Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)
Messa da Requiem • Te Deum

Shakeh Vartenissian, soprano
Fiorenza Cossotto, mezzo-soprano
Eugenio Fernandi, tenor
Boris Christoff, bass

Orchestra and Chorus of the Rome Opera
Tullio Serafin, conductor

Robert Shaw Chorale
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini, conductor

CD 1 (75:23)

Messa da Requiem

I. Requiem and Kyrie

1. Requiem aeternam (chorus) – 4:40

2. Kyrie eleison (quartet, chorus) – 3:39

II. Sequence (Dies irae)

3. Dies irae (chorus) – 2:16

4. Tuba mirum (chorus, bass) – 3:19

5. Liber scriptus (mezzo, chorus) – 5:23

6. Quid sum miser (soprano, mezzo, tenor) – 3:52

7. Rex tremendae (quartet, chorus) – 3:56

8. Recordare (soprano, mezzo) – 4:42

9. Ingemisco (tenor) – 4:06

10. Confutatis (bass, chorus) – 5:52

11. Lacrymosa (quartet, chorus) – 6:23

III. Offertorio

12. Domine Jesu Christe (quartet) – 4:41

13. Hostias (quartet) – 6:16

IV. Sanctus

14. Sanctus (double chorus) – 2:45

V. Agnus Dei

15. Agnus Dei (soprano, mezzo, chorus) – 4:54

VI. Lux aeterna

16. Lux aeterna (mezzo, tenor, bass) – 6:39

CD 2 (78:07)

Messa da Requiem

VII. Libera me

1. Libera me – Dies irae (soprano, chorus) – 4:49

2. Requiem aeternam (soprano, chorus) – 2:51

3. Libera me (soprano, chorus) – 4:57

Messa da Requiem (excerpts from the 1939 recording)

I. Requiem and Kyrie

4. Requiem et Kyrie – 7:52

II. Dies irae

5. Dies irae – 1:54

6. Tuba mirum – 2:53

7. Liber scriptus – 4:16

8. Quid sum miser – 3:14

9. Rex tremendae majestatis – 3:13

10. Recordare – 4:28

11. Ingemisco – 3:38

12. Confutatis – 4:30

13. Lacrymosa – 4:36

III. Offertorium

14. Domine Jesu Christe – 4:10

15. Hostias – 4:29

Quattro Pezzi Sacri

16. Te Deum – 16:08