01. De profundis
02. De profundis
03. Miserere Il salmo Miserere mei Deus
04. Miserere
05. Requiem
06. Messa di requiem Requiem
07. Messa di requiem Dies irae
08. Messa di requiem Sanctus
09. Messa di requiem Agnus Dei
10. Messa di requiem Libera me
These three pairs of sublime choral settings span well over 350 years. The earliest is Allegri’s Miserere, a work considered so precious it was kept secret until Mozart heard it and famously transcribed it from memory. James MacMillan’s 21st century companion piece is a transcendent reply to this challenge from history. Malipiero’s and Pizzetti’s resumption of a fractured friendship resulted in their mutually dedicated but differing settings of De profundis. Puccini’s brief but exquisite Requiem commemorated the death of Verdi, while Pizzetti, a late admirer of Puccini, revealed his empathy with vocal polyphony in a full setting of the Requiem Mass.