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Dvorak - Requiem | LPO LPO0042

Dvorak - Requiem

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Label: LPO

Cat No: LPO0042

Barcode: 0854990001420

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 26th October 2009

Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Artists

Lisa Milne (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano)
Peter Auty (tenor)
Peter Rose (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Neeme Jarvi

Works

Dvorak, Antonin

Requiem, op.89

Artists

Lisa Milne (soprano)
Karen Cargill (mezzo soprano)
Peter Auty (tenor)
Peter Rose (bass)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir

Conductor

Neeme Jarvi

About

Rarely heard in concert at all, the Requiem by Antonín Dvořák, captured on this CD from a live concert, seems a near-forgotten masterpiece. Dvořák scholar Gervase Hughes cites this work for four soloists, chorus and orchestra as one of the composer’s finest sacred creations, ‘a deeply moving expression of faith on the part of a composer whose religious conviction never wavered’. It’s a conviction stamped through the composer’s illuminating, fervent score.

Press acclaim:
Opportunities to hear Dvořák's grand “Requiem” are few and far between, so this was undoubtedly a special occasion… In this first-rate performance, the intense power of the “Requiem” shone as it has probably rarely – if ever – done before… Under Neeme Järvi's inspirational direction, the London Philharmonic played magnificently. The brass was impressively solid, often sending a shiver down the spine – especially when aided, as in the menacing but never histrionic ‘Tuba mirum’, by the glorious Royal Festival Hall organ.’ - Classical Source, February 2009

Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London, 7 February 2009.

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