TEODOR CURRENTZIS MUSICAETERNA MOZART ANNA PROHASKA · MAURO PETER · TAREQ NAZMI MUSICAETERNA CHOIR TEODOR CURRENTZIS Teodor Currentzis and his Russian ensemble musicAeterna give their long awaited debut at the Felsenreitschule with an exhilarating MUSICAETERNA interpretation of ’s Requiem. The Greek-Russian star conductor, “visually the rock star amongst all conductors” (Kleine Zeitung), is MOZART REQUIEM for many today’s most exciting Mozart conductor, a reputation gained through his revolutionary Da Ponte Cycle, recorded at his home base, the Perm Opera WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART House. Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 Mozart’s final composition with its famous “Dies irae” and “Lacrimosa” movements is one of his most famous and noble works. Despite the complexity of its origins – its composition on Mozart’s deathbed and its completion after his Orchestra musicAeterna death by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr – the Requiem is doubtless a milestone Conductor Teodor Currentzis of sacred music. Divergent from Süssmayr’s version, which is standard in the Chorus musicAeterna Choir concert repertoire, Currentzis includes Mozart’s short “Amen” fragment at the end of the “Lacrimosa”, as most probably intended by the composer himself. Chorus Master Vitaly Polonsky Currentzis’ interpretation reflects his deep and serious examination of Mozart’s Soprano Anna Prohaska oeuvre. Under his baton, the music is of “impressive precision and clarity – radical, uncompromising.” (Wiener Zeitung) The conductor sharpens what Alto Katharina Magiera his predecessors have achieved in the field of period music and “gives it an Tenor Mauro Peter effortlessness that can rarely be found in anyone else” Salzburger( Nachrichten). Bass Tareq Nazmi The musicAeterna orchestra and its fabulous choir, completely dressed in solemn black cassocks and afoot throughout the concert, play with full verve Video Director Henning Kasten and complement each other perfectly: “compelling and in its greatness hardly comparable” (Kronen Zeitung). The young quartet of excellent soloists - Anna Prohaska, Katharina Magiera, Length: approx. 55' Mauro Peter and Tareq Nazmi - is “smoothly blending in with the ensemble” Shot in HDTV 1080/50i (Salzburg.com). In the striking visuals provided by the location itself, the Salzburg Cat. no. A 040 50081 Felsenreitschule with its impressive arcades, the “phenomen Teodor Currentzis sets Salzburg on fire.” Kleine( Zeitung) A co-production of ZDF/3sat, ORF and UNITEL Also available in the Unitel catalogue is Teodor Currentzis’ take on Mozart’s last in cooperation with Salzburg Festival major operatic work, , completed only a few months before the composition of the Requiem.

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