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Hank Zauderer is a violinist and an artist. He regularly hosts an evening classical music program at NPR radio station KUSP in Santa Cruz, California. In the past he was a member of several symphony orchestras and chamber music groups. In particular, he loves the study of great composers and feels that music composition so often reflects the key events that took place in a composer's life.
Hank's taste includes the old Gregorian Chants and related religious works as well as music of the Baroque, Classical, and the Romantic period. Some of his favorites include Mahler, Edward Elgar, Leonard Bernstein, Igor Stravinsky, and Benjamin Britten.
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Mozarrt’s Requiem!
Posted: Thursday | 04.29.10
Mozart: The Requiem!
Principal singers: Sylvia McNair, Soprano; Carolyn Watkinson, Contralto; Francisco Araiza, Tenor; and Robert Lloyd, Bass.
Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
This CD was released 4/5/1991, so it is 19 years ago… and it is still a very satisfying performance! Yes… I also have another favorite, and it is the performance by Georg Solti, done at the Stephanskirche in Vienna. I think the occasion was the 230th anniversary of Mozart’s birth…
The performance by Sir Neville is a wonderfully dramatic recording. It is, of course, a dark sounding record, because it is a death mass. The soloists are first rate: Sylvia McNair’s voice is perfect in performing with her great calmness. The conducting and the tempi are perfect; The choir is also the most impressive choir I’ve heard in the Mozart’s Requiem.
In this a great Mozart masterpiece, the section that, for me, has the greatest beauty and is so moving is the “Lacrimosa”. I never get tired of it. It is music of ultimate sadness; sublime beauty; yet is has the power to bring healing and calmness into one’s soul.
Click below to discover 3 minutes of Sir Neville Marriner conducting the Lacrimosa: