• John Tavener
  • Akhmatova: Requiem (1980)

  • Chester Music Ltd (World)

Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival

  • 3hn.3tpt.3btbn/2timp.5perc/cel/str
  • soprano, bass [baritone]
  • 50 min
  • Anna Akhmatova
  • Russian

Media

Akhmatova Requiem: Requiem
Akhmatova Requiem: I. Dedication
Akhmatova Requiem: II. Introduction
Akhmatova Requiem: III. —
Akhmatova Requiem: IV. —
Akhmatova Requiem: V. —
Akhmatova Requiem: VI. —
Akhmatova Requiem: VII. —
Akhmatova Requiem: VIII. —
Akhmatova Requiem: IX. —

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Reviews

“It’s a powerful work, lyrical and sparsely textured”
Erica Jeal , The Guardian
7th October 2014
“The glory of this work lies in its vocal writing
Hilary Finch , The Times
7th October 2014
“So vivid is its musical vocabulary, so visceral its gestures…that it’s hard not to get sucked into its tragic mindset.”
Hannah Nepil , The Financial Times
6th October 2014
“It’s a powerful work, lyrical and sparsely textured”
Erica Jeal , The Guardian
6th October 2014

Discography

Akhmatova Requiem

Akhmatova Requiem
  • Label
    NMC Recordings
  • Catalogue Number
    NMC D208
  • Conductor
    Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  • Ensemble
    BBC Symphony Orchestra / The Nash Ensemble
  • Soloist
    Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone; Elise Ross, soprano
  • Released
    2014

Akhamatova Requiem

Akhamatova Requiem
  • Label
    BBC Radio Classics
  • Catalogue Number
    15656 9197-2
  • Conductor
    Gennady Rozhdestvensky
  • Ensemble
    Nash Ensemble / BBC Symphony Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; John Shirley Quirk, bass-baritone; Elise Ross, soprano
  • Released
    1997