Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917285420
Catalog number: CC 72854
Releasedate: 26-03-21
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917285420
Catalog number: CC 72854
Releasedate: 26-03-21
*Reissue of the classic SACC 72121 Requiem release
Transcriptions for string quartet by the composer or someone else was common practice in Mozarts time. In that light this string-version of Mozart's Requiem is nothing special. What makes it special, is the circumstance of the original Requiem itself. It is known that Mozart left the majority of the work incompleted, and that on request of Mozart's widow, his pupil Süssmayer did the finishing job. Where one's work ends and the other's starts, no-one knows. This 'skeleton-version' of the Requiem, however, fully preserves the eloquence of Mozart's music and therefore perhaps proves that the Requiem contains more of the masters own composing than we can objectively establish. But incomplete as the Requiem is, Mozart's universal genius radiates through the notes in any version. And if anyone can bring the radiation to the surface in this version, no one better than the Kuijken Kwartet.
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1Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Introitus: Requiem04:34
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2Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Kyrie02:20
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3Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Dies Irae02:06
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4Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Tuba mirum02:47
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5Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Rex tremendae01:59
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6Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Recordare06:18
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7Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Confutatis02:27
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8Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Lacrimosa03:51
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9Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Domine Jesu Christe03:34
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10Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Hostias04:03
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11Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Sanctus01:28
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12Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Benedictus04:57
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13Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Agnus Dei03:05
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14Requiem KV 626 - Version for string quartet by Peter Lichtenthal (1780-1853)Lux aeterna05:08