MOZART: REQUIEM MASS, K.626 - DAVIS, LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Mozart: Requiem Mass K.626Colin DavisLondon Symphony Orchestra & ChorusSoloists:Marie Arnet, Anna Stéphany,Andrew Kennedy, Darren Jeffery this is a grandly scaled, nobly contoured reading, by turns monumental and ferociously dramatic. With biting choral attack, searing, spitting strings and scything trumpets, the Dies irae has a terrifying intensity I have rarely heard equalled. The Rex tremendae, too, is overwhelming in its desperate fervour and grimly sustained impetus, with the inexorable dotted rhythms hewn from granite … If you want a traditionally conceived budget-price Requiem, well sung, superbly played and vividly recorded, Davis’s performance has much to commend it.” (Gramophone) 1. Requiem und Kyrie 7:132. Dies Irae 1:443. Tuba mirum 3:374. Rex tremendae 2:145. Recordare 6:036. Confutatis maledictis 2:447. Lacrimosa 2:588. Domine Jesu 4:159. Hostias 4:3610. Sanctus 1:4611. Benedictus 4:3312. Agnus Dei 8:46