Mitropoulos: Berlioz — Grande Messe des morts “Requiem”

Dimitri Mitropoulos conducts Hector Berlioz’s monumental Grande Messe des morts, Op. 5, with Nicolai Gedda in the Sanctus.

Recordings

The recording was made on 26 August 1956 in Saal 1 of the Funkhaus in Cologne, with the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Kölner Rundfunkchor and the chorus of Norddeutscher Rundfunk. The performance is live.

Mitropoulos controls the vast architecture of the Requiem, alternating large choral and orchestral masses, powerful dynamic expansions and more inward sections; Gedda appears as tenor soloist in the Sanctus.

Tracklist

1. Requiem et Kyrie
2. Dies irae
3. Quid sum miser
4. Rex tremendae
5. Quaerens me
6. Lacrymosa
7. Offertorium
8. Hostias
9. Sanctus
10. Agnus Dei

Credits

Composer: Hector Berlioz
Conductor: Dimitri Mitropoulos
Tenor: Nicolai Gedda
Orchestra: Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester (WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln)
Choirs: Kölner Rundfunkchor; Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks
Recording: Saal 1, Funkhaus, Cologne — 26 August 1956 — live
Edition: Capsa Symphōnĭa — CS605

Available formats

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