Review# 114
In fifth form music we spent a number of weeks studying the first three movements of this requiem as well a bit of back story to it. I love the story and myth behind the whole thing but I will not delve too much into that here as it is long and complex but thankfully there is google for those interested. This is Mozart's final piece... Well part of it is his final piece anyway, Mozart died writing this and there is much speculation around how much he had already completed etc. Scholars have found evidence of certain complete portions/vocal lines etc as well as notes left on scraps of paper. The work was mostly finished by Franz Xavier Sussmayr but was advertised by Mozart's wife as being completed by Mozart himself and that it was a requiem for himself and his own death as he knew he had been poisoned...
Personally I prefer the first three movements, possibly in part due to the freakish amount of times I had to listen to them in school but to me they feel the most immediate and powerful... But that's just my opinion, I will not profess to having a deep knowledge of classical works. I just have a cheap $5 copy I picked up from the warehouse but I understand that there are some really good recordings out there as well as different arrangements.
One last thing that I thought of - in fact the main thing I thought of while listening to the Introitus was that it would make a great mash up with a Sunn O))) track!
Introitus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsyPhvrEzPU
Kyrie Eleison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhwX7jxBWM
Dies Irae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaARDsiJv4
In fifth form music we spent a number of weeks studying the first three movements of this requiem as well a bit of back story to it. I love the story and myth behind the whole thing but I will not delve too much into that here as it is long and complex but thankfully there is google for those interested. This is Mozart's final piece... Well part of it is his final piece anyway, Mozart died writing this and there is much speculation around how much he had already completed etc. Scholars have found evidence of certain complete portions/vocal lines etc as well as notes left on scraps of paper. The work was mostly finished by Franz Xavier Sussmayr but was advertised by Mozart's wife as being completed by Mozart himself and that it was a requiem for himself and his own death as he knew he had been poisoned...
Personally I prefer the first three movements, possibly in part due to the freakish amount of times I had to listen to them in school but to me they feel the most immediate and powerful... But that's just my opinion, I will not profess to having a deep knowledge of classical works. I just have a cheap $5 copy I picked up from the warehouse but I understand that there are some really good recordings out there as well as different arrangements.
One last thing that I thought of - in fact the main thing I thought of while listening to the Introitus was that it would make a great mash up with a Sunn O))) track!
Introitus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsyPhvrEzPU
Kyrie Eleison: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIhwX7jxBWM
Dies Irae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqaARDsiJv4
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