- 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”
7th October 2014
“The glory of this work lies in its vocal writing
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.”
6th October 2014
“It’s a powerful work, lyrical and sparsely textured”
6th October 2014
Discography
Akhmatova Requiem
- LabelNMC Recordings
- Catalogue NumberNMC D208
- ConductorGennady Rozhdestvensky
- EnsembleBBC Symphony Orchestra / The Nash Ensemble
- SoloistPhyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone; Elise Ross, soprano
- Released2014
Akhamatova Requiem

- LabelBBC Radio Classics
- Catalogue Number15656 9197-2
- ConductorGennady Rozhdestvensky
- EnsembleNash Ensemble / BBC Symphony Orchestra
- SoloistPhyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano; John Shirley Quirk, bass-baritone; Elise Ross, soprano
- Released1997