[JSBach85]

This is my comprehensive list of favourite Requiem composers in order:

1) Ockeghem (c. 1410 - 1497)
2) Tomas Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 - 1611)
3) Cristobal de Morales (c. 1500 - 1553)
4) Francisco Guerrero (1528 - 1599)
5) Jean Richafort (c. 1480 - c. 1547)
6) W.A. Mozart (1756 - 1791)
7) José de Torres y Martínez Bravo (ca.1670-1738)
8) Alonso Lobo (1555 - 1617)
9) Manuel Cardoso (1566 - 1650)
10) Pedro de Escobar (c. 1465 - after 1535)
11) Orlando Lassus (1532 - 1594)
12) Filipe de Magalhães (1571 - 1652)
13) Juan Cererols Fornells (1618 - 1680)
14) Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
15) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 - 1594)
16) Johann Adolph Hasse (1699 - 1783)
17) Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
18) André Campra (1660 - 1744)
19) Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 - 1745)
20) Luigi Cherubini (1760 - 1842)
21) Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)
22) Johann Christian Bach (1735 - 1782)
23) Michael Haydn (1737 - 1806)
24) François-Joseph Gossec (1734 - 1829)
25) Osip Kozlovsky (1757 - 1831)
26) Jean Gilles (1668 - 1705)
27) Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

 

[BachIsBest]

In no particluar order:
Brahms
Mozart
Fauré

 

[ArtOfTheFugueState]

Howells
Howells
Howells

 

[MusicSybarite]

In strict terms of the form:

Berlioz
Verdi
Duruflé
Saint-Saëns
Fauré

 

[Pugg]

Howells
Howells
Howells

And the rest doesn't count?

 

[Guest]

This Requiem by Michael Haydn for the very moving Begräbnismesse, Stephansdom in Wien - 16.7.2011 - for Otto von Habsburg, last remaining direct descendant of Austrian Emperor: service performed by Kardinal Christoph Schönborn of Wien.

 

[TJH122]

I had a listen to the Hamilton after reading your post. Really enjoyed it, too. Great piece.

Mozart is by far my favourite, I have this Karajan SACD which I very much enjoy:

Brahms is a good second.

Recently I discovered the Requiem by Timothy Hamilton on Naxos, never heard of this young composer but appreciated it very much.

 

[TJH122]

1. Britten War Requiem
2. Verdi
3. Faure
4. Mozart
5. Howells

 

[Beet131]

Favorite Requiems may be the most difficult of choices for me. I love so many of them. For pure inspiration and transcendent beauty, I could listen to the Durufle every week for the rest of my life and never tire of it. The Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei are to die for (pun intended). Perhaps my favorite recording is the Robert Shaw and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra version. Shaw's Pie Jesu has the entire soprano section sing the Pie Jesu instead of a soprano solo - purely angelic! The Mozart, Verdi, Brahms and Faure follow closely behind. How very different they all are from each other.

 

[juliante]

Josquin’s Missa Pange Lingua for me. Soars me straight into that ineffable place.

 

[Dr Johnson]

Mozart
Fauré
Verdi

 

[Thomyum2]

Duruflé
Faure
Brahms

 

[Oldhoosierdude]

I don't know that I have a favorite. I think each one must b e the favorite when I listen to it, then I go and listen to another one.

This AM I heard Cherubini. Right now it is Saint-saens. Both magnificent.

 

[Rogerx]

Depends all on the day but.... the Verdi one comes out most on the CD player.

 

[Oldhoosierdude]

Today's favorite. The unjustly neglected Michael Haydn.

 

[oldsculler]

Palestrina
Mozart
Durufle

 

[Xisten267]

Will someone do a tally to see which composers will row us to the isle of the dead?

I just finished counting the votes of each member. All composers cited by each member were counted, including when a different number than three citations was considered, except if the composer didn't write a requiem, was cited negatively, or was already cited in a previous participation of the member. The composers and their respective scores (citations) follow below (in alphabetical order when more than one per score):

1. Mozart ............................................................... 68
2. Fauré ................................................................. 56
3. Brahms .............................................................. 49
4. Verdi ................................................................. 44
5. Berlioz ............................................................... 32
6. Duruflé .............................................................. 17
7. Britten and Dvorak ............................................... 16
8. Ligeti, Ockeghem and Victoria ................................ 11
9. Cherubini and M. Haydn ........................................ 10
10. Schnittke ........................................................... 7
11. Saint-Saëns ....................................................... 6
12. Rutter ............................................................... 5
13. Biber, Howells, Morales, Penderecki and Webber ...... 4
14. Lassus, Palestrina and Richafort ............................. 3

The following composers received two votes: Cardoso, Delius, Desenclos, Gilles, Gounod, Guerrero, Howells, Liszt, Lobo, Moran, Pizzetti, Sculthorpe and Zelenka.

The remaining composers, cited only once, are: Artyomov, J.C. Bach, Birtwistle, Bravo, Campra, Cavalli, Caurroy, Escobar, Eybler, Fornells, Foulds, Fux, Gossec, Hamerik, Hamilton, Hasse, Henze, Hindemith, Holmboe, Jenkins, Kabalevsky, Kokkonen, Kozlovsky, Magalhães, Neukomm, Nunes Garcia, Preisner, Ropartz, Rutti, Ryu, Schumann, Schutz, Sgambati, Shaw, Stanford, Stravinsky, Suppé and Tüür.

 

[NLAdriaan]

I just finished counting the votes of each member. All composers cited by each member were counted, including when a different number than three citations was considered, except if the composer didn't write a requiem, was cited negatively, or was already cited in a previous participation of the member. The composers and their respective scores (citations) follow below (in alphabetical order when more than one per score):

1. Mozart ............................................................... 68
2. Fauré ................................................................. 56
3. Brahms .............................................................. 49
4. Verdi ................................................................. 44
5. Berlioz ............................................................... 32
6. Duruflé .............................................................. 17
7. Britten and Dvorak ............................................... 16
8. Ligeti, Ockeghem and Victoria ................................ 11
9. Cherubini and M. Haydn ........................................ 10
10. Schnittke ........................................................... 7
11. Saint-Saëns ....................................................... 6
12. Rutter ............................................................... 5
13. Biber, Howells, Morales, Penderecki and Webber ...... 4
14. Lassus, Palestrina and Richafort ............................. 3

The following composers received two votes: Cardoso, Delius, Desenclos, Gilles, Gounod, Guerrero, Howells, Liszt, Lobo, Moran, Pizzetti, Sculthorpe and Zelenka.

The remaining composers, cited only once, are: Artyomov, J.C. Bach, Birtwistle, Bravo, Campra, Cavalli, Caurroy, Escobar, Eybler, Fornells, Foulds, Fux, Gossec, Hamerik, Hamilton, Hasse, Henze, Hindemith, Holmboe, Jenkins, Kabalevsky, Kokkonen, Kozlovsky, Magalhães, Neukomm, Nunes Garcia, Preisner, Ropartz, Rutti, Ryu, Schumann, Schutz, Sgambati, Shaw, Stanford, Stravinsky, Suppé and Tüür.

moving on:

Hors concours:
1. JS Bach, Motetten (not literally a Requiem-text, but written for the same occasion)
2. Messiaen, Éclairs sur l'Au-Dela (no words, but very similar Requiem structure)

On topic:
1. Britten
2. Durufle
3. Brahms

 

[PlaySalieri]

Mozart's requiem is - it seems - more popular among TC members than any other requiem.

and its the only incomplete requiem in that list.

ironic isnt it.

 

[Rogerx]

Mozart's requiem is - it seems - more popular among TC members than any other requiem.

and its the only incomplete requiem in that list.

ironic isnt it.

They are all about death, so not that ironic.