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Requiem

Composer
Ligeti György
Original / Hungarian title
Requiem
Foreign language / English title
Requiem
Subtitle
For soprano and mezzo soprano soli, mixed choir and orchestra
Year of composition
1965
Type
Solo voice(s), choir & orchestra
Instrumentation
S., Ms. solo - double mixed choir (S-Ms-A-T-B) - 3 fl. (II, III anche picc.), 3 ob. (III anche c.ing.), 3 cl. (I anche cl. in mi b, II anche cl.b., III cl.cb.), 2 fg., cfg. - 4 cor., 3 tr., 3 trb. (anche trb.cb.), tuba cb. - perc. (3 esec. - gr.c., tmb.picc.c.c, tam-tam, tmb.b., frusta, ptto.sosp., xil., campli., cel.) - arpa, cemb. - strings: 12 vl. 1, 12 vl. 2, 10 vla., 8 vlc., 6 cb.
Duration
27 min
Movements, parts
1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. De die judicii sequentia
4. Lacrimosa
Text
Text of the requiem mass
Language
Latin
Commissioned by
Sveriges Radio for the 10th Anniversary of "Nutilda-Music" Concerts
Premiere information
14 March 1965, Sveriges Radio "Nutida Musik", Stockholm; Liliana Poli (S.), Barbro Ericson (Ms.), Choir and Orchestra of the Swedish Radio, Michael Gielen (cond.), Choir trained by: Eric Ericson
Publisher / Source
Edition Peters / Litolff´s Verlag © 1975, EP 10925 (full score)

Edition Peters / Litolff´s Verlag © 2006, EP 10925 (Revised version)

Edition Peters / Litolff´s Verlag © 2006, EP 10926 (Vocal score)
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Recordings
BMC CD 166, 2011 - Barbara Hannigan (S.), Susan Parry (S.), WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, WDR Rundfunkchor Köln, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Péter Eötvös (cond.)
Wergo WER 69252, 2006
1 min. sample
1 1. Introitus
2 2. Kyrie
3 3. De die judicii sequentia
4 4. Lacrimosa
Remarks, other info
Composed: 1963 - 1965, revised: 1997

Winner of the Bonn Beethoven Prize in 1967
 

Recordings

Title Publisher
Teldec
Wergo
2001: A Space Odyssey Rhino
Wergo
BMC Records