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Given the fact that the work is incomplete, and given the weaknesses in Franz Xaver Süßmayr's work, there has been a widespread fashion in recent years among musicologists and performers to retouch, if not to entirely rewrite, certain parts of Mozart's Requiem. This new version conducted by Howard Arman is no exception.
Rightly acknowledging that Süßmayr's work has become an integral part of the history of this masterpiece, Arman left Süßmayr's work untouched, instead tackling only those pages written by Mozart himself. In particular, the Lacrimosa, only the beginning of which is from the hand of Amadeus. In contrast to Süßmayr's modesty, Howard Arman ends this page with a fugue of his own, a rather conventionally written Amen in D minor, the theme of which is taken from a sketch which was in the possession of Constanze. Written "in all humility" (sic), this new page restores the Lacrimosa to the same proportions as the Requiem aeternam and the Kyrie at the beginning of the work, in a rather questionable attempt at coherence. Howard Arman's objective style of conducting is at odds with the romantic versions in the style of Karl Böhm that have raised Mozart's Requiem to stand alongside the greatest works of the genre. The material certainly gains in readability here, though not necessarily in emotion.
While the sleeve text gives us an idea of the intentions behind Howard Arman's edition, it does not say a word about the Libera me, written by Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm around 1816, as a complement to Mozart's posthumous works. But the gesture was the same as the one that Arman has made more than two hundred years later, which shows that the mystery of Mozart's Requiem remains unresolved and continues to inspire the most diverse range of responses. © François Hudry / Qobuz
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Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro Defunctis" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Pregardien, Artist, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Harmsen, Artist, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist - Tareq Nazmi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Pregardien, Artist, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Harmsen, Artist, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist - Tareq Nazmi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Pregardien, Artist, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Harmsen, Artist, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist - Tareq Nazmi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Julian Pregardien, Artist, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sophie Harmsen, Artist, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist - Tareq Nazmi, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Christina Landshamer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Libera me, Domine (After Mozart's K. 626) (Sigismund von Neukomm)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir, MainArtist - Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra, MainArtist - Howard Arman, Conductor, MainArtist - Sigismund von Neukomm, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Album review
Given the fact that the work is incomplete, and given the weaknesses in Franz Xaver Süßmayr's work, there has been a widespread fashion in recent years among musicologists and performers to retouch, if not to entirely rewrite, certain parts of Mozart's Requiem. This new version conducted by Howard Arman is no exception.
Rightly acknowledging that Süßmayr's work has become an integral part of the history of this masterpiece, Arman left Süßmayr's work untouched, instead tackling only those pages written by Mozart himself. In particular, the Lacrimosa, only the beginning of which is from the hand of Amadeus. In contrast to Süßmayr's modesty, Howard Arman ends this page with a fugue of his own, a rather conventionally written Amen in D minor, the theme of which is taken from a sketch which was in the possession of Constanze. Written "in all humility" (sic), this new page restores the Lacrimosa to the same proportions as the Requiem aeternam and the Kyrie at the beginning of the work, in a rather questionable attempt at coherence. Howard Arman's objective style of conducting is at odds with the romantic versions in the style of Karl Böhm that have raised Mozart's Requiem to stand alongside the greatest works of the genre. The material certainly gains in readability here, though not necessarily in emotion.
While the sleeve text gives us an idea of the intentions behind Howard Arman's edition, it does not say a word about the Libera me, written by Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm around 1816, as a complement to Mozart's posthumous works. But the gesture was the same as the one that Arman has made more than two hundred years later, which shows that the mystery of Mozart's Requiem remains unresolved and continues to inspire the most diverse range of responses. © François Hudry / Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 00:51:57
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: BR-Klassik
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
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