Mozart: Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner

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This recording of the Süssmayr completion of Mozart's beloved Requiem remains one of the most interpretively faithful and musically satisfying versions in the catalog. Sir Neville Marriner, whose contribution to the soundtrack of the film Amadeus helped launch a worldwide Mozart revival, delivers Mozart's inspired music with a masterful command of style and substance. He's not trying to prove anything, but rather lets the music deliver its own profound and moving messages. --David Vernier

Mozart: Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner, Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Sylvia McNair, Carolyn Watkinson, Francisco Araiza, Robert Lloyd, Choral, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Requiem/Requiem Section

Mozart: Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner
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Good mix of music

A Beautiful Mass

Mozart himself would have been proud if he heard this...

Excellent Performances

Review of Mozart: Requiem CD

Mozart: Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields , Sir Neville Marriner , Sylvia McNair , Carolyn Watkinson , Francisco Araiza , and Robert Lloyd
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004137
Release Date: 1991-04-05

Tracks:

Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: I. Introitus: Requiem
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: II. Kyrie
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Dies Irae
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Tuba Mirum
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Rex Tremendae
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Recordare, Jesu pie
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Confutatis Maledictis
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: III. Sequentia: Lacrimosa
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: IV. Offertorium: Domine Jesu
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: IV. Offertorium: Domine Hostias
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: V. Sanctus
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: VI. Benedictus
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: VII. Agnus Dei
Requiem, KV 626 In D Minor: VIII. Communio : Lux Aeterna

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This recording of the Süssmayr completion of Mozart's beloved Requiem remains one of the most interpretively faithful and musically satisfying versions in the catalog. Sir Neville Marriner, whose contribution to the soundtrack of the film Amadeus helped launch a worldwide Mozart revival, delivers Mozart's inspired music with a masterful command of style and substance. He's not trying to prove anything, but rather lets the music deliver its own profound and moving messages. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Good mix of music.......2007-05-03

A friend saw this piece performed live in Europe and she says this is very close to the quality of that performance.

A Beautiful Mass.......2007-03-09

Mozart: Requiem / McNair, Watkinson, Araiza, Lloyd; Marriner
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) is a beautiful composition. I had not realized that a mass for the dead actually had up-tempo pieces. This work of Mozart is fascinating because he did not finish it before his death. It was completed by some of his students. Still Requiem is a composition I would recommend to avyone who loves classical music.

Mozart himself would have been proud if he heard this..........2007-01-06

...and I mean it. This is one of the few astonishing renditions of Mozart's Requiem. Franz Xaver Sussmayr's completion of his unfinished work still remains controversial, but I don't see why. It's as majestic & imaginative as Mozart's own classical style and it really fits perfectly from "Domine Jesu" to "Lux Aeterna". As for this performance, it's downright outstanding. The orchestra is top-notch, the soloists are flawless, and the choir is at its highest form. The tempi still may not be as what it was intended to be (conductors John Eliot Gardiner and Philippe Herreweghe must be the only people who gave the Requiem the actual "classical" atmosphere), but it's very close. All in all, one of the finest interpretations ever put on CD.

Excellent Performances.......2006-12-20

As always, deciding which particluar CD/Recordiong of my a musical piece of interest to buy was difficult. I am very happy I chose this one. Solid preformances which showcase the composer's brilliance. Of course I don't need to rate Mozart, we all know he is birlliant and his work is breathtaking.

Review of Mozart: Requiem CD.......2006-03-26

Arrived in excellent condition--brand new--arrived in a very timely manner. Excellent service.

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