Requiem, Messe en ut

Presented by Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (LR-228514). Requiem, Messe en ut Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The complete polyphony of Mozart's sacred palette. Cast Lydia Hoen Tjore | soprano Sun Ly Pierce | mezzo-soprano Lunga Eric Hallam | tenor Alex Rosen | bass Les Musiciens du Louvre Marc Minkowski | conductor Chœur Etésias | conductors Romane Belliot and Clément Pottier In a few words Perhaps no musical work has ever left behind such profound turmoil, magnified by more than two centuries of legend. The composition of the Requiem is rich in dramatic mystery. It is known to have been commissioned by Count Walsegg, who wanted a mass for the dead in honor of his late wife. It is also known that the composer's death interrupted its writing, which likely began in early 1791, and that it was completed by his students Eybler and then Süssmayr. However, sacred repertoire was always a genre in its own right for Mozart, cultivated consistently throughout his life. From his very first masses, he demonstrated mastery of instrumental and vocal polyphony, of which the choruses of the Messe en ut are a brilliant example. Production Théâtre des Champs-Élysées