Biber - Battalia A 10 & Requiem A 15 In Concerto - Le Concert Des Nations, Jordi Savall (2002)
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The Battalia à 10 is played with great style and charm here. I like the use of two theorbos and a harpsichord and organ on the continuo lines. I have several recordings of this work. Savall's approach is a little more polite than Goebel's and a little more atmospheric than Philip Pickett's quite raw sound. I like all of them. Savall's is, perhaps, the most beautiful recording, even though it doesn't take advantage of the musical effects Biber suggests with as much relish as Goebel or Pickett.

The A Major Requiem à 15 in Concerto is a favourite of mine and the only other recording I've ever heard is Ton Koopman's with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir on ERATO. I've loved Koopman's recording ever since I bought it, shortly after it was released in the 1990s. It was coupled with the magnificent Vesperæ à 32 voci. I was eager to hear another recording of this little known work. Only two requiems by Biber have survived, this one, in A major and the F minor Requiem. Both are masterpieces and each takes a different approach. The A Major work features trumpets, trombones, timpani, oboes (perhaps added later?), dulcian [fagotto], strings and, of course, basso continuo. The F minor work uses strings, two dulcians, three trombones, and multiple organs and is a much more sombre and darker work.

Savall's recording was made in Salzburg Cathedral and takes advantage of four of the organs in there. The sound is beautiful and splendid and, indeed, moving. We are transported to a beautiful world without pain - a glimpse of Heaven, in fact. The opening Marcia Funebre gives one the opportunity to wind and brass of Le Concert des Nations in the Salsburg Cathedral space. What a sound! It is worth buying the disc for the March alone. The Requiem in Concerto which follows is a beautiful and radiant work - full of hope for the afterlife and great grace and beauty. 

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Tracklist:
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01. Battalia a 10: I. Sonata
02. II. Die liederliche Gesellschaft von allery Humor: Allegro
03. III. Presto
04. IV. Der Mars
05. V. Presto
06. VI. Aria
07. VII. Die Schlacht
08. VIII. Lamento der Verwundten Musquetirer: Adagio
09. Requiem a 15 in Concerto: I. Marcia Funebre
10. II. Introitus - Requiem aeternam
11. III. Kyrie eleison
12. IV. Sequentia - Dies Irae, dies illa
13. V. Offertorium
14. VI. Sanctus
15. VII. Benedictus
16. VIII. Agnus Dei
17. IX. Communio

* AliaVox - Catalog Number: AV 9825 


Performer:
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Direction – Jordi Savall




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