Name: Richter Requiem Popular
Brand: Czech Ensemble Baroque
SKU: SK0195925-US20260105-083122
Availability: InStock

DISC: 1

1. Sinfonia Con Fuga In G Minor, Boer 29: I. Adagio

2. Sinfonia Con Fuga In G Minor, Boer 29: II. Andante

3. Sinfonia Con Fuga In G Minor, Boer 29: III. Presto

4. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: I. De Profundis Clamavi – Lento Assai

5. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: II. Si Iniquitates Observaveris Domine – Andantino

6. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: III. A Custodia Matutina – Moderato

7. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: IV. Quia Apud Dominum Misericordia – Grave

8. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: V. Et Ipse Redimet Israel – Moderato

9. De Profundis Clamavi A 12 Voci: VI. Requiem Aeternam – Largo

10. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: I. Requiem Aeternam – Poco Lento

11. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: II. Te Decet Hymnus – Andantino

12. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: III. Kyrie – Moderato

13. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: IV. Dies Irae – Tempo Giusto

14. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: V. Quid Sum Miser – Andantino

15. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: VI. Confutatis Maledictis – Allegro

16. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: VII. Huic Ergo Parce Deus – Andantino

17. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: VIII. Offertorium Domine Jesu Christe – Andante

18. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: IX. Quam Olim Abrahae Promisisti

19. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: X. Hostias Et Preces – Andantino – Quam Olim Abrahae

20. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: XI. Sanctus – Lento

21. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: XII. Benedictus – Andantino

22. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: 13. Osanna

23. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: 14. Agnus Dei – Andantino

24. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: 15. Dona Eis Requiem – Poco Lento

25. Messa De Requiem A 16 Voci In E-Flat Major: 16. Cum Sanctis Tuis In Aeternum

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“… he sat down in an armchair, pored over for the last time the score of the mourning music he himself had composed for his funeral, and – when lightly touched by the angel of death – bowed his head and passed away.” C.F. Schubart’s description of the death in 1789 of the eighty year old F.X. Richter, Kapellmeister of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame in Strasbourg, may be rather romantic (two years later an almost identical story related to Mozart’s last moments), yet when looking at the clean copy of the autograph score it is difficult to resist the idea that the Requiem encapsulates the quintessence of his legacy. A truly extraordinary figure, standing out among the plethora of Czech composers based abroad, Richter’s singular musical phraseology reflects the places where he studied and worked: contrapuntal mastery (a pupil of J.J. Fux in Vienna), elements of Neapolitan opera, the Mannheim school… He had a reputation as a guardian of the traditions of the “genuine church style” at a time when the pre-Classicist galant style was taking hold. How striking a similarity with the “Dresden” Zelenka!