Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem (Franz Welser-Möst)

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Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

• Requiem

Asmik Grigorian, soprano

Deniz Uzun, mezzo-soprano

Joshua Guerrero, tenor

Tareq Nazmi, bass

Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus

Franz Welser-Möst, conductor

Date: 2026

Label: The Cleveland Orchestra

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Recorded live at Severance Music Center, this release features Giuseppe Verdi’s transcendent Requiem, performed by Music Director Franz Welser-Möst, The Cleveland Orchestra, and The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus alongside a world-class quartet of soloists. Verdi’s masterpiece offers a dramatic and deeply emotional journey through the universal stages of grief, navigating a vivid soundscape that ranges from thunderous, explosive percussion to intimate choral whispers. Balancing immense operatic scale with moments of profound spiritual reflection, this powerful performance captures the work's dramatic intensity before ultimately resolving into a sense of peaceful consolation and eternal rest.

Franz Welser-Möst (b. 1960, Linz) is an Austrian conductor renowned for his long tenure as Music Director of The Cleveland Orchestra, a post he has held since 2002 and will continue until 2027, making him the orchestra’s longest-serving director. Initially a violinist, he turned to conducting after a car accident ended his violin studies. With Cleveland, he has expanded repertoire, revived opera, launched a recording label and streaming platform, and attracted one of America’s youngest classical audiences. Internationally, he maintains a close partnership with the Vienna Philharmonic, including three New Year’s Concerts. He has received numerous prestigious awards and honors.

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