Lyricist(s): Mass Text
Conductor(s): De Sabata, Victor
Label: Naxos Historical
Genre: Choral - Sacred
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.111064
Barcode: 0747313306428
Distribution Note(s):
Not available in the United States due to possible copyright restrictions
Release Date: 11/2006

MOZART: Requiem in D Minor (Tassinari, Tagliavini, De Sabata) (1941)

Recorded over two days in the grand surroundings of the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli, Rome in 1941, this performance of the Requiem was part of Italian Radio�s Commemorative Ceremony for the 150th Anniversary of the death of Mozart. It features not only some of the finest Italian singers of the day but the combined Italian Radio orchestras and choirs from Rome and Turin, under the inspired baton of Victor De Sabata. An immediate hit both in Italy and abroad, this recording of the Requiem documents both a unique occasion in the history of Italian Radio and a very Italian, intensely sensual and tragic interpretation.

Tracklist

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Mass Text - Lyricist
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Stignani, Ebe (mezzo-soprano)
Tajo, Italo (bass)
1Introit: Requiem aeternam - Kyrie eleison07:08
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
2Sequence: I. Dies irae02:01
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
3Sequence: II. Tuba mirum04:31
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Stignani, Ebe (mezzo-soprano)
Tajo, Italo (bass)
4Sequence: III. Rex tremendae majestatis01:51
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
5Sequence: IV. Recordare, Jesu pie07:48
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Tajo, Italo (bass)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Stignani, Ebe (mezzo-soprano)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
6Sequence: V. Confutatis maledictis03:12
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
7Sequence: VI. Lacrimosa dies illa04:45
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
8Offertory: I. Domine Jesu Christe04:07
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Stignani, Ebe (mezzo-soprano)
9Offertory: II. Hostias et preces06:00
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
10Sanctus01:20
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
11Benedictus04:38
Tagliavini, Ferruccio (tenor)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
Stignani, Ebe (mezzo-soprano)
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)
12Agnus Dei - Communion: Lux Aeterna08:49
Italian Radio Choirs (Choir)
Tassinari, Pia (soprano)
De Sabata, Victor (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 56:10