Thread: Michael Haydn Requiem

Originally Posted by stomanek

On youtube a lot of people are saying it is as good as k626 - then again - on youtube loads of people say that salieri is better than M

Salieri is better than M

The two following threads may be of interest.

Top 5 Requiems?

Requiem Masses

I think you will find reference to Michael Haydn's Requiem if you plod through, including favourite recordings of this and other Masses.

Just another example of previous threads covering all the same ground.

Originally Posted by ComposerOfAvantGarde

Salieri is better than M

That's probably my favourite part from Amadeus -

I just listened to this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjhUVXhNhV8

So the introitus and kyrie.
It is beautiful music and I am glad to be aquainted with it. I can certainly hear the influence of this work on Mozart.
However - it is not, for me - on the same level on artistic invention. I would say it is closer to the level of Pergolesi Stabat Mater - which I do like a lot and it is no insult for me to say that. Mozart is known for taking pebbles and coverting them into diamonds and that is the case with Haydn's fine mass.

There is a moment toward the end of the Sequenz that stood out to me even before I was very familiar with the piece, and I now recognize it as one of the most haunting and beautiful moments in the whole work.

It is the words "Judicandus homo reus" in the Lacrimosa. The music he sets those words to....... my god.

I'm still obsessed with this piece. I've now listened to the entire thing about 37 times since I purchased it in July.