WEB FLAC (tracks) – 215 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps – 129 Mb | Digital booklet | 00:54:30Classical, Opera | Label: Naxos RecordsPulitzer Prize-winner and MacArthur fellow John Harbison has composed a Requiem for our times- a moving choral work that incorporates the composer’s distinctive sensibilities while drawing deeply on the tradition of Latin sacred music.

Completed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, Harbison’s Requiem is full of dramatic passages from singers and musicians alike, with abundant opportunities for vocal soloists, brass and percussion to shine.

“I wanted my piece to have a sense of the inexorability of the passage of time,” the composer says, “for good and ill, of the commonality of love and loss.

” Giancarlo Guerrero is the six-time Grammy-winning music director of the Nashville Symphony, music director of the Wroclaw Philharmonic in Poland, and principal guest conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon, Portugal.

A passionate proponent of new music, he has championed a number of America’s most respected composers through recordings, commissions, and eight world premieres with the Nashville Symphony, including the Grammy-winning recording of Michael Daugherty’s Tales of Hemingway.

Tracklist:01. Requiem, Pt. 1: I. Introit02. Requiem, Pt. 1: II. Sequence I. Dies irae03. Requiem, Pt. 1: III. Sequence II. Tuba mirum04. Requiem, Pt. 1: IV. Sequence III. Liber scriptus05. Requiem, Pt. 1: V. Sequence IV. Quid sum miser06. Requiem, Pt. 1: VI. Sequence V. Recordare07. Requiem, Pt. 1: VII. Sequence VI. Confutatis-Lacrymosa08. Requiem, Pt. 2: VIII. Offertorium09. Requiem, Pt. 2: IX. Sanctus10. Requiem, Pt. 2: X. Agnus Dei11. Requiem, Pt. 2: XI. Lux aeterna12. Requiem, Pt. 2: XII. Libera me13. Requiem, Pt. 2: XIII. In Paradisum