The ensemble for this recording includes traditional African instruments such as three likembes, alongside accordion, guitar, bass, euphonium, and percussion.
Recording & Production
The musical preparation for this album involved sectional rehearsals in various locations including Kinshasa, Cape Town, Cassis, and Ghent, before the full ensemble gathered for staging.
Compositional Technique
Unlike Mozart's original, which returns to the Kyrie, "Requiem pour L." evolves towards a slow, gentle dissolution, with music from the Agnus Dei gradually slipping towards Mozart's Mass in C minor.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fabrizio Cassol's "Requiem pour L." is inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Requiem, but aims to incorporate other emotions like joy, transcending the original's sadness.
Compositional Technique
Fabrizio Cassol's "Requiem pour L." retains the basic narrative and formal scheme of Mozart's original Requiem, quoting recognizable fragments in all sections except the final Communion.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fabrizio Cassol's version emphasizes the personal relationship with death while maintaining a sense of the collective, intermingling joy, exultation, groove, silences, and polyphony from multiple sources.
Compositional Technique
The album features additional lyrics in five contemporary African languages: Lingala, Swahili, Kikongo, Tshiluba, and Lari, intertwined with the ancient Latin text of the Requiem.
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