Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (Bruno Weil)

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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): I. Introitus
2. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): II. Kyrie
3. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 1. Dies irae
4. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 2. Tuba mirum
5. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 3. Rex tremendae
6. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 4. Recordare
7. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 5. Confutatis
8. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): III. Sequenz: 6. Lacrimosa
9. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): IV. Offertorium: 1. Domine
10. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): IV. Offertorium: 2. Hostias
11. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): V. Sanctus
12. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): VI. Benedictus
13. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): VII. Agnus Dei
14. Requiem, K. 626 (ed. Landon): VIII. Communio

Marina Ulewicz, soprano
Barbara Hölzl, mezzo-soprano
Jörg Hering, tenor
Harry van der Kamp, bass

Tölzer Boys' Choir
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Bruno Weil, conductor

Date: 1999
Label: Sony Classical

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Review

ARTISTIC QUALITY: 10 / SOUND QUALITY: 10

This recording presents a performance of H.C. Robbins Landon’s edition of Mozart’s Requiem, a product of modern scholarship, sound musicological argument, and learned intuition. It comprises Mozart’s original fragment along with completions by the familiar Süssmayr, as well as Mozart’s other students, Eybler and Freystädtler. The CD booklet gives details on who added what, and makes for interesting reading. But, the real concern here is the performance itself, and it is truly captivating. Bruno Weil’s quick tempos bring fresh air and sunlight into the mausoleum some have made of this work. There is a compelling urgency that carries over from one movement to the next. The “Rex tremendae” here sounds chilling, its defiant anger fully embodied by the Tölzer Boys Choir, which sings with all the range and beauty of a traditional choir but with more clarity and poignancy. The four soloists are beautifully devotional, though bass Harry van der Kamp has some slight intonation problems in the “Tuba mirum”. Tafelmusik’s vividly colorful playing clarifies the musical lines with naturalness and subtlety, while the recorded sound marvelously balances reverberation and clarity. An outstanding release.

-- Victor Carr Jr., ClassicsToday

More reviews:
BBC Music Magazine  PERFORMANCE: **** / SOUND: ****
http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Requiem-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B00004S38S

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 in Salzburg – 5 December 1791 in Vienna) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Till his death in Vienna, he composed over 600 works, many acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Mozart is among the most enduringly popular of classical composers, and his influence is profound on subsequent Western art music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart

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Bruno Weil (born 24 November 1949 in Hahnstätten, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) is a German conductor. He was a student of Hans Swarowsky and Franco Ferrara, and has won several important international competitions. Weil is principal guest conductor