Martin: Requiem - Janácek: Otce náš, JW IV/29 (Live)

**** Excellent Album

“… Heinz Zednik is the tenor soloist, and has exactly the right tone quality for this music, as well as the ability to weave a coherent musical narrative, something that may also be said of the inestimable Leif Segerstam, whose direction makes these works come alive in no uncertain terms.”

“… Recordings of the Requiem are few and far between, so this remastering of a dusty archive recording from the shelves of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) is welcome… it was marked by some exceptional soloists – notably soprano Jane Marsh, who closes the “In Paradisum” quite magically… “

“… it is an important release [Requiem] that Capriccio presents herewith, and Leif Segerstam has prepared his Vienna ensemble very well, bringing it to an intensely expressive performance.,The second work, Otcenas (Our Father) by Leos Janacek dates from 1906 and consists of six short, contrasting movements written for organ, harp, choir and tenor solo. Heinz Zednik sings fervently, but very operatically. The ORF choir impresses with good performances.” *****