Verdi: Requiem Mass

Colin Davis
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists:
Christine Brewer, Karen Cargill,
Stuart Neill, John Relyea

Sir Colin Davis conducts the Requiem with a judicious mix of fire and meditative calm (Gramophone)

a strong set of soloists Every note fills me with affection and wonder, and thats rare his performance really feels like a live one as if were hearing this glorious score straight out of the crucible in which it was forged From the Domine Jesu Christe onwards everyone seems gripped by the unfolding drama, prompting them to give of their individual and collective best theres a tension in the orchestra a sense of approaching finality that dark, tolling figure in the Lux Aeterna is unforgettable, the soloists singing with a liberating loveliness thats equally memorable Dies irae is (another) case in point Sir Colins performance is in another league entirely (MusicWeb)

Disc 1 [45:39]
1. I. Requiem Aeternam 9:09
2. II. Dies Irae 2:17
3. III. Tuba Mirum 3:26
4. IV. Liber Scriptus 5:02
5. V. Quid Sum Miser 3:36
6. VI. Rex Tremendae 3:35
7. VII. Recordare 3:58
8. VIII. Ingemisco 3:28
9. IX. Confutatis 5:27
10. X. Lacrymosa 5:37

Disc 2 [36:25]
1. XI. Domine Jesu Christe 4:17
2. XII. Hostias 5:29
3. XIII. Sanctus 2:36
4. XIV. Agnus Dei 4:28
5. XV. Lux Aeterna 6:15
6. XVI. Libera Me, Dies Irae, Requiem Aeternam 7:24
7. XVII. Libera Me 5:52