Giuseppe Verdi: Messa Da Requiem
) | Label: ARTHAUS Catalog: 108136 Format: JANSONS STOYANOVA PRUDENSKAJA PIRGU ANASTASSOV CHOIR AND SYMPHONIEORCHESTER DES BAYERISCHEN RUNDFUNKS GLAESERVerdi’s “Messa da Requiem” is in itself a work of superlatives: a towering structure of blazing brass, mighty choral masses and tour-de- force passages for four soloists... a work of deepest and most heartfelt intimacy... a mass for the dead without any mawkish undertones... quite possibly the foremost achievement in 19th c. liturgical music. + For this performance, eminent conductor Mariss Jansons led the Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra. + While Bulgarian soprano Krassimira Stoyanova has been closely associated with the Wiener Staatsoper for several years now, mezzo-soprano Marina Prudenskaya has been steadily building her international career. + Albanian-born tenor Saimir Pirgu was chosen by Claudio Abbado at age of 22 to sing Ferrando in “Così fan tutte.” + Bulgarian bass Orlin Anastassov, meanwhile, has established himself as a superb Verdi singer. + “Whoever was lucky enough to experience this performance live will find it hard to get his feet back on the ground.” (Kurier) + “Mariss Jansons delivers a fabulously successful Verdi ‘Requiem’.” (Süddeutsche Zeitung)  Price: $52.98 |