Ridgway@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA (02/22/85)
The best recording I've ever heard, and there are many, is led by Nicholas Harnoncourt with the Concentus Musicus Wien, on Telefunken (or it may be Teldec now). It has some of the best singing and playing around, for anything, and is about the most dramatic reading of the Requiem you can get--all with true Mozartean perspective. On the other hand, if you prefer your Mozart in more of a Wagnerian or Verdian vein, too bad.
cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick "Coosh" Cuccia) (02/25/85)
> The best recording I've ever heard, and there are many, is led by > Nicholas Harnoncourt with the Concentus Musicus Wien, on Telefunken (or > it may be Teldec now). It has some of the best singing and playing > around, for anything, and is about the most dramatic reading of the > Requiem you can get--all with true Mozartean perspective. On the other > hand, if you prefer your Mozart in more of a Wagnerian or Verdian vein, > too bad. I am not too familiar with various recordings of the Mozart Requiem, due to the lack of availability in the Berkeley area. Anyways, my friend Peter Yee found a recording by the Choir of St. Jacob, a choir from Stockholm. It has a style that, while not classic Mozart, isn't Verdian or Wagnerian, either... Rather hard to describe, so I won't. Peter, any addenda? --Nick Cuccia --cuccia%ucbmiro@Berkeley --{...}!ucbvax!cuccia