World premiere recording. Mozart's magnificent setting of the Requiem Mass needs no introduction. One of his last works and a landmark of choral music, it is paired on this album with a new and complementary work by the pianist and composer Fazil Say: Mozart ve Mevlana, an homage to Mozart's Requiem, based on the texts of 13th-century mystic Mevlana Rumi. Introducing Mozart ve Mevlana, Fazil Say says: "Mevlana is a great philosopher from the Eastern world - the Orient. I'm from Turkey. I thought: 'Why not unite East and West in love and friendship through texts from the great philosopher Mevlana and quotations from the music of a composer of genius like Mozart in a fluid musical space?... I play all Mozart's works for piano and I have recorded them all. So Mozart plays a very special role in my life... Mozart's music is the music of humanity. Likewise, Mevlana's words unite people regardless of their religion or belief."

Track List

1. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: I. Introitus. Requiem æternam
2. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: II. Kyrie
3. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: III. Dies iræ
4. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: IV. Tuba mirum
5. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: V. Rex tremendae
6. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: VI. Recordare
7. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: VII. Confutatis
8. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa
9. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: IX. Domine Jesu
10. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: X. Hostias
11. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: XI. Sanctus
12. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: XII. Benedictus
13. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: XIII. Agnus Dei
14. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: XIV. Lux æterna
15. Requiem in D Minor K. 626: XV. Cum sanctis tuis
16. Mozart ; Mevlana Op. 110: I. Yine gel
17. Mozart ; Mevlana Op. 110: II. Yedi ögüt