W. A. Mozart (1756-1791) Requiem K 626

Canticum Novum Choir

Accademia Hermans

Fabio Ciofini director

Lucia Casagrande Raffi soprano

Lucia Napoli mezzo-soprano

Kevin King tenore

Sergio Foresti bass

W. A. Mozart (1756-1791)

Ave Verum Corpus K 618

Misericordias Domini K 222

Requiem K 626

Completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr (1766-1803)

Two pages from Mozart’s sacred catalogue (the famous Ave Verum Corpus motet, composed during his final summer in Baden, and the Misericordias Domini offertory from 1775) introduce the Requiem K. 626. Left unfinished at his death, it was completed by his student Franz Xaver Süßmayr. This remains one of the most renowned and debated works in music history, still surrounded by myth and historical intrigue two centuries after its creation.