Hi,
I have loved classical music from a child, but only now have I really began to take it seriously.
I would love to know if there are any other pieces out there that are as dark, powerful, and moving as Mozarts requiem in D minor.
Definitely: Mozart's Mass in C minor, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, Verdi's Requiem, Berlioz's Requiem, and Brahms's German Requiem should satisfy.
If you're looking for "dark, powerful, and moving" non-choral works, then I would be happy to provide you an even larger list of what I think qualifies.
So do you prefer orchestral, piano, chamber, or choral works?
I have a deep liking for choral works, but any of style or period really, the more i become familiar with it seems it will only expand my collection.
Again, thank you.
Ty
Haydn: 'Die Schopfung' (The Creation)
Beethoven: 9th Symphony 'Choral'
Orff: 'Carmina Burana'
Ravel: 'Daphnes et Chloe'
C. P. E. Bach: 'Die Israeliten in der Wuste'
J. S. Bach: 'Mass in B minor'
Berlioz: 'Le Damnation de Faust'
For something at the opposite end of the spectrum from Mozart's Requiem, but something that I find equally powerful and dark, try Edgard Varese's "Nocturnal".
For choral works, try Bach's St. Matthew Passion, the Mahler 2nd, or, is you like Opera, most of Wagner's work (especially the Ring cycle).
For non-choral, instrumental works, Shostakovich's symphonies, Berlioz' "Symphonie Fantastique", or Rochberg's "Transcendental Variations".
Finally, for keyboard works, Shostakovich's Preludes and Fugues and Bach's organ works tend to be fairly haunting and powerful, or, for a lesser-known option, Rzewski's "Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues".
Bach's Mass in Gm, listen to the 'Gloria' strong and dark!
also Bach's Sanctus in D minor, reminds me of Mozart's Dies Irae
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