Search - Mikis Theodorakis, St. Petersburg State Academic Capella Symphony Orchestra :: Theodorakis: Requiem

Dramatic choir will shake you out of your seat!

Manta Ray | Singapore | 01/27/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Dramatic, haunting, brilliantly recorded... Theodorakis's use of boys choir against a backdrop of really deep voices is simply stunning. He calls it giving the requiem 'life in the midst of death' (Note: requiems are masses sung in-memory of loved ones who have passed away, eg. sung in a burial ceremony) A sombre and sad subject, but this requiem is anything but - it actually manages to be rather uplifting and courageous.Took one star out for the lack of original Greek text of the music, which doesnt really make sense because there is a booklet of both English and German translations. A big big BIG pity because this requiem is based on preserved text written by Saint John of Damascus, a famous Greek orthodox christian in the Byzantine ages over ten centuries ago."