Józef Kozłowski: Requiem Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir & Hans Graf

• Józef Kozłowski (1757 - 1831): Requiem in E-Flat Minor:
• 1 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: I. Requiem et Kyrie 05:21
• 2 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: II. Dies irae 03:17
• 3 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: III. Tuba mirum 04:29
• 4 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: IV. Judex ergo 04:59
• 5 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: V. Confutatis 04:29
• 6 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: VI. Lacrymosa 02:44
• 7 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: VII. Domine Jesu Christe 05:23
• 8 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: VIII. Sanctus 02:50
• 9 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: IX. Benedictus 04:01
• 10 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: X. Agnus Dei 05:33
• 11 Kozłowski: Requiem in E-Flat Minor: XI. Quia pius es - XII. Requiem aeternam 06:04
• Total Runtime 49:10

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The Singapore Symphony and its music director Hans Graf present a recording of Józef Kozłowski’s Requiem, together with the Singapore Symphony Chorus & Youth Choir, as well as a quartet of outstanding soloists: Olga Peretyatko (soprano), Olesya Petrova (mezzo-soprano), Boris Stepanov (tenor) and Christoph Seidl (bass). The Requiem (1798) was commissioned to Kozłowski by the abdicated King Stanisław of Poland, and can be perceived as a requiem not just for the monarch, but for the entire Polish nation, absorbed by the Russian state during the 1780s. Interestingly, the work was also heard during the funeral of Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in a different version with heavier orchestration and choruses for more drama. The current recording uses a new edition created by conductor Graf himself, realizing the intimate character of the original 1798 version. Composed just 7 years after Mozart’s famous Requiem, the work is rooted in Viennese Classicism, yet also adumbrates nineteenth-century developments, with a subtle Slavonic tinge. This revival is a gem to anyone interested in music from the early Romantic era.

The Singapore Symphony returns to Pentatone after their acclaimed recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Locatelli’s Labirinto armonico starring violinist Chloe Chua (2023). Hans Graf, the Singapore Symphony Chorus & Youth Choir and the vocal quartet all make their Pentatone debut.

Olga Peretyatko, soprano
Olesya Petrova, mezzo-soprano
Boris Stepanov, tenor
Christoph Seidl, bass
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Hans Graf, conductor

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