Bach Collegium Japan & Masato Suzuki / Mozarts Requiem / De Oosterpoort

Mozart's Requiem is one of the most famous works in classical music. A work that was also shrouded in mystery for a long time: a client who wanted to remain anonymous and of course death that was close on the heels of the young composer while he was writing it. Inspired by the oratorios of Handel, the religious works of J.S. Bach and Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Mozart, sometimes delirious with fever, worked day and night on what would become his swan song.

A swan song that remained unfinished, because somewhere the pen must have fallen from his hand . Two of his assistants had the thankless honor of completing the work of a genius based on sketches. Joseph Eybler made an attempt, Franz Xaver Süssmayr eventually completed the Requiem. In 2015, Bach Collegium Japan made an internationally acclaimed recording of the famous work, combining the best of Süssmayr with the best of Eybler, resulting in a Requiem entirely in the spirit of Mozart. you one of Mozart's most beloved symphonies. The finale is Ave Verum Corpus, a short but compelling work that Mozart composed, like his Requiem, in the last year of his life.