Mozart, already ill, believed the Requiem was for himself and was so distressed that he wept while singing through the 'Lacrimosa' with friends shortly before his death.
Recording & Production
This recording of Mozart's Requiem was made live at the Barbican, London, on September 30 and October 3, 2007.
Performer Biography
The London Symphony Orchestra, featured on this recording, was founded in 1904 as London's first self-governing orchestra and is the world's most recorded symphony orchestra.
Performer Biography
Sir Colin Davis, the conductor on this album, was the London Symphony Orchestra's Principal Conductor from 1995 to 2006 and became its first President since Leonard Bernstein in 2007.
Composition History
Süssmayer claimed Mozart wrote the voice and main instrumental parts up to the eighth bar of the 'Lacrimosa', as well as 'Domine Jesu' and 'Hostias', while the 'Sanctus', 'Benedictus', and 'Agnus Dei' were his original work.
Composition History
Mozart's pupil, Franz Süssmayer, completed the Requiem after Mozart's death, following instructions given by the dying composer.
Composition History
Mozart received a mysterious commission for the Requiem from a stranger representing Count Walsegg-Stuppach, an amateur composer who enjoyed passing off others' works as his own.
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