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Requiem for my Friend

~ Zbigniew Preisner (Composer)
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  • Composer: Zbigniew Preisner
  • Audio CD (12 Oct 1998)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Erato
  • ASIN: B00000I3XG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 36,274 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - I OfficiumZbigniew Preisner 3:46£0.69
Listen  2. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - II Kyrie EleisonZbigniew Preisner 6:12£0.69
Listen  3. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - III Dies IraeZbigniew Preisner 4:51£0.69
Listen  4. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - IV OffertoriumZbigniew Preisner 3:18£0.69
Listen  5. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - V SanctusZbigniew Preisner 2:49£0.69
Listen  6. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - VI Agnus DeiZbigniew Preisner 1:49£0.69
Listen  7. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - VII Lux AeternaZbigniew Preisner 1:57£0.69
Listen  8. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - VIII LacrimosaZbigniew Preisner 3:22£0.69
Listen  9. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Requiem - IX EpitaphiumZbigniew Preisner 3:04£0.69
Listen10. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - I MeetingZbigniew Preisner 5:18£0.69
Listen11. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - II Discovering The WorldZbigniew Preisner 2:50£0.69
Listen12. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - III LoveZbigniew Preisner 2:28£0.69
Listen13. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - IV Kai KairosZbigniew Preisner 9:43£0.69
Listen14. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - V Ascende HucZbigniew Preisner 2:17£0.69
Listen15. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - VI Veni Et VidiZbigniew Preisner 2:44£0.69
Listen16. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - VII Qui Erat Et Qui EstZbigniew Preisner 4:26£0.69
Listen17. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - VIII Lacrimosa - Day Of TearsZbigniew Preisner 4:06£0.69
Listen18. Preisner : Requiem For My Friend : Life - IX PrayerZbigniew Preisner 3:16£0.69

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Melancholy, 11 Dec 2000
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I have been very inspired by this unusual collection of work. The composer has an excellent ear for the female soprano and choral music in general. There is a refreshing mixture of styles to listen to, but there is a powerful melancholy thread linking all the pieces together. The first choral works are beautifully simple if not slightly surreal and mysterious. The two long organ pieces which follow tend to have a monotonous and very sorrowful feel, no doubt intended. The style seems to be a mixture of modern and early influence. There is definite evidence of the polish renaissance, and at the same time, some instrumental tracks (particularly track 11) fall into a more modern, film score style, James Horner's Braveheart comes to mind on this track, especially with the reverberant wind instrument (unknown) mixed with long wavering string lines. Later there is the unexpected introduction of a saxophone which adds a clever contemporary and almost warming slant, working excellently well with the stark tones of the chorus. The dominantly male choruses return with full power towards the end as an unsettling climaxical atmosphere occurs through several very 'orff' like pieces.

This is certainly worth the purchase, it is very original and although extremely melancholy considering the composers motivation, haunting and extremly inspirational in its intentions.

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars BUY IT NOW, 1 Aug 2003
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I find much classical choral music to be a bit pretentious and too pleased with itself; this is different. The tracks are ruthlessly direct, the voices intense and pure and the effect is haunting. You know it's good when tracks retain their magic even after repeated playing. One listen on the radio and I just had to have it - I'm sure you'll be just as hooked.

5 out of 5 is a bit generous, as there are one or two slightly corny moments, but there's no provision for 4.5! It was good enough to get me to write this; I hope this is good enough to get you to buy it. Play it loud and feel the hairs on the back of your neck stick up! Fantastic.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Lacrimosa is fabulous, 13 Mar 2000
A must for any collection of classical music. The Lacrimosa is fabulous. I have to stop whatever Im doing when I hear it because I can do nothing but let the music wash over my soul.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "To everything there is a season and a time"
This CD was given to me by a friend as a birthday present - was he trying to tell me something?

Zbigniew Preisner is a film composer. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Epiphany, ahoy!
The previous patronising and somewhat pompous review fails to understand the second part of this recording. Read more
Published on 29 Jul 2002 by P. Dunhill

5.0 out of 5 stars A requiem to be played at all funerals
The intensity of feeling that this CD provokes is second to none. I heard an extract late one night on the radio and it took me three months to trace the album from the little I... Read more
Published on 26 Sep 2000

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