The Requiem soprano, bariton, choir and string orchestra contains:
01. Requiem Aeternam
02. Kyrie
03. Dies Irae
04. Tuba Mirum
05. Lacrimosa
06. Domine Jesu Christe
07. Sanctus
08. Agnus Dei
♫ 01. Requiem Aeternam
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♫ 02. Kyrie
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♫ 03. Dies Irae
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♫ 04. Tuba Mirum
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♫ 05. Lacrimosa
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♫ 06. Domine Jesu Christe
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♫ 07. Sanctus
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♫ 08. Agnus Dei
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Requiem for soprano, baritone, mixed chorus and string orchestra, dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Armenian Genocide that occurred in Turkey from 1915 to 1917 – which affected members of the composer's own family in the most direct way.
It reconciles the sound and sensibility of his country’s traditions with the Latin Requiem text in a profoundly moving contemporary composition, illuminated by the “glow of Armenian modality”, as Paul Griffiths puts it in his booklet essay. The work is a milestone for Mansurian, widely acknowledged as Armenia's greatest composer. The Los Angeles Times has described his music as that “in which deep cultural pain is quieted through an eerily calm, heart-wrenching beauty”.
The Requiem was co-commissioned by the Munich Chamber Orchestra and RIAS Chamber Choir Berlin and first performed by them in Berlin and Munich in 2011 and receives its premiere recording here.