- Composition: 1985
- Instruments: Soprano Voice
- Ensembles: Full Orchestra
- Genres: Classical Music
- Instrumentation: S - 3[1.2.pic] 3[1.2.ci] 3[1.2.clb] 2 - 4330 - timp+3 - pf - archi
- Percussion: vib.crot(C.D.E].tri.bd.glock.tom(lg).cym.tam.flex.cast.whip.sus cym
- Duration: 30 Minutes
- Reference: TR00093
Audio
Simfonia de rèquiem
1. Introitus
2. Kyrie
3. Dies Irae
4. Agnus Dei
5. Lux Aeterna
6. Libera me
Author
Xavier Montsalvatge
Girona ( 1912 ) - Barcelona ( 2002 )
Xavier Montsalvatge is one of the most representitive names from the so-called "lost generation", between the one of the Spanish Republic and present-day composers. His work has had a large international projection and has become a reference point on the contemporary music scene. He first gained wide spread recognition in the 1940s with a set of songs called Cinco Canciones Negras (1945); they mark the beginning of a Post-Nationalistic period that later evolved into his so-called "Antilles style" featuring West Indian/Carribean stylistic traits. This is one of the common denominators in works like the Cuarteto Indiano (1951). The Concierto Breve (1953) for piano and orchestra points to the beginning of more abstract forms. The influence of Impressionism is present in the-Sonatine pour Ivette (1960)- or the use of serial-related techniques in the following works: Cinco Invocaciones al Crucificado (1969), Laberinto (1970) for orquestra, and Son...
Latest concerts
Simfonia de rèquiem2012
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, dir. M. Valdés
2012
Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, dir. M. Valdés
Reviews
Simfonia de rèquiemAlgo que es música para un epílogo, la muerte, se convierte así en una verdadera epifanía. En este Requiem, nada acaba, sino que todo empieza,. Feliz optimismo de una madurez tejida con lo hilos del respeto que todos los lenguajes musicales de nuestro tiempo y la necesidad de afirmar con un estilo propio una voz singular.