Berlioz: Requiem Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
Album info
Album-Release:
1959
HRA-Release:
17.04.2015
Label: Living Stereo
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Artist: Boston Symphony Orchestra & Charles Munch
Composer: Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
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- Hector Berlioz (1803-1869): Requiem, Op. 5:
- 1Requiem et Kyrie11:36
- 2Dies irae12:31
- 3Quid sum miser03:29
- 4Rex tremendae05:45
- 5Quaerens me04:48
- 6Lacrymosa10:34
- 7Offertorium08:23
- 8Hostias03:21
- 9Sanctus11:16
- 10Agnus Dei11:54
Info for Berlioz: Requiem
„The sound emerges with a new clarity and spatial definition, which provides a vivid sense of Boston's Symphony Hall and works to great effect in the massive Tuba mirum, where you can pinpoint brass, percussion, and male and female choirs. It's also notable in the quieter sections, especially the Agnus Dei with its strange interplay of low brass, winds, and choir. There's still some slight distortion in the loudest choral passages, but not so much that it's distracting (a lot of it sounds like hall reverb).
Charles Munch's interpretation is unparalleled in its beauty and intensity, with extraordinary playing by the Boston Symphony and top-notch singing by the New England Conservatory Chorus. This is a performance that holds your attention from first note to last--a rare feat in this work. (Munch's later Deutsche Grammophon effort pales by comparison, both sonically and interpretively.) If you want this Berlioz Requiem (and you do), than this is the way to hear it.“ (Victor Carr Jr, ClassicsToday.com)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
New England Conservatory Chorus
Lorna Cooke de Varon, director
Léopold Simoneau, tenor
Chareles Munch, conductor
Recorded April 1959 at Symphony Hall, Boston
Engineered by Lewis Layton
Produced by Richard Mohr
Digitally remastered
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