Verdi: Requiem from Santa Cecilia

Synopsis

Set in the astonishing context of the “Basilica di San Paolo fuori le Mura”, one of the papal basilicas of Rome, this program combines Verdi’s Requiem, the excellent baton of British conductor Daniel Harding and one of the leading Italian orchestras and choir, the Accademia di Santa Cecilia. Harding’s interpretation of Verdi’s famous funeral mass recreates “an immaterial, disembodied, spiritual sound, suitable for this extreme meditation on the end of life and on the mystery that lies after life” (Il giornale della musica). The excellent soloists Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Yulia Matochkina, Charles Catronovo, Roberto Tagliavini contribute to an outstanding performance and an optimal fusion with the choir’s sound. “The last bars, with the crescendo never heard so full of controlled tension and the following pianissimo “dum veneris judicare saeculum per ignem”, left the audience deeply touched and speechless: Only after a silence of emotional recollection, which seemed to never end, did the intense applause break out” (il giornale della musica).

Additional Info

• No: 8964
• Composer: Giuseppe Verdi
• Conductor: Daniel Harding
• Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia
• Artists: Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha, Judith Kutasi, Charles Castronovo, Roberto Tagliavini
• Production year: 2024
• Run time: 01:30:00
• Producers: Heliodor, DGG, ZDF, ARTE
• Format: 4K