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Requiem

    John Frandsen

    Requiem

    Teitur Lassen, Andrea Pellegrini, Sine Bundgaard, Peter Lodahl, Halvor F. Melien, Danish National Girls' Choir, Danish National Concert Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Henrik Vagn Christensen

    This world premiere recording presents the Danish composer John Frandsen's grandiose Requiem (2010) for soloists, choir and orchestra. The work unfolds a full-scale ‘operatic’ setting of the entire medieval Latin text in a fascinating alternation with intimate solo hymns sung by the Icelandic singer Teitur to Danish poems by Simon Grotrian (b. 1961). The composer has dedicated his requiem to the victims of the tragedy on the Norwegian island of Utøya in 2011.

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    "Spændinger, modsætninger og voldsom afveksling og vitalitet er sandelig også kvaliteter ved denne dødsmesse, dynamiske skred afvekslende med lyrisk intensitet og en brug af teksterne, der håndfast klarlægger deres indhold."
    Gregers, Gregers DH
    "Der er øjeblikke af voldsom kraft, men også salige himmeltoner, i et modernistisk, ofte minimalistisk tonesprog, som forbinder de velkendte og universelle tekster med en nærværende nutid."
    Mikael Krarup, Fyens Stiftstidende
    ”John Frandsens musik folder sig ud bredt og farverigt, og den trækker på både de store traditioner og på modernismen i en righoldig blanding, som virker personlig og overbevisende."
    Mikael Garnæs, Klassisk
    "Die Surround-Tonaufnahme ist sehr räumlich und natürlich."
    Remy Franck, Pizzicato
    "Lige som kirken er koncertsalen et rum, hvor det store, det eksistentielle og det ufattelige kan rummes, og hvor der er plads til andagtsstemning, og det mærker man også et aftryk af på en indspilning som denne, særligt når musikken har en kvalitet og historisk rodfæstethed som hos Frandsen."
    Nikolaj Strands, SEISMOGRAF
    "John Frandsen has achieved a modern milestone"
    Malcolm Riley, Gramophone
    "Frandsen’s substantial score (...) is by turns lavish and somber, electrifying and meditative. A worthy and affective tribute to those lives lost."
    Kate Wakeling, BBC Music Magazine
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    Requiem
    1 Requiem aeternam (soloists & choir) 7:24
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    €1.61 / $1.73 / £1.42
    2 Kyrie (choir) 4:02
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    3 Hymn: "Denne verden" (vocal) 3:28
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    4 Dies irae (bass & choir) 4:33
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    5 Mors stupebit (soloists) 3:57
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    6 Judex ergo cum sedebit (choir & choir soloists) 4:35
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    7 Hymn: "Din Frelser blir din klippe" (vocal) 2:26
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    8 Recordare (soprano & mezzo) 3:16
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    9 Quaerens me (tenor) 2:03
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    10 Qui Mariam absolvisti (bass) 4:05
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    11 Hymn: "Jeg fryser i mit verdensskrud" (vocal) 3:47
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    12 Confutatis (choir) 3:03
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    13 Dies irae (reprise) (choir) 2:14
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    14 Lacrymosa (mezzo) 5:32
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    15 Hymn: "Kære Gud, kære Gud" (vocal) 3:00
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    16 Pie Jesu (soprano) 4:52
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    17 Domine Jesu Christe (choir) 3:59
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    18 Sanctus & Benedictus (tenor & choir) 6:29
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    19 Agnus Dei (mezzo & choir) 3:11
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    20 Hymn: "Han glemmer mig aldrig" (vocal) 3:51
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    21 Lux aeterna (soprano & choir) 5:02
    12,00 kr.
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    22 Libera me (bass & choir) 3:23
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    23 Hymn: "Hvad er nød for Herrens trone" (vocal) 3:56
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    24 In paradisum (girls’ choir & choir) 4:05
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    Total runtime: 
    96 min.
    Release date: 
    June 2014
    Cat. No.: 
    6.220649-50
    FormatID: 
    CD
    CoverFormat: 
    Super Jewel Case
    Barcode: 
    747313164967
    Track count: 
    24
    Frandsen: Requiem

    Credits

    Recorded at DR Koncerthuset, on 3-6 April 2013
    Recording producers: Morten Mogensen and John Frandsen
    Recording engineer, mix and mastering: Jan Oldrup

    Executive producer: Curt Kollavik-Jensen
    Choir producer: Ivar Munk
    Chorus master: Florian Helgath

    ℗ & © 2014 Dacapo Records, Copenhagen

    Liner notes: Jørgen I. Jensen
    English translation: James Manley
    Proofreader: Svend Ravnkilde
    Graphic design: Denise Burt, www.elevator-design.dk
    Publisher: Edition Wilhelm Hansen AS, www.ewh.dk

    Dacapo Records acknowledges, with gratitude, the financial support of Dansk Musikforlæggerforening and Danish Danish Composers’ Society’s Production Pool / KODA’s Fund for Social and Cultural Purposes

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