Title: Verdi: Requiem; Quattro pezzi sacri Artist: Georg Solti Release Date: 2006 Label: Decca Duration: 122:26 Album Type(s): composition (work) description, lyrics/libretto UPC: 028947577355 Genre: Classical Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 1. Requiem. Requiem aeternam & Kyrie
2. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Dies irae
3. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Tuba miurm
4. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Liber scriptus
5. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Quid sum miser
6. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Rex tremendae
7. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Recordare
8. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Ingemisco
9. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 2. Dies irae. Confutatis
10. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
    - Part 2. Dies irae. Lacrimosa

1. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 3. Offertorium. Domine Jesu Christe
2. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 3. Offertorium. Hostias
3. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 4. Sanctus
4. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 5. Agnus Dei
5. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 6. Lux aeterna
6. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 7. Libera me. Libera me
7. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 7. Libera me. Dies irae
8. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 7. Libera me. Requiem aeternam
9. Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem)
   - Part 7. Libera me. Libera me
10. Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra (Quattro pezzi sacri)
    - No. 1. Ave Maria
11. Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra (Quattro pezzi sacri)
    - No. 2. Stabat Mater
12. Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra (Quattro pezzi sacri)
    - No. 3. Laudi alla Vergine Maria
13. Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra (Quattro pezzi sacri)
    - No. 4. Te Deum

Well, that was loud, dramatic, intense, and emotional, or was it deafening, histrionic, and sentimental? It all depends on how you like your Verdi Requiems. In this 1967 recording, Georg Solti leads the Wiener Philharmoniker and Staatsopernchor plus an all-star cast of soloists in a performance that takes the volume of the Reiner recording, the drama of the Giulini recording, the intensity of the Toscanini recording, and the emotionality of the Serafin recording and turns every dial all the way into the red. And although there's no debating the quality of the individual performers -- how could one beat a team of soloists consisting of soprano Joan Sutherland, mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, tenor Luciano Pavarotti, and bass Martti Talvela, much less an orchestra and chorus like Vienna's? -- there is room to debate the quantity of the performance. Should the Dies Irae really have an attack like a Panzer division? Should the Rex tremendae really have the spectacle of the Circus maximus? Should the Lacrimosa really have the force of a punch by Cassius Clay? And should the closing Libra me really have the emotive power of Joan Crawford? While the Solti performance may be the ultimate in Verdi Requiems for some listeners, for others, it will simply be too much, particularly as captured in Decca's bludgeoning stereo sound. On the other hand, the inclusion of Margaret Hillis and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus' lovingly sung, beautifully balanced, and passionately dedicated performances of Verdi's Quattro pezzi sacri will be balm to anyone who loves Verdi at his most restrained and least bombastic. ~ James Leonard, All Music Guide

Name Credits Christopher Raeburn Producer Decca N. Lesieur Liner Note Translation Georg Solti Conductor Gery Bramall Liner Note Translation Gordon Parry Engineer Jo Ann Pickens Soprano (Vocal) Joan Sutherland Soprano (Vocal) John Culshaw Producer Luciano Pavarotti Tenor (Vocal) Marilyn Horne Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal) Martti Talvela Bass (Vocal) Ray Minshull Producer Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Orchestra Vienna State Opera Choir Choir, Chorus