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Theodorakis: Requiem
Mikis Theodorakis, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra
Theodorakis: Requiem
Genre: Classical
 
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All Artists: Mikis Theodorakis, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra
Title: Theodorakis: Requiem
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Intuition
Release Date: 3/14/2000
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Historical Periods, Early Music, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 675754679620, 750447329225
 

CD Reviews

Dramatic choir will shake you out of your seat!
Manta Ray | Singapore | 01/27/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dramatic, haunting, brilliantly recorded... Theodorakis's use of boys choir against a backdrop of really deep voices is simply stunning. He calls it giving the requiem 'life in the midst of death' (Note: requiems are masses sung in-memory of loved ones who have passed away, eg. sung in a burial ceremony) A sombre and sad subject, but this requiem is anything but - it actually manages to be rather uplifting and courageous.Took one star out for the lack of original Greek text of the music, which doesnt really make sense because there is a booklet of both English and German translations. A big big BIG pity because this requiem is based on preserved text written by Saint John of Damascus, a famous Greek orthodox christian in the Byzantine ages over ten centuries ago."