This old recording surpasses the new one by a mere margin. Bad news first: I got a Japanese version Teldec cd which means if this recording is your first ever Mozart Requiem you wont be able to understand anything unless you know how to read the language,this means THERE IS NO LIBRETTO in English, all I could see is the name of conductor & soloists, now that all the bad news. Good news: 1.the sound is DDD stereo , 2. The orchestra is sublime and responds very well to the conductor and when big moments come they are not bombastic to shutter your ears, 3.The soloists are all excellent.The first ever song I usually jump to is Benedictus to get all the soloist's voices at once.For chorus I usually listen to Hostias to get the response of the orchestra and voices and in this record I must say I miss the sublime response of Gardiner's team not to say its not good but I felt it was a bit hurried not too much though it does not miss the mark at all-just a different feeling.Sanctus sounds very well done.Tuba mirum-I like it very much -R.Holl -bass was still in his prime and great voice and the tenor takes over very well at the right time without any unnecessary gap-and the ladies are great as well.Recordare-remember Jesu Christe, your death was for us lest it be in vain-very well done. I like Harnoncourt's drive in Confutatis and the andante response of the choir. This is a great recording amongst the many that have been issued, competition is tough though: John Butt-Linn, Higginbottom, Gadiner, Hogwood, Rene Jacobs-HMundi, Marriner and many other great conductors incl. the new sensation conductor Currentzis (MUST BUY) as you see the list excludes some of the old school great ones e.g. Abbado, Kemp, oh my goodness Carlo Maria Giulini (many records), Sir Colin Davis (many under this great maestro but some prefer his older recordings), Bernstein-DG, Peter Scheirer-Winner of 1984 Gramophone best choral sacred-Phillips ), De Burgos's, Koopman's ,Herbert vo Karajan's ,Cecilia Bartoli-soloists-Decca, Daniel Barenboim-EMI), Bohm's etc. All lovers of this great work know the mystery surrounding the composition by Mozart how the great composer got sick and subsequently died, departing with the work unfinished only sketches left to work on.The mystery continues even today, scholars and conductors still continue to create the best of what Mozart intended and this record comes close but then wait until you listen to John Butt's, Rene Jacob's , Hereweghe's, Cleoberry's, Nicol Matt's etc. Overall this is Harnoncourt's best Mozart Requiem ,yes even beyond his newer recording of the same work. Different version or no libretto does not deter any music lover to buy this great recording, I got more than a fare share of this work so I just retrieve from archives and sing along.THE MUSIC OF MOZART SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
tres bien ...!je ne cesse de l'ecouter le soir pour me relaxer , tous les morceaux ont un atrait different de plus la musique est claire super !!!
j'en dirai pas autant des 3 cd que je viens de recevoir... c 'est des compilations de morceaux connus ! félicitations pour la prise en charge et la livraison merci
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