adaptation for winds includes the opening 2 movements, Introit and Kyrie Eleison.

Requiem (Soloists, Chorus SATB) - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Requiem Aeternam - Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini was commissioned to write a second opera after the resounding success of his first, Le Villi. However, the original four-act, grand opera Edgar, to a libretto by Ferdinando Fontana, received a rather lukewarm reception at its premire in La Scala in Milan in 1889 - initially, the work was only performed three times. Of all the planned performances in the subsequent two years, only one took place, in Lucca, Puccini's birthplace. There, the work was well received. Nevertheless, the composer decided to make drastic changes to Edgar the most radical being the reduction of the opera to three acts, as well as altering a few arias, charactersand instrumental parts. In its revised form, the work was even less popular than before. The discarded fourth act later provided material for Tosca (the duet Amoro sol' per te), but Puccini never felt the need to defend Edgar - as he did other less fortunate operas, such as La Rondine and Suor Angelica. On a piano excerpt for his female friend Sybil Seligman he even corrupted the title to 'E Dio ti GuARda da quest' opera' (may God preserve you from this opera). This did not prevent Arturo Toscanini performing the Requiem from the third act at Puccini's funeral in Milan Cathedral on 3 December 1924. The Requiem in the third act is being played when the long funeral procession carries the alleged body of Edgar - the confusedyoung man hesitating between the love of the virtuous Fidelia and the exotic Tigrana. The mass hails Edgar as a hero, but a monk claims that he has betrayed his country for a few gold pieces. When the soldiers try to desecrate the body, they discover that the armor contains none. The monk reveals himself as Edgar. He wants to leave with his faithful Fidelia, but the vengeful Tigrana stabs him and kills Fidelia. Edgar grieves over the lifeless body of his beloved, while Tigrana is arrested and the people submerge into prayer.

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Requiem aeternam - Norman Tailor

Requiem aeternam + SATB - Norman Tailor

Requiem For A Future War - Hardy Mertens

Requiem for Peace - Frigyes Hidas

The 'Requiem' by Frigyes Hidas is a work that for the first time has been written especially for symphonic band, four-piece choir and four vocal soloists, while retaining the traditional structures of a requiem.