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requiem

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A requiem is a solemn musical composition originally created for Catholic funeral masses, characterized by dramatic orchestration, choral arrangements, and deeply emotional expressions of mourning and hope. These works blend sacred Latin texts with powerful symphonic elements, ranging from quiet reflection to thunderous passages that contemplate death and eternal rest. The form has evolved from strictly liturgical pieces to concert hall performances that explore profound themes of loss, remembrance, and spiritual transcendence.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
69		1931	Berliner Philharmoniker	Mozart: Requiem	requiem
61		1950	Wiener Philharmoniker	Mozart: Requiem	choral classical requiem
81		1956	Giuseppe Verdi	VERDI: Messa da Requiem (Schwarzkopf, Di Stefano, De Sabata) (1954)
59		1963	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky, I.: Canticum Sacrum / Agon / Requiem Canticles		conductor # 25
58		1965	Giuseppe Verdi	Requiem - Live Recording	classical
77		1967-09-13	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem d-moll (KV 626)	classical requiem
78		1967-09-13	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem Kv626	classical requiem
89		1967-09-13	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	MOZART: Requiem, K. 626
17		1968	Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	Britten: War Requiem	classical requiem
4		1970	György Ligeti	Requiem; Lontano; Continuum	choral classical requiem
70		1972	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Zelenka: De Profundis, Misere & Requiem
32		1974	Galina Vishnevskaya	Britten: War Requiem	classical orchestral requiem
65		1974	Krzysztof Penderecki	A Polish Requiem	contemporary classical
14		1974	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem in D minor, K.626 (Wiener Philharmoniker feat. conductor: Herbert von Karajan)
90		1976	Antonín Dvořák	Rekviem, op.89 (Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, soloists, conductor Karel Ančerl)		late romantic # 36 classical composer # 88 mass # 97 czech classical # 99
27		1976	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem / Christopher Hogwood	conductor requiem
88		1976	Gabriel Fauré	Requiem	classical requiem
94		1976	Gabriel Fauré	Requiem Op. 48	classical requiem
43		1977	London Symphony Orchestra	Britten: War Requiem	classical orchestral requiem
36		1978	London Symphony Chorus	Britten: War Requiem	classical requiem
26		1978	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem in D minor, KV 626 (Berliner Philharmoniker feat. conductor: Herbert von Karajan)
35		1979	Johannes Brahms	BRAHMS: German Requiem (Toscanini)	conductor requiem
80		1980	Hector Berlioz	Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5
72		1981	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem K.626	requiem
87		1981	Luigi Cherubini	CHERUBINI: Requiem / Marche funebre	classical
57		1982	The Tallis Scholars	Requiem (Victoria – Cardoso – Lôbo)	requiem	chant # 41 mass # 72
2		1982	Schola Cantorum Cantate Domino	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem	requiem
71		1982	Luigi Cherubini	Cherubini: Requiem	requiem
91		1982	Giuseppe Verdi	VERDI: Requiem (Gigli) (1939)	classical requiem
63		1983	Giuseppe Verdi	VERDI: Requiem / Quattro Pezzi Sacri	classical requiem
84		1984	Gabriel Fauré	Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine - Cambridge Singers City of London Sinfonia John Rutter	classical	classical # 16
38		1984	Michel Corboz	Mozart: Requiem/Faure: Requiem	conductor requiem
86		1985	Verdi	Requiem	classical requiem
95		1985	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	MOZART: Requiem / Exultate, Jubilate / Laudate Dominum
8		1986	Franz Liszt	Liszt: Requiem, "Messe Des Morts"
60		1987	Krzysztof Penderecki	Polnisches Requiem (Disc 1 of 2)	baroque celtic contemporary classical requiem
100		1988	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: Requiem	classical requiem	classical # 80 choral # 90
48		1990	Johannes Brahms	Ein deutsches Requiem Op. 45	choir german requiem	choir # 8
53		1990	Gabriel Fauré	Fauré: Requiem; Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville	acoustic choral classical requiem
6		1990	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem, KV 626 (BBC Symp. Orch, Sir Colin Davis)
99		1991	Slovak Philharmonic	Mozart: Requiem In D Minor	classical mass requiem	mass # 100
16		1991	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem K-626 Maurerische Trauermusik K 477	conductor requiem
97		1992	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Mozart : Requiem	conductor requiem	conductor # 100
5		1992	Mozart Festival Orchestra	Mozart: Requiem, KV 626 in D Minor
67		1993	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Requiem in D minor, Miserere		classical composer # 14 mass # 68 czech classical # 80
