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Mozart: Requiem

Stephen Johnson considers Robert Levin's recompletion of Mozart's Requiem and its relationship to the version made by Mozart's pupil, Franz Sussmayr.

It's not possible to know precisely what Mozart's plans were for the Requiem he left incomplete on his death in 1791. At the request of his widow, Constanze, a completion was made by the composer's pupil Franz SΓΌssmayr but lack of physical evidence means its proximity to Mozart's intentions cannot be proved. Two hundred years after the first completion, the musicologist, academic and performer Robert Levin recompleted the Requiem, aiming to enhance SΓΌssmayr's version rather than replace it. Stephen Johnson examines the relationship between the two versions.

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20 minutes

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Thu 26 Sep 2013 20:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem)

    Choir: Atlanta Chamber Chorus. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc CD-80636.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Amen (Requiem)

    Choir: Atlanta Chamber Chorus. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc CD-80636.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sanctus (Requiem)

    Choir: Atlanta Chamber Chorus. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc CD-80636.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem aeternam (Requiem)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Donald Runnicles.
    • Telarc CD-80636.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips 438 800-2.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sanctus (Requiem)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips 438 800-2.
    • 17.

Credit

Role Contributor
Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Sep 2013 20:00

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