A fascination that never wanes
Mozart’s “Requiem”: Carus chief editor Uwe Wolf spoke to Howard Arman about his approach to completing the fragment.
Requiem
The following articles on the keyword "Requiem" have previously appeared in the CARUS blog.Tag Archive for: Requiem
Mozart’s Requiem. One of the most fascinating fragments in music history
What makes the Mozart Requiem so fascinating? Mozart expert Ulrich Leisinger on Mozart’s fragmentary last work.
Gaetano Donizetti’s Messa di Requiem and Italian sacred music in the 19th century
Carus editor Guido Johannes Joerg sheds light on an impressive church music tradition: Italian church music of the 19th century.
Requiem Highlights
Tobias Brommann has compiled his requiem highlights from our program, including lesser-known works by Biber, Lachner, and Jommelli. Have fun discovering!
(c) Arne Morgner, Oelsnitz/Vogtland, Germany
Denis Rouger on Fauré’s Requiem
Denis Rouger explains why Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem is exceptional in more ways than one.
Rilling on the German Requiem by Brahms
In the CARUS Highlights, Helmuth Rilling writes about Brahms’ “Ein Deutsches Requiem” (A German Requiem) – a piece he even wrote a book about.
9 questions to Joachim Linckelmann
Due to the limited sheet music for the wind quintet, Joachim Linckelmann began arranging great choral works for smaller scorings while he was still a student. Today he is responsible for most of the published arrangements in our category “Great choral works in small scorings”.
The composer Joseph Martin Kraus
Even if in the last 30 years (since the 200th year of death in 1992) a lot has happened in the matter of Joseph Martin Kraus, not least due to the phenomenal recording of his symphonies by Concerto Köln, Kraus is still an insider tip in the music scene, both in practice and in science.
Verdi: The Requiem – and what else?
The Messa da Requiem is truly Verdi’s most impressice work, but due to the size of the needed ensemble it can hardly be performed. Besides this milestone, Verdi created only a few other sacred works.
Saint-Saëns’ fascinating Requiem in reduced scoring
Camille Saint-Saëns’ lavishly orchestrated setting of the Requiem calls for no fewer than four harps. This expressive work moves and fascinates listeners in equal measure, including our Chief Editor Uwe Wolf. It has long been a heartfelt desire of his to enable as many musicians as possible to perform this work – including groups with more limited resources at their disposal. For the Saint-Saëns anniversary in 2021, Carus is publishing an arrangement for strings, harp, and orchestra by Klaus Rothaupt.
