Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0028944861624
Format: Soundtrack
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Decca
Manufacturer: Decca
MPN: 448616
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca
Release Date: November 14, 1995
Studio: Decca
Disc 1:- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Requiem & Kyrie
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Dies Irae... Rex Tremendae
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Recordare
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Ingemisco... Lacrymosa
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Offertorium
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Hosanna
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Pie Jesu
- Requiem for Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra: Lux Aeterna & Libera Me
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com essential recording:
Before Andrew Lloyd Webber's seemingly endless run of Broadway shows, when he was known primarily for Jesus Christ Superstar, he managed to write this dramatic, tuneful, occasionally powerful religious work. Although Lloyd Webber takes some liberties with the text and organization of the traditional Requiem mass, the result is a unified and finely crafted composition. There are exciting moments in the "Dies irae" and in the "Lacrymosa", where voices and orchestra are most effectively used to convey the desperate yet hopeful feeling of the text. This work isn't performed much these days in its entirety, but, as in many of Lloyd Webber's musicals, it produced a "hit" tune--the "Pie Jesu"--whose popularity alone could have kept the composer living comfortably for the rest of his life. --David Vernier
Average Rating: 
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I have all of Brightman/Webber's more recent CD's but this is one that I missed. Our church choir sang Pie Jesu at our Christmas Concert and I wanted to hear what it sounded like with Sarah Brightman singing the solo. The CD was well worth it just for that one track.
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Too many of these reviews set out to answer the question of whether Andrew Lloyd Webber had any business writing a requiem, rather than reviewing this recording. One even mistakes Placido Domingo for Luciano Pavarotti, something not even the most casual dabbler would do. For consumers trying to get a sense of this recording I'll try to cut through the pretentious malarky. This was the premiere recording of Webber's work which was given its first performance with this cast of performers. Webber ...
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This is a beautiful piece of music. My 10-year old is humming it as he plays with his toys. I'm so glad we've added it to our music library.
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Great modern music of Webber. It is not classical Requiem. A little contraversal..
Great mix of boys choir and mixed choir.. and great performers: Sarah and Domingo are really something.. and this kid who sings with Sarah..And Mazel, the head of the project..
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I am a fan of music by Andrew Lloyd Weber usually, and also enjoy listening to requiae as a music form. Having heard "Pie Jesu" from this requiem and finding it most moving and beautiful, I ordered the Weber Requiem. It was indeed disappointing with the exception of Pie Jesu, band 7 on the CD. The remainder of the Requiem, regrettably, should be consigned to the dustbin of History. However, the Pie Jesu as sung by Sarah Brightman was worth the cost of the entire CD.
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