Mozart - Requiem / Gauvin · Lemieux · Tessier · Berg · La Chappelle de Québec · Les Violons du Roy · Labadie (Revised and Completed by Robert D. Levin)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Bernard Labadie (Conductor), Les Violons du Roy (Orchestra), Karina Gauvin (Performer), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Performer), John Tessier (Performer), Nathan Berg (Performer), La Chappelle de Québec (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Karina Gauvin, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, John Tessier, Nathan Berg, La Chappelle de Québec
• Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy
• Conductor: Bernard Labadie
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (September 10, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dorian Recordings
• ASIN: B00007BKHK
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,712 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #86 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Early Music > Forms & Genres > Requiems

Track Listings

1. Requiem

2. Kyrie

3. Dies Irae

4. Tuba Mirum

5. Rex Tremendae

6. Recordare

7. Confutatis

8. Lacrimosa

9. Amen

10. Domine Jesu

11. Hostias

12. Sanctus

13. Benedictus

14. Agnus Dei

15. Lux Aeterna

16. Cum Sanctis Tuis

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 10-JUL-2007

Customer Reviews

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33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Mozart Recording and Great Patriotic Tribute, June 12, 2004

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R. Gerard (Pennsylvania USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - Requiem / Gauvin · Lemieux · Tessier · Berg · La Chappelle de Québec · Les Violons du Roy · Labadie (Revised and Completed by Robert D. Levin) (Audio CD)

Of the three recordings I know of the Levin completion of Mozart's Requiem (the others being MacKerras and Pearlman) this particular one has to be the most convincing to me.

It is understated but still appropriately weighty. A live recording commemorating the World Trade Center/Pentagon disaster of September 11th, 2001, Labadie's rendition really does pack an emotional punch than most recordings currently on market.

Unlike the Pearlman recording, this present one is done on modern instruments although the dynamic featured Violons du Roy play in period style-- crisp, pure, without vibrato. It really makes this one unique. For example, listen to the fugue, "Quam olim Abrahe" as the violins place that stacatto on the first and third beats of their baroque-inspired ostinatos. It is not often that a recording of Mozart's Death Mass sound as new and fresh as this.

The soloists are likewise excellent.

The Levin completion is second my favorite (my absolute favorite being the Duncan Druce reworking). Druce's changes might be over-the-top for many listeners, but to most, Levin's is the closest to perfection as one can get. While I like Druce's completion of the Benedictus far more (it sounds like real Mozart!), Levin's is just fine. His "Amen" fugue is also the most satisfying.

I would reccommend both this recording and the one under the baton of MacKerras. The Pearlman might sound to light and airy for many (the ending to the Kyrie is far to fast.) I would also urge you to listen to the only recording of the Druce version under Roger Norrington on the Virgin Verital label, although the tempi could use slowing in some parts, it is still a very engaging listen.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The 911 Requiem, December 18, 2003

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Steven Yu (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart - Requiem / Gauvin · Lemieux · Tessier · Berg · La Chappelle de Québec · Les Violons du Roy · Labadie (Revised and Completed by Robert D. Levin) (Audio CD)

This Mozart Requiem revised and completed by Robert D. Levin was performed just a week after the 911 WTC attack in NYC. The feelings you get while listening to this live recording is unreal as image of the attack flash back at you. I have played this recording over and over ever since it came out.

The music is wonderful recorded; with the support of the HDCD the sound dynamic is great. The revise version shows the possible ending that Mozart was heading during his writing of this master piece, Levin have used the material from Mozart's masses as a reference during his rescoring. With the help of authentic musical instruments, I believe this is the only recording that can compete with the long famous recording done by Christopher Hogwood.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, August 8, 2010

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Christopher Brooks (anywhere according to my wavefunction) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart - Requiem / Gauvin · Lemieux · Tessier · Berg · La Chappelle de Québec · Les Violons du Roy · Labadie (Revised and Completed by Robert D. Levin) (Audio CD)

I didn't know what I was missing. The orchestral playing and the soloists are so clear in this recording that I can't go back to any of my old recordings. For example, listening back to my old Vienna/Solti recording (which used to be my preferred recording) some of the melodic lines are muddled in favor of a larger, fuller and more Romantic sound. The textures are thinner here (due both to playing and some re-orchestration by Levin), and it works to outstanding effect. One can really hear the MOZART in the Introitus and Sequenz.

As for Levin's reworking of Süssmayr's awkward parts I have to say the Lacrimosa is much more satisfying, and what follows is more logical and coherent. I'd say this is the best we are going to get without having Mozart himself finish it.