Requiem K626, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Franz Xaver Süssmayr/Leisinger/Horn. Full Score

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem
completed by Robert D. Levin
KV 626, 1791/1991

Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Corno di Bassetto, 2 Fg, 2 Ctr, 3 Trb, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc
Language: Latin
Duration: 50 min
Difficulty level: 1 2 3 4 5
Key: D minor
Text source: Totenmesse (Proprium und Ordinarium)

The Requiem is known to the general public in the version undertaken immediately after Mozart's death by his pupil Franz Yaver Süßmayr. The attacks against Süßmayr's completion began in 1825, when the so-called "Requiem Controversy" erupted. Over the last decade a number of musicians have attempted to cleanse the Requiem of the deficiencies introduced by Süßmayr. The completion published here takes into account the tendencies of the newer versions (such as revised instrumentation, or recomposition of some parts). At this the character, texture, voice leading, continuity and structure of Mozart's music was observed.