Track Listing

1. 1. Requiem & Kyrie - Plácido Domingo, Paul Miles-Kingston, Thomas Drew, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
2. 2. Dies irae ... Rex tremendae - Paul Miles-Kingston, Plácido Domingo, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
3. 3. Recordare - Sarah Brightman, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
4. 4. Ingemisco ...Lacrymosa - Sarah Brightman, Plácido Domingo, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
5. 5. Offertorium - Paul Miles-Kingston, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
6. Hosanna - Sarah Brightman, Plácido Domingo, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
7. Pie Jesu - Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, English Chamber Orchestra, James Lancelot, Lorin Maazel
8. 8. Lux aeterna & Libera me - Sarah Brightman, Plácido Domingo, Paul Miles-Kingston, Choir Of Winchester Cathedral, James Lancelot, English Chamber Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7667 in Music
• Released on: 1995-11-13
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Running time: 45 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Before Andrew Lloyd Webber's seemingly endless run of Broadway shows, when he was known primarily for Jesus Christ Superstar, he managed to write this dramatic, tuneful, occasionally powerful religious work. Although Lloyd Webber takes some liberties with the text and organization of the traditional Requiem mass, the result is a unified and finely crafted composition. There are exciting moments in the "Dies irae" and in the "Lacrymosa", where voices and orchestra are most effectively used to convey the desperate yet hopeful feeling of the text. This work isn't performed much these days in its entirety, but, as in many of Lloyd Webber's musicals, it produced a "hit" tune--the "Pie Jesu"--whose popularity alone could have kept the composer living comfortably for the rest of his life. --David Vernier