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Product Details:
Audio CD Release Date:
May 10, 2005
Studio:
EMI Classics
Composer:
Karl Jenkins
Conductor:
Karl Jenkins
Orchestra:
West Kazakhstan Philharmonic Orchestra
Number Of Discs:
1
Average Customer Rating:
based on 12 reviews
Description:
Karl Jenkins, the mastermind of the Adiemus project and The Armed Man (A Mass For Peace) has the gift of composing music that speaks to a very wide audience. This is a highly interesting work that draws on Western and Oriental traditions. Requiem is a mass for the souls of the dead set to texts in both Latin and Japanese, highlighting the cyclical nature of life, death and rebirth. EMI Classics. 2005.
Track Listing:
1.
Introit
2.
Dies Irae
3.
The Snow of Yesterday
4.
Rex Tremendae
5.
Confutatis
6.
From Deep In My Heart
7.
Lacrimosa
8.
Now As a Spirit
9.
Pie Jesu
10.
Having Seen the Moon
11.
Lux Aeterna
12.
Farewell
13.
In Paradisum
14.
Overture. Part 1. Cân yr Alltud (The Exile Song)
15.
Overture. Part 2. Nawr! (Now!)
16.
Grey (Llwyd)
17.
Eleni Ganed (Born This Year)
18.
In These Stones Horizons Sing
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Beautiful music - as everNov 22, 2008 I am a new fan of Karl Jenkins music, having discovered his work with Adiemus. This is a classical piece, and as such it is somewhat somber. He is clearly an accomplished composer, and the music reflects his versatility. As I am not a classical music officianado, I can't speak to the specific qualities of this movement, but I enjoy listening to it, and it is well worth having in any classical collection.
Beauty and bombastOct 31, 2008 3 1/2
Engaging-annoying modern classical requiem at best recalls Part's beautiful minimalism, but at worst sounds like symphonic rock. Somewhere in the middle Jenkins' composes and conducts enough choral-driven tragic splendor to warrant hearing the darkened celebration.
contemporary requiemJan 13, 2008 After establishing a name as a innovative composer of popular music and of commercials, Jenkins has added several traditional works, most notably this requiem and his Mass for Peace. The Requiem is readily accessible with superb variety of effects. Following in the model of Britten's War Requiem, he intercalates Japanese poetry between sections of the mass. There are many historical connections with the English choral system. The melodies are memorable, the scoring varied. Jenkins extends the Dies Irae, breaking into five parts: Dies Irae, Rex tremendae, Confutatis, Lacrimosa, and Pie Jesu. Harmonically, the work has sufficient variety. There is notable variations in dynamics, rhythmic patterns, and tempo changes. There is some melodic extensions between sections; e.g., the opening of the Pie Jesu replicates the motive from the Introit, then compresses it. This opening theme appears in many of the following sections.
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elcetic.. from the sublime to the ridiculousNov 30, 2007 I am a huge fan of 20th/21st Century classical music and really enjoy Karl Jenkins music on the whole. His Armed Man Mass is stunning and the other work on this CD is beautiful. However, I was remarkably disappointed with this work. There are moments of sheer brilliance, absolute beauty and moments that are almost transcendental. But on the other hand some of the movements are just awful. How he manages intersperse the lovely Haiku settings in amongst movements like the shockingly bad Dies Irae (not just bad for the listener, but also for the poor singers whose voices are forced to sing aggressive music in an awkward area of the voice)escapes me.
If you love Karl Jenkins you will probably buy this, and so you should there are some great sections. But for me, and most people who are familiar with 'real' modern classical music and the great Requiem settings of the past (like Faure, Durufle, Mozart, Requiem, Verdi and Berlioz) this CD works very well as a coaster.
ParadisoJul 05, 2007 Let me just say- a masterpiece. Specially the Requiem part of the album I liked a lot: Jenkins' harmonies, novelty of interpretation, and combination of styles. Integration of best elements of classical Requiem and modern composition.
based on 12 reviews