79		1993	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem (Herbert von Karajan)	classical	classical # 3
76		1993	The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge	Fauré/Duruflé/Messiaen
66		1994	Alfred Schnittke	Requiem	contemporary classical requiem
85		1994-08-23	Giuseppe Verdi	Messa da Requiem	choral classical requiem sacred	choral # 44 sacred # 98
96		1995	Johannes Brahms	Ein deutsches Requiem Op 45	requiem classical	choral # 76
92		1995	Johannes Brahms	Ein Deutsches Requiem Op.45	classical requiem
73		1995	Johannes Brahms	BRAHMS: A German Requiem, Op. 45
98		1995-10-02	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Requiem	classical	classical # 90
9		1998	Barbara Bonney	Mozart: Requiem; Kyrie in D minor	conductor requiem
51		1998-10-05	Johannes Ockeghem	Ockeghem - Requiem (Missa Pro Defunctis) & Missa Mi Mi (Missa Quarti Toni)	requiem
42		1999	Daniel Barenboim	Verdi : Messa da Requiem	requiem
19		2001	Aesma Daeva	here lies one whose name was written in water 2009 10 year anniversary	requiem
55		2002	Bruno Walter	Walter: Mozart - Requiem	requiem
75		2005	The Tallis Scholars	Manuel Cardoso: Requiem	chant choral christian classical mass requiem	chant # 84 mass # 92
74		2005	The Tallis Scholars	Victoria Requiem	choral classical requiem
82		2005-03-21	Karl Jenkins	Requiem	requiem
7		2006	Berliner Philharmoniker	Brahms : Ein Deutsches Requiem	classical requiem
41		2006	Emile Naoumoff	Gabriel Fauré - Requiem, Nocturnes, Trois Melodies
20		2007	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Zelenka: Requiem in C Minor, Miserere in C Minor, Lamentatio Pro Die Veneris Sancto
13		2007-07-15	Giuseppe Verdi	Verdi: Messa da Requiem & Te Deum	requiem
52		2008	The Sixteen / Academy of St Martin in the Fields	Fauré Requiem	classical requiem
33		2008-11-07	Anna Netrebko	Souvenirs (Simplified Metadata)	opera
93		2012	Neil Davidge	Halo 4: Original Soundtrack (Deluxe Edition)	requiem soundtrack
45		2012-11-13	The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Mozart: Requiem Mass In D Minor, K.626
18		2013	Carlo Maria Giulini	Mozart: Requiem	conductor requiem
64		2013	Jean Richafort	Richafort: Requiem	requiem
37		2013	Chamber Choir Hymnia, Flemming Windekilde	Alfred Schnittke: Requiem
24		2014-12-11	Chor & Orchester der Universität Wien	Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem	classical requiem
44		2016-09-26	Cristobal de Morales	Morales: Requiem - Music for Philip II	requiem
29		2018-07-06	Daniel Barenboim	Mozart: Requiem	requiem
49		2018-07-29	Richard Lewis	Berlioz: Requiem - Grande Messe des Morts	classical mass requiem	mass # 82
1		2019	Ensemble Aedes	Fauré: Requiem - Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Debussy: 3 Chansons	choral classical french impressionism mass requiem	impressionism # 57 mass # 65
11		2019	The Monteverdi Choir	Verdi: Requiem/Quattro Pezzi Sacri	classical requiem
46		2021	Jordi Savall	Mozart: Requiem	classical requiem
50		2023	Various Artists	Requiems for a Submerged City	ambient dark ambient electronica england field recordings finland new orleans requiem
34		2024	John Eliot Gardiner	Campra : Requiem [Messe des morts]	requiem
22			Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge	Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem/Poulenc: Motets		mass # 69
54			Riccardo Muti	Mozart: Requiem & Ave Verum	conductor requiem	conductor # 9
62			jakob battick & friends	Heavy The Mountains, Heavy Are The Seas		spain # 5 sadcore # 9 east coast # 22 portland # 47
3			St. Olaf Choir	Mozart & Süssmayr: Requiem	conductor requiem
15			Kuijken Kwartet	Mozart: Requiem KV 626 - Version For String Quartet by Peter Lichtenthal	classical requiem string quartet
21			Accentus	Dvorák: Stabat Mater	choral requiem
23			Exultate	A German Requiem (sung In English)	choral classical requiem
25			Jean Gilles	Gilles: Requiem	requiem
28			William Fred Scott / The Atlanta Opera Orchestra & Chorus	Mozart Requiem	classical requiem
39			Tomás Luis de Victoria	Victoria: Officium Defunctorum	requiem
40			Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Universita Cattolica / Coro Sinfonico di Bie	Mozart: Requiem	requiem
56			Lawrence Foster	Salieri: Requiem	requiem
68			Sofia National Opera House Orchestra And Chorus	Verdi: Requiem	choral requiem
83			John Rutter	RUTTER: Requiem / Anthems	requiem
			Jan Dismas Zelenka	Requiem in D minor	baroque classical requiem
10			Riccardo Muti - Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano	Messa da Requiem; Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
12			Vienna Symphony Orchestra And The Academy Chamber Choir	Mozart's Requiem In D Minor, K.626
30			Magdalena Hajóssyová, Jozef Kundlák, Etc.; Zdenek Kosler: Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus	Mozart: Requiem
31			Elke Janssens	Bruckner: Requiem, Duruflé: Requiem - A History of Requiem, Part III
47			Orquesta y Coro de la Filarmónica de Eslovaquia	Réquiem en Re menor, KV 626 de Mozart

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