Product Code: ASD-9011
Artist: Webber, Andrew Lloyd
Origin: New Zealand
Label: HMV (1985)
Format: LP
Availability: In Stock
Condition:
Cover: VG+
Record: NM (M-)
Genre: Comedy/SpokenWord/Other , Soundtracks U

Requiem

Very smart clean  album with a nice gatefold cover.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem is a requiem mass written in memory of the composer's father, William Lloyd Webber, who died in 1982. Many[who?] thought it a surprising turn for such a populist composer as Lloyd Webber to produce a piece of "serious" music. The music mixes Lloyd Webber's melodic and pop-oriented style with more complex, sophisticated and (at times) even austere forms.

An initial draft of Requiem was heard during the 1984 Sydmonton Festival, after which Lloyd Webber spent an additional half-year polishing the work.[1] The premiere took place on 24 February 1985[2] and featured performers including Lorin Maazel, Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman (Lloyd Webber's wife at the time) and Paul Miles-Kingston.

Requiem won the 1986 Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition.[2] The most popular segment of Requiem has been the Pie Jesu, which became a hit single and has been recorded by numerous artists