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