Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem. Mozart's Death in Words and Music (Manfred Honeck)

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1. Anonymous - Bell Strikes (1)
2. Anonymous - Requiem æternam
3. Anonymous - Letter from Mozart to His Father in Salzburg
4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Maurerische Trauermusik, K. 477
5. Anonymous - Domine exaudi orationem meam
6. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: No. 5, Laudate Dominum
7. Anonymous - In quacumque die
8. Nelly Sachs - Who Knows Where the Stars Stand
9. Nelly Sachs - When in the Late Spring
10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": I. Introitus
11. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": II. Kyrie
12. Anonymous - Book of Revelation, 6:8-17
13. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIa. Dies irae
14. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIb. Tuba mirum
15. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIc. Rex tremendae
16. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIId. Recordare
17. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIe. Confutatis
18. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIf. Lacrymosa
19. Anonymous - Christus factus est
20. Anonymous - Book of Revelation, 21:1-7
21. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IVa. Domine Jesu
22. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IVb. Hostias
23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 "Missa pro defunctis": IIIf. Lacrymosa (Fragment)
24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Ave verum corpus, K. 618
25. Anonymous - Bell Strikes (2)

F. Murray Abraham, narrator

Jeanine De Bique, soprano

Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano

Ben Bliss, tenor

Tareq Nazmi, bass

Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh

Westminster Choir

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Manfred Honeck, conductor

Date: 2025

Label: Reference Recordings

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Reference Recordings releases a special live recording of Mozart’s Requiem featuring the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra under Manfred Honeck, with Academy Award–winning actor F. Murray Abraham as narrator. Honeck’s unique conception, Requiem: Mozart’s Death in Words and Music, integrates spoken text into Mozart’s score, a vision first presented at Heinz Hall in 2012 and later at Carnegie Hall in 2014. Abraham, famed for his Oscar-winning role as Salieri in Amadeus, brings theatrical depth to the performance. Recorded in 2023 at Heinz Hall in state-of-the-art audiophile sound, the album includes Honeck’s illuminating program notes, offering fresh insight into Mozart’s final masterpiece.

Manfred Honeck (b. 1958, Austria) studied at the Vienna Academy of Music and gained formative experience with the Vienna Philharmonic and Vienna State Opera Orchestra. A former assistant to Claudio Abbado, he later worked at Zurich Opera House, where he won the European Conductor’s Award, before holding posts with the MDR Symphony, Oslo Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, and Staatsoper Stuttgart. Since 2008, he has been Music Director of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, earning Grammy® acclaim and international recognition. Honeck is also in high demand as a guest conductor, leading top ensembles such as the Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, and major American orchestras.