Requiem in D minor, KV 626

DVD 2005

Mozart's last work, the Requiem Mass in D minor K626 in performance from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Mozart specialist Sir Colin Davis in a recording made in 1984 from the Herkulessaal in Munich. Mozart died in 1791, before completing the piece; it was later completed by one of his students, Franz Süssmayr.

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1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital video stereo
videodisc
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video file DVD
polychrome

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Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Special features: scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni featuring Cecilia Bartoli; Helmut Rilling conducting the Gächinger Kantorei and soloists singing Mozart's arranged of "Uns ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren" from Handel's Messiah; Bryn Terfel singing "Herr lehre doch mich" from Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms; scene from Frederick Ashton's ballet The Dream
Program notes by Volkmar Fischer in German, with English and French translations, and Latin text (23 pages : illustrations) inserted in container
Edith Mathis, soprano ; Trudeliese Schmidt, alto ; Peter Schreier, tenor ; Gwynne Howell, bass ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus ; Colin Davis, conductor ; Jurgen Schulz, chorus master
Live 1984 performance from the Herkulessaal, Munich
DVD 5/NTSC; PCM stereophonic; picture format 4:3; region code 0 worldwide
Sung in Latin; menu in English, French, German, and Spanish

Control Number:

3298104

UPC:

807280044997

Other Authors:

Arthaus Musik (Firm)
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor
Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester
Davis, Colin, 1927-2013
Hegen, Rudolf
Howell, Gwynne
Kaemmerer, Eckard
Käch, Hugo
Mathis, Edith
Meyer, Korbinian
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Requiem, K. 626, D minor (Süssmayr)
RM Arts (Firm)
Schmidt, Trudeliese
Schreier, Peter
Schulz, Jürgen (Chorus master)

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