Requiem in D minor, KV 626 /

Mozart's last work, the Requiem Mass in D minor K626 in performance from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Mozart specialist Sir Colin Davis in a recording made in 1984 from the Herkulessaal in Munich. Mozart died in 1791, before completing the piece; it was later completed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 (Composer), Süssmayr, Franz Xaver, 1766-1803 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Bayerischer Rundfunk. Orchester (Performer), Bayerischer Rundfunk. Chor (Performer), Gächinger Kantorei (Performer), Bayerischer Rundfunk (Producer), RM Arts (Firm) (Producer), Arthaus Musik (Firm)
Other Authors:	Käch, Hugo (Director), Meyer, Korbinian, Mathis, Edith (Vocalist), Schmidt, Trudeliese (Vocalist), Schreier, Peter (Vocalist), Howell, Gwynne (Vocalist), Bartoli, Cecilia (Vocalist), Terfel, Bryn (Vocalist), Davis, Colin, 1927-2013 (Conductor), Rilling, Helmuth (Conductor), Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988 (Choreographer), Schulz, Jürgen (Chorus master), Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897, Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Latin
Language Notes:	Sung in Latin; menu in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Published:	Germany : Arthaus Musik, [2005]
Subjects:	Requiems. Masses. Concert films. Televised performances. Feature films.

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Summary:	Mozart's last work, the Requiem Mass in D minor K626 in performance from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Mozart specialist Sir Colin Davis in a recording made in 1984 from the Herkulessaal in Munich. Mozart died in 1791, before completing the piece; it was later completed by one of his students, Franz Süssmayr.
Item Description:	Special features: scene from Mozart's opera Don Giovanni featuring Cecilia Bartoli; Helmut Rilling conducting the Gächinger Kantorei and soloists singing Mozart's arr. of "Uns ist zum Heil ein Kind geboren" from Handel's Messiah; Bryn Terfel singing "Herr lehre doch mich" from Ein Deutsches Requiem by Brahms; scene from Frederick Ashton's ballet The Dream. Program notes by Volkmar Fischer in German, with English and French translations, and Latin text (23 pages : ill.) inserted in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD 5; NTSC, region code 0, worldwide; PCM stereo sound format; picture format 4:3.
Production Credits:	Eckard Kaemmerer, camera ; production manager, Rudolf Hegen ; .