W. A. MOZART
Requiem

Jordi Savall, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Le Concert des Nations

17,99€

ALIA VOX
AVSA9953
Total: 44’54

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
1756-1791

Requiem en Ré mineur, KV 626 (1791)

1. I. Introitus
Requiem æternam (Adagio) 4’06

2. II. Kyrie (Allegro) 2’26

III. Sequentia
3. 1. Dies iræ (Allegro assai) 1’50
4. 2. Tuba mirum (Andante) 3’07
5. 3. Rex tremendæ 1’47
6. 4. Recordare 5’07
7. 5. Confutatis (Andante) 2’22
8. 6. Lacrimosa (Larghetto) 2’59

IV. Offertorium
9. 1. Domine Jesu Christe (Andante con moto) 3’13
10. 2. Hostias (Andante – Andante con moto) 3’14

V. Sanctus
11. Sanctus (Adagio – Allegro) 1’22

VI. Benedictus
12. Benedictus (Andante – Allegro) 4’32

VII. Agnus Dei
13. Agnus Dei 3’32

VIII. Communio
14. Lux æterna [Adagio] (Allegro – Adagio) 5’14

Rachel Redmond · Marianne Beate Kielland · Mingjie Lei · Manuel Walser
La Capella Nacional de Catalunya

LE CONCERT DES NATIONS
Manfredo Kraemer premier violon
Direction : JORDI SAVALL

Enregistrement réalisé du 11 au 13 mai 2022 à la Collégiale du Château de Cardona (Catalogne)
Enregistrement, Montage et Mastering SACD : Manuel Mohino

LUX ÆTERNA

The course of my whole life would undoubtedly have been very different if, one October evening in 1955, I had not had been fortunate enough to hear a live rehearsal of Mozart’s Requiem. A few months earlier, on 1st August, I had turned 14, and luck would have it that my teacher, Joan Just (a composer, and the director of the Conservatoire in my home town of Igualada), decided to prepare the work with the choir of the local Schola Cantorum. That evening I was on my way to the Conservatoire to attend my usual counterpoint and harmony lessons with him; for some reason, I didn’t receive the message telling me that classes had been cancelled due to a rehearsal of the Requiem.

So I discreetly sat in on the rehearsal at the back of the hall, where the choir of the Schola Cantorum was accompanied by just an organ and a string quartet. From the very first notes, I was totally fascinated by the incredible beauty of the work and the expressive power of the melodies, by every movement, by the originality of the various themes and the perfection of the counterpoint and the richness of the modulations. By the time the final bars sounded, I had been profoundly moved by this extraordinary experience, which transported me to a dimension I had never experienced before. I felt overwhelmed by this veritable “lux aterna” (eternal light) and the great power of consolation that emanated from this majestic piece. As I walked home, I said to myself that if music could touch a person’s soul so powerfully, I wanted to be a musician.

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JORDI SAVALL
Salzburg, 31st January, 2023

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