Antonín Dvořák Antonín Leopold Dvořák ( ; ; 8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czechs, Czech composer. Dvořák frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravian traditional music, Moravia and his native Bohemia, following t ...

's Requiem in B minor, Op. 89, B. 165, is a funeral Mass scored for soloists, choir and orchestra. It was composed in 1890 and performed for the first time on 9 October 1891, in Birmingham, England, with the composer conducting.Composition details
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Structure

Part I

Part II

The approximate duration of the work is 95 minutes.Score, summary

Orchestration

The work is scored for:Score, summary

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Brass: :4 horns :4 trumpets :3 trombones (two tenor and one bass) : tuba Percussion: : timpani : tam-tam : campane (not in the original score)

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Selected recordings

* ''Antonín Dvořák: Rekviem'' –

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, Czech Philharmonic Chorus, conducted by Karel Ančerl, chorus master Markéta Kühnová; soloists:

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– soprano,

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– alt, Ernst Haefliger – tenor, Kim Borg – bass. Supraphon, 1959, re-edition on 2 CD 1991 (Ančerl Gold Edition no.13). This recording was awarded the "Grand Prix du disque de l´Académie Charles Cros". * ''Dvořák: Requiem for soloists, chorus and orchestra, Op. 89'' – Czech Philharmonic, Kühn's mixed choir, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch; soloists:

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, Brigitte Fassbaender,

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Jan-Hendrik Rootering Jan-Hendrik Rootering (born 18 March 1950 in Wedingfeld near Flensburg) is a German-born operatic bass, son of the Dutch tenor Hendrikus Rootering from whom he had his first lessons. After further study at Hamburg's ''Musikhochschule'' he began ...

. * ''Dvořák: Requiem b-moll, Op. 89'' – London Symphony Orchestra, conductor István Kertesz,

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choir, soloists: Pilar Lorengar, ,

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, Tom Krause; published by Decca. * ''Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89'', New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, conductor Zdeněk Mácal, Westminster Choir, soloists: Oksana Krovytska (soprano), Wendy Hoffman (mezzo-soprano), John Aler (tenor), Gustav Beláček (bass). 1999

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. * ''Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89'', Capella Weilburgensis, conductor Doris Hagel, Kantorei der Schlosskirche Weilburg, soloists:

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(soprano), Stefanie Irányi (mezzo-soprano),

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(tenor),

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(bass). 2006 Profil – Edition Günter Hänssler. * ''Dvořák, Requiem, Symphony No. 8 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons, Wiener Singverein, soloists: Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano),

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(mezzo-soprano),

Klaus Florian Vogt Klaus Florian Vogt (born 12 April 1970) is a German operatic tenor. He has often sung roles written by Richard Wagner. Career Klaus Florian Vogt was a hornist first and played for several years with the Hamburg Philharmonic. He studied voice a ...

(tenor), Thomas Quasthoff (bass). 2010 RCO Live. * ''Dvořák: Requiem, Op. 89'', Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conductor Antoni Wit, soloists: (soprano), Ewa Wolak (alto), (tenor), Janusz Monarcha (bass). 2014

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. * ''Antonín Dvořák: Requiem'' – Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Collegium Vocale Gent, conductor Philippe Herreweghe; soloists: Ilse Eerens (soprano),

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(mezzo-soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass). 2015 PHI, Outhere. * ''Dvořák: Requiem, Biblical Songs, Te Deum'' –

, Prague Philharmonic Choir, conductor Jakub Hrůša, conductor Jiří Bělohlávek, soloists: Ailyn Pérez (soprano), (mezzo-soprano),

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(tenor), Svatopluk Sem (baritone). 2020

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Notes

External links

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Dvořák's "Requiem".

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and Chorus. Carlos Kalmar, conductor. {{DEFAULTSORT:Requiem (Dvorak) Compositions by Antonín Dvořák Dvorak 1890 compositions Music for orchestra and organ Compositions in B-flat minor