Stravinsky’s Requiem canticles (1965–66), another partial setting of the liturgy, the words of the "Libera me" are sung by a quartet of soloists and, at the same time, spoken by the chorus in a rapid, rhythmically free parlando.
Requiem canticles, dated 1966 and dedicated to the memory of Helen Buchanan Seeger, contains:
01. Prelude (1'10) Orch
02. Exaudi (1'43) Choir and orch
03. Dies irae (0'56) Choir and orch
04. Tuba mirum (1'06) Bass-solo and orch
05. Interlude (2'30) Orch
06. Rex tremendae (1'11) Choir and orch
07. Lacrimosa (1'46) Altus-solo and orch
08. Libera me (0'54) Vocal quartet, choir and orch
09. Postlude (1'53) Orch
Source: | booklet of cd PHI LPH020 |
Contributor: | Steven Chang-Lin Yu |
♫ 01. Prelude
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♫ 02. Exaudi
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♫ 03. Dies irae
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♫ 04. Tuba mirum
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♫ 05. Interlude
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♫ 06. Rex tremendae
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♫ 07. Lacrimosa
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♫ 08. Libera me
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♫ 09. Postlude
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This is the music performed at Stravinsky's funeral in Venice; according to his widow: "He and we knew he was writing it for himself." Stravinsky: "Most listeners seemed to find it the easiest to take home of my last-period – or last-ditch-period – music, and though I know of no universal decision as to whether it is to be thought of as compressed or merely brief, I think the opus may be safely called the first mini- or pocket-Requiem." Robert Craft described the closing Postlude as "the chord of Death, followed by silence, the tolling of bells, and again silence, all thrice repeated, then the three final chords of Death alone."