Requiem in C minor (Cherubini)

1815 , on the 23rd anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI. , the Italian composer Luigi Cherubini composed his Requiem No. 1 in C minor for mixed choir and orchestra .

The first performance on January 21, 1817 was a great success, and the work was later admired by composers such as Brahms and Schumann . Ludwig van Beethoven , who admired Cherubini very much, wished to have that requiem performed at his own funeral. It is noticeable that there are no solo parts and that there are no high orchestral parts in the Introit and Kyrie .

The then Archbishop of Paris Hyacinthe-Louis de Quélen criticized the work in 1834 for the fact that women's voices were also intended, and prohibited a performance at a funeral mass in Paris. Therefore Cherubini composed a second Requiem for male voices only (see Requiem in D minor (Cherubini) ).

Subdivision

1. Introit et Kyrie
2. Graduals
3. Sequentia
   • Dies irae
   • Recordare
   • Lacrimosa
4. Offertory
   • Domine Jesus Christe
   • Quam olim Abrahae
   • Hostias
5. Sanctus et Benedictus
6. Pie of Jesus
7. Agnus Dei et Communio

The performance lasts about 50 minutes.

occupation

• Choir
  • soprano
  • tenor
  • Old
  • bass
• Woodwinds
  • 2 oboes
  • 2 clarinets
  • 2 bassoons
• Brass
  • 2 horns
  • 2 trumpets
  • 3 trumpets
• Percussion instruments
  • Timpani
  • Hoopla
• Strings
  • Violins I + II
  • Violas I + II
  • cello
  • double bass

Discography

• 1950: Robert Shaw Chorale (choir director: Robert Shaw); NBC Symphony Orchestra; Arturo Toscanini - (RCA Victor)
• 1952: Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Carlo Maria Giulini - (La voce del padrone)
• 1960: Roger Wagner Chorale; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Roger Wagner - (Angel Records)
• 1961: Coro e Orchestra Filarmonica del Teatro Verdi di Trieste; Luigi Toffolo - (Philips)
• 1978: Choir and Symphony Orchestra of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation; Lamberto Gardelli - (Philips)
• 1980: The Ambrosian Singers (choir director: John McCarthy); Philharmonia Orchestra; Riccardo Muti - (EMI Classics)
• 2007: Boston Baroque; Martin Pearlman - (Telarc)

Web links

• Requiem in C minor (Cherubini, Luigi) - IMSLP / Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music. Retrieved April 2, 2017 (English, public domain editions of the score and excerpts). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Fend, Michael in Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: For the anniversary of the execution of Louis XVI on January 21, 1817 he wrote his first Requiem (C minor), which, contrary to his usual practice, had no soloists.