Posted on 02/07/2016 7:15:11 AM PST by WhiskeyX
Great, dramatic and powerful presentation of Semyon Bychkov with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Chorus, the BBC National Chorus of Wales, the London Philharmonic Choir, Marina Poplavskaya (soprano), Mariana Pentcheva (mezzo-soprano), Joseph Calleja (tenor) and Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) playing the great Requiem of Giuseppe Verdi, at BBC Proms 2011.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas.
Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him, becoming one of the pre-eminent opera composers in history.
In his early operas Verdi demonstrated a sympathy with the Risorgimento movement which sought the unification of Italy. He also participated briefly as an elected politician. The chorus "Va, pensiero" from his early opera Nabucco (1842), and similar choruses in later operas, were much in the spirit of the unification movement, and the composer himself became esteemed as a representative of these ideals. An intensely private person, Verdi however did not seek to ingratiate himself with popular movements and as he became professionally successful was able to reduce his operatic workload and sought to establish himself as a landowner in his native region. He surprised the musical world by returning, after his success with the opera Aida (1871), with three late masterpieces: his Requiem (1874), and the operas Otello (1887) and Falstaff (1893).
His operas remain extremely popular, especially the three peaks of his 'middle period': Rigoletto, Il trovatore and La traviata, and the bicentenary of his birth in 2013 was widely celebrated in broadcasts and performances.
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Requiem (Verdi)
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The Messa da Requiem is a musical setting of the Roman Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, an Italian poet and novelist whom Verdi admired. The first performance, at the San Marco church in Milan on 22 May 1874, marked the first anniversary of Manzoni's death. The work was at one time called the Manzoni Requiem.[1] It is rarely performed in liturgy, but rather in concert form of around 85–90 minutes in length. Musicologist David Rosen calls it 'probably the most frequently performed major choral work composed since the compilation of Mozart's Requiem.'[2]
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Thanks for posting these, Whis. I look forward to them. ~S
I like to listen to them playing on a different page as I peruse the posts on Free Republic.
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Loved singing this piece a few years back. Very exciting music.
I memorized this from a recording of the Moscow Orchestra and Chorus way back in the 9th grade. (1965)
Problem was, my Latin had a distinct Russian Accent, especially in the “Lacrimosa”.
LOL...I was a weird kid.
This is a beautiful version! I am enjoying it immensely.
Thanks!
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