DVORÁK

 

Requiem Op. 89 & Symphony No. 8 Op. 88

 

Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano)

Mihoko Fujimura (alto)

Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor)

Thomas Quasthoff (bass)

Vienna Singverein

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (chief-conductor)

 

Recorded Live Concertgebouw 5-6 Feb 2009 (Requiem)

19, 20, 21, 23 & 25/12/2007 & 23/10/2008 (Symphony No. 8)

 

Among the activities undertaken by the Vienna Singverein to commemorate its 150th anniversary during the 2008–9 season was a series of performances of Dvorák’s Requiem with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under the direction of Mariss Jansons. The concert recordings of the two performances given in Amsterdam in February 2009 have been integrated here to create a captivating presentation of this rarely recorded work.

 

On this double SACD release, Jansons, who has a special affinity with Dvorák’s late works, has paired the Requiem with the Eighth Symphony, composed during the period directly preceding the Requiem.

Of particular note in Jansons’s interpretation of both works here is his attention to detail, a characteristic of his performances, but which in no way impedes the development of extended, overarching climaxes.

 

RCO Live 2SACDs RCO10001