Mozart's Requiem

Teodor Currentzis (conductor), musicAeterna – With Anna Prohaska, Katharina Magiera, Mauro Peter, Tareq Nazmi

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Cast

Anna Prohaska — Soprano

Katharina Magiera — Contralto

Mauro Peter — Tenor

Tareq Nazmi — Bass

musicAeterna Choir of Perm Opera

Vitaly Polonsky — Chorus director

MusicAeterna — Orchestra

Teodor Currentzis — Conductor

Program notes

Mozart's Requiem–his final and unfinished masterpiece—is an extraordinary work. Discover the piece at the Salzburg Festival in the hands of conductor Teodor Currentzis, the ensemble musicAeterna, Anna Prohaska (soprano), Katharina Magiera (contralto), Mauro Peter (tenor), and Tareq Nazmi (bass).

Few musical works are as steeped in legend as Mozart's Requiem in D minor, K. 626. Commissioned anonymously by the eccentric count Franz von Walsegg, the funereal oeuvre would become Mozart's last: when he died on December 5, 1791, only the "Requiem aeternam" and "Kyrie" movements were fully composed and orchestrated. Completed by other composers (Mozart's student Franz Xaver Süssmayer in particular) using Mozart's sketches and notes, the resulting work weaves the emotions we associate with death into a timeless musical exploration of every human being's destiny, and constitutes a powerful final testament to its creator's genius.

Teodor Currentzis and musicAeterna appears courtesy of Sony Classical
Photo: © Salzburger Festspiele / Andreas Kolarik

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Requiem, K. 626

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