Gianandrea Noseda conducts Verdi's Requiem

Gianandrea Noseda conducts Verdi's Requiem

Gianandrea Noseda gathered together an outstanding cast of Italian opera stars for his Verdi Requiem performances in London and New York. Best-known as an opera composer, the Requiem shows Verdi’s mastery of choral writing at his most concentrated. Particularly impressive is the subtle word painting. The ‘Dies irae’ is a wild storm bursting forth after the tranquil ending of the Kyrie. In ‘Mors stupebit’ the bass soloist seems to be staring into a bottomless abyss. After the first performance Brahms said: ‘Only a genius could write something like this.’