Luigi Cherubini - Requiem in C minor (3º Mov., Dies irae)

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The Requiem in C minor for mixed chorus was written by Luigi Cherubini in 1816 and premiered 21 January 1817 at a commemoration service for King Louis XVI of France on the twenty-fourth anniversary of his beheading during the French Revolution.
The work was greatly admired by Beethoven, Schumann, Berlioz and Brahms. It was performed at the funeral of Beethoven in 1827.
This particular setting of the requiem Mass consists of seven movements:
1. Introitus et Kyrie
2. Graduale
3. Dies Irae
4. Offertorium
5. Sanctus
6. Pie Jesu
7. Agnus Dei
In 1820 a funeral march and a motet In Paradisum were added. In 1834 the work was prohibited by the archbishop of Paris because of its use of women's voices, and in 1836 Cherubini wrote a second Requiem in D minor for men's chorus to be performed at his own funeral.
The Requiem is orchestrated for SATB-choir, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, timpani, tam-tam, and strings. Note the absence of flutes and SATB-soloists, and the presence of a tam-tam, notably in the opening of the Dies Irae.
The piece was featured in the 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and in the 2007 film Rebellion: the Litvinenko Case.
The piece of this video, Requiem in C minor (3º Mov., Dies irae), is the third piece of the Cherubini's Requiem in C minor.

Performers:
Radio Chorus Berlin
Berlin Symphony Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor (Conductor)