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

Mozart: Requiem Mass K.626

Colin Davis
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Soloists:
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 7:13
2. Dies Irae 1:44
3. Tuba mirum 3:37
4. Rex tremendae 2:14
5. Recordare 6:03
6. Confutatis maledictis 2:44
7. Lacrimosa 2:58
8. Domine Jesu 4:15
9. Hostias 4:36
10. Sanctus 1:46
11. Benedictus 4:33
12. Agnus Dei 8:46