The Verdi Requiem was one of the cornerstone works in Karajan and Anna Tomowa-Sintow’s collaboration. Karajan returned to it repeatedly, and Tomowa-Sintow participated in several performances and recordings, including the later Berliner Philharmoniker projects of the 1980s. In the “Lacrymosa,” her voice forms part of the quartet that Karajan shaped with great attention to blend, balance and clarity — qualities that had made Tomowa-Sintow indispensable to him in both operatic and symphonic repert

KARAJAN’S CONTROVERSIAL Climax: Is This the BEST Verdi Requiem Lacrimosa EVER? 🤯 🤯 LACRIMOSA CLIMAX! Karajan's dramatic reading strips away the true spirituality of Verdi's final prayer, unlike the composer's humble vision, yet became the definitive version for millions in the 20th century. Step into the overwhelming power and emotional turbulence of the Lacrimosa from Giuseppe Verdi's Requiem. This video brings you the breathtaking climax of this iconic movement, as interpreted by the legenda

Herbert von Karajan passed away #onthisday in 1989. We remember him with a snippet from this 1967 performance of Verdi’s monumental Requiem, starring a superb line-up of soloists including a young Luciano Pavarotti and the forces of Teatro alla Scala. Stream it now on STAGE . | Deutsche Grammophon - DG

A fervent quest for eternal rest, Riccardo Muti conducts the CSO in Verdi's Requiem Mass, featuring the Chicago Symphony Chorus and a thrilling quartet of singers, in four performances June 19-24. Get tickets → cso.org/ps/24547 | Chicago Symphony Orchestra

14K views · 335 reactions | Riccardo Muti leads Verdi’s deeply moving Requiem Mass, a touchstone work for Muti, the Orchestra and Chorus, who won two Grammy® Awards for their 2010 CSO Resound recording. Don't miss your chance to experience it at Symphony Center, Nov 8-10 ---> goo.gl/URjRxb | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Facebook

Maestro Riccardo Muti conducts: "Messa da Requiem" by Giuseppe Verdi Soloists: Krassimira Stoyanova - Fanpage, Anita Rachvelishvili, Francesco Meli and Riccardo Zanellato! Don't miss: November 2nd, LIVESTREAM at 8 pm! http://bit.ly/2sa3TpD | Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks