Mozart’s Last Composition - Requiem Mass in D Minor (KV 626)

The opening of Mozart’s very last and unfinished composition - his requiem, KV 626 Requièm Mass in D minor (K. 626) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composed in Vienna in 1791 and left unfinished. At the time of Mozart’s death on 5 December 1791, only the opening movement (Requiem aeternam) was completed in all of the orchestral and vocal parts. The Requiem is scored for 2 basset horns in F, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets in D, 3 trombones (alto, tenor & bass), timpani (2 drums), violins, viola and basso continuo (cello, double bass, and organ). The vocal forces include soprano, contralto, tenor, and bass soloists and an SATB mixed choir. To read more: (Mozart) Performed by: Willard White; John Eliot Gardiner; Anne Sofie von Otter; English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir; Barbara Bonney; Hans Peter Blochwitz; Susan Addison