Requiem

"The live performance, in Prague's Rudolfinum, was recorded in September of 2017, in memory of the recently deceased Bělohlávek, and the performers understood very well what he would have wanted: deliberate, straightforward construction of this massive Wagnerian work. Hrůša and the Czech Philharmonic get the operatic quality abundantly on display in the "Tuba mirum," for instance, and the Prague Philharmonic Choir has never sounded better".

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"Auch sonst setzen die Sopranistin Lisa Milne und Mezzosopranistin Karen Cargill in "Hostias" mit ihrer Mischung aus anrüdender Zartheit und üppiger Klangentfaltung einige Glanzlichter".

"Herreweghe takes his task seriously. The first two movements of the Requiem are for the most part superbly delicate and beautifully shaped. The choral sound is always lovely, even if at times it lacks sufficient weight".

"Das Royal Flemish Philharmonic verbindet muskulöse Kraft mit einem eher schlanken Ton und ist damit ein passender Partner für Herreweghes Collegium Vocale Gent. Auch in der auf 60 Sänger erweiterten Besetzung wahrt das Ensemble seinen warmen, geschmeidigen Sound und seine gute Intonationskultur".

"Jakub Hrůša's performance of the Requiem is darkly dramatic and ferociously committed. Every aspect of this recording leaps into life. The soloists are characterful, with heartfelt and clear delivery of the texts. The orchestra glows with textural richness, from the silky, emollient strings to the penetrating, incisive wind and brass. The mighty, slightly old-fashioned choral sound is well-balanced across the whole, massive soundscape, even if it is occasionally woolly".

"Warszawa Filharmoniske Kor og Orkester og deres tidligere chefdirigent, Antoni Wit, er en fornøjelse at være i selskab med. Samspillet og soloerne er i høj klasse ... De fire solister ... synger med ligeså stor varmblodighed og indlevelse".