Requiem aeternam – music for the dead. We will hear parts from the Requiems by Pierre Certon, Mario Capuana, and Charles-Henri Plantade.
Pierre Certon (ca. 1510-1572)
1. From Missa pro defunctis, “Requiem”:
– Introit
– Kyrie
– Offertory Domine Jesu Christe
Ensemble Vox Cantoris conducted by Jean-Christophe Candau
(cd Certon – Requiem a la Sainte-Chapelle, Psalmus PSAL 020, 2015)
Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
2. Selig sind die Toten SWV.391
Thomas Selle (1599-1663)
3. Die mit Tränen säen
Vox Luminis conducted by Lionel Meunier
(2cd Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ricercar RIC 376, 2017)
Mario Capuana (?-ca.1647)
4. From Messa di defonti, op.4:
– Sequenza
– Offertorio
– Sanctus
– Agnus Dei
Choeur de Chambre de Namur conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón
(cd Requiem, Ricercar RIC 353, 2015)
Charles-Henri Plantade (1764-1839)
5. From Messe de requiem in d minor:
– Pie Jesu
– Agnus dei
Le Concert Spirituel conducted by Hervé Niquet
(cd Requiems pour Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette, Alpha Classics 251, 2016)
Thanks to Muziekweb.
In the photo: Requiem for Louis XVI in 2014 (photo: Gonzague Bridault, source: Riposte-Catholique.fr)
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