Mozart - Requiem KV 626 (Arman Version) w/introduction to the Requiem and recordings of the Vesperae KV 339 and Sigismund von Neukomm's Libera me, Domine - CD

Mozart's Requiem from 1791 - although the composer's last unfinished work - is considered one of the most important settings of the Latin Mass for the Dead. Immediately after Mozart's all too early death, his pupil Franz Xaver Süßmayr worked on a completion that is still appreciated and regularly performed today because of its great closeness to the original - despite several newer versions created over the course of time, which sometimes carefully improve Süßmayr's version or follow their own approaches. 

The new version by Howard Arman is based on Mozart's surviving sources and Süßmayr's additions (Carus 51.652). In several places, however, it comes to new conclusions, which are realized with cautious care and humble respect for Mozart's magnificent original. Following Mozart's Requiem, Neukomm's responsory Libera me, Domine can be heard.

The CD reproduces the program of a concert 'in memoriam Mariss Jansons'. It was recorded live on January 25, 2020 in the Herkulessaal of the Munich Residenz. The top-class soloist line-up consists of Christina Landshamer, Sophie Harmsen, Julian Prégardien and Tareq Nazm. The Bavarian Radio Choir and the original sound ensemble Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin are conducted by Howard Arman.