Hervé Niquet, Le Concert Spirituel - Mozart, Salieri: Requiem (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 369 Mb | Total time: 68:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS078 | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 369 Mb | Total time: 68:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS078 | Recorded: 2021
Two illustrious composers at odds with their Requiem? When, in 1791, a 36-year-old Mozart composed the one that would remain unfinished due to his death, he did so in response to a commission from the eccentric Count von Walsegg. Mozart would never hear his music. At the time, Salieri was at the height of his glory at the age of 41, famed for his operas from Paris and Milan to Rome and of course Vienna, where he was Court Composer and Director of the Italian Opera. Having put an end to his lyrical career, in 1804 he composed his Requiem, which was strictly intended for his own funeral, where it was indeed played - in 1825.