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Simon Mayr: Requiem

Mayr / Thornhill / Simon Mayr Chorus & Ensemble Release Date: 12/11/2015
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8573419-20 Spars Code: DDD
Composer:  Simon Mayr Performer:  Brigitte Thoma ,  Markus Schäfer ,  Siri Karoline Thornhill ,  Martin Berner  ...  Conductor:  Franz Hauk Orchestra/Ensemble:  Simon Mayr Ensemble Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo Length: 1 Hours 56 Mins.

Admired for his fusion of German and Italianate musical elements, Johann Simon Mayr is increasingly recognised as one of the most intriguing and influential composers of his time. His Requiem in G minor is shrouded in compositional obscurity but it is clear that the published version is surpassed both in scale and instrumentation by the elaborate edition performed here, which has been assembled from the autograph manuscripts. Small sections were composed by Donizetti and then corrected by his teacher, Mayr. Church style and more Romanticised elements are finely balanced in this important example of Mayr’s compositional language.

"I took Mayr's music to my heart and am fully convinced that I will return to this work many
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