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Requiem for My Friend
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Work
Requiem for My Friend is the first work by Zbigniew Preisner that was not written for a film, and immediately a major one. He wrote it in memory of his late friend, the director Krzysztof Kieślowski, with whom he worked on several films, including the Three Colours trilogy. The album was released in 1998. Parts of the work were probably already finished when Kieślowski died in 1996. In an interview the composer said that the requiem had accompanied his friend on his last journey.
The work consists of two parts. The first, Requiem, has Latin sections such as Officium, Kyrie eleison, Dies irae, Sanctus, Agnus Dei, Lux aeterna, Lacrimosa and Epitaphium. The second part, Życie, runs through Początek, Przeznaczenie and Apokalipsa to Postscriptum. Lacrimosa can later be heard in Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life from 2011.
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Track list
- 1Officium3:46Apple Music ↗
- 2Kyrie eleison6:12Apple Music ↗
- 3Dies irae4:52Apple Music ↗
- 4Offertorium3:19Apple Music ↗
- 5Sanctus2:50Apple Music ↗
- 6Agnus dei1:49Apple Music ↗
- 7Lux aeterna1:57Apple Music ↗
- 8Lacrimosa3:23Apple Music ↗
- 9Epitaphium3:04Apple Music ↗
- 10Meeting5:18Apple Music ↗
- 11Discovering the World2:50Apple Music ↗
- 12Love2:29Apple Music ↗
- 13Kai kairos9:43Apple Music ↗
- 14Ascende huc2:18Apple Music ↗
- 15Veni et vidi2:44Apple Music ↗
- 16Qui erat et qui est4:26Apple Music ↗
- 17Lacrimosa - Day of Tears4:06Apple Music ↗
- 18Prayer3:16Apple Music ↗
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