Rilling: Mozart – Requiem (FLAC)

Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (image+cue)
Label: Sony
Size: 306 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

01. Introitus – Requiem
02. Kyrie
03. III. Sequenz. Dies irae
04. Tuba mirum
05. Rex tremendae
06. Recordare
07. Confutatis
08. Lacrimosa
09. IV. Offertorium. Domine Jesu
10. Hostias
11. V. Sanctus
12. VI. Benedictus
13. VII. Agnus Dei
14. VIII. Communio: Lux aeterna
15. Exsultate, jubilate K.165 (158a): I. Exsultate, jubilate
16. II. Fulget amica dies – Tu virginum corona
17. III. Alleluia

Requiem K.626:
Arleen Augér – soprano
Carolyn Watkinson – contralto
Siegfried Jerusalem – tenor
Siegmund Nimsgern – bass
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach–Collegium Stuttgart
Helmut Rilling – conductor

Exsultate, jubilate K.165 (158a):
Judith Blegen – soprano
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
Pinchas Zukerman – conductor

… as highly reviewed as some other versions but I like it very much

This performance of the Requiem is not as highly reviewed as some other versions but I like it very much. I prefer it to other versions I have including that by Guilini (which seems over produced and sterile in comparison). If you want a good, honest reading of the work then you won’t go far wrong with this – and it’s cheap! Then, as a bonus you have Judith Blegen singing, “Exsultate, Jubilate” which is a real delight.