Glanert: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch
David Wilson-Johnson (voice), Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (mezzo-soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Christof Fischesser (bass) & Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz
Unsurprisingly, a lot of the music – especially in its early stages – is zestfully raucous and grotesque…The performance has power and conviction – you would think this was an established concert...
Glanert: Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch
David Wilson-Johnson (voice), Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (mezzo-soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Christof Fischesser (bass) & Leo van Doeselaar (organ)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & Netherlands Radio Choir, Markus Stenz
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Unsurprisingly, a lot of the music – especially in its early stages – is zestfully raucous and grotesque…The performance has power and conviction – you would think this was an established concert...
About
Recorded live at Concertgebouw Amsterdam, 5 November 2016.
The famed painter Hieronymus Bosch portrayed medieval life brimming with symbolism, fantasy and riddles. Commemorating the 500th anniversary of the artist’s passing, the RCO commissioned Detlev Glanert to write a requiem for soloists, choir, organ and orchestra. The composition translates the demonic nature of Bosch’s paintings with textual counterparts into music. Glanert combines traditional requiem texts with excerpts from the manuscript collection Carmina Burana – each movement of the Requiem is accompanied by a poem about the seven deadly sins.
Contents and tracklist
- David Wilson-Johnson (voice), Aga Mikolaj (soprano), Ursula Hesse von den Steinen (mezzo-soprano), Gerhard Siegel (tenor), Christof Fischesser (bass), Leo Van Doeselaar (organ)
- Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
- Markus Stenz
- Recorded: 5 November 2016
- Recording Venue: Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awards and reviews
December 2017
Unsurprisingly, a lot of the music – especially in its early stages – is zestfully raucous and grotesque…The performance has power and conviction – you would think this was an established concert work rather than a first performance – and the recording captures it all with atmosphere and clarity.
13th July 2017
The performance under Stenz has tremendous dramatic intensity, with David Wilson-Johnson as the speaker setting the tone at the start with his terrifying summons to the artist. There is also immense choral singing, with soprano Aga Mikolaj steepling thrillingly over the top of it, and immaculate playing by the RCO.
