這張Challenge的發行收錄由當家弦樂四重奏團體Kuijken String Quartet所錄製的莫札特安魂曲弦樂四重奏改編版.令人感動落淚的絕美演出版本,被譽為這首改編版莫札特安魂曲的首選錄音.喜歡室內樂的樂迷絕對不可錯過的一份重量級鉅獻!
Transcriptions for string quartet by the composer or someone else was common practice in Mozarts time. In that light this string-version of Mozart's Requiem is nothing special. What makes it special, is the circumstance of the original Requiem itself. It is known that Mozart left the majority of the work incompleted, and that on request of Mozart's widow, his pupil Sssmayer did the finishing job. Where one's work ends and the other's starts, no-one knows. This 'skeleton-version' of the Requiem, however, fully preserves the eloquence of Mozart's music and therefore perhaps proves that the Requiem contains more of the masters own composing than we can objectively establish. But incomplete as the Requiem is, Mozart's universal genius radiates through the notes in any version. And if anyone can bring the radiation to the surface in this version, no one better than the Kuijken Quartet.
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 / version For String Quartet By Peter Lichtenthal
Kuijken String Quartet