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A journey to Verdi's Requiem

Sara Mohr-Pietsch maps the musical terrain around the final part of Verdi's Requiem, the Libera me. Plunging down sonic byways that link music across time and space, from Rossini opera to Aretha Franklin via Prokofiev and Mozart, Sara charts a musical journey towards Verdi's dramatic choral classic.

1 hour, 29 minutes

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Traditional Sardinian

    Libera Me Domine

    Choir: Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei.
    • Buda Musique.
  • Adriano Banchieri

    Canzona "La Organistina Bella" in Echo a 4

    Ensemble: Slokar Brass Ensemble.
    • Musiche Veneziane per Trombe e Tromboni.
    • Claves Records.
    • 11.
  • ”țÂáö°ù°ì

    It's Oh So Quiet

    • Post.
    • 143/Lava/Atlantic.
    • 4.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Libera Me, Domine (Requiem)

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Singer: Sonia Ganassi. Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: René Pape. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS : 6989362.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 18.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata (Act III Prelude)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi: Overtures & Preludes.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)

    Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Your Hundred Best Opera Tunes IV.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (Requiem)

    Singer: Anja Harteros. Singer: Sonia Ganassi. Singer: Rolando Villazón. Singer: René Pape. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verdi: Messa Da Requiem. Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee

    Performer: Isaac Stern. Orchestra: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milton Katims.
    • SONY CLASSICAL : G0100009115880.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 1.
  • Tansy Davies

    Neon

    Ensemble: Azalea Ensemble.
    • nonclassical.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • CBS.
  • Wendy Carlos

    Main Title (The Shining)

    Composer: Rachel Elkind. Singer: Rachel Elkind. Performer: Wendy Carlos.
    • The Shining (Selections from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 1.
  • Michel‐Richard de Lalande

    Dies irae (opening)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Conductor: Sébastien Daucé.
    • Michel-Richard de Lalande: Grands Motets, Dies irae, Miserere, Veni creator.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Save Me

    • I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You.
    • Rhino Atlantic.
    • 10.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Requiem aeternam (Requiem)

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Singer: Anja Harteros. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (Thais)

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: NFM Wroclaw Philharmonic. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Violin on Stage.
    • DG.
    • 5.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    Stabat Mater, Op 53 (6th mvt)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Pamela Helen Stephen. Singer: GĂĄbor Bretz. Choir: ±«Óătv Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Szymanowski: Stabat Mater & Harnasie.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and fugue in C minor K.546

    Director: Terje Tonnesen. Orchestra: Camerata Nordica.
    • Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 1-2.
  • Arvo PĂ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel for violin and piano

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jun 2024 13:30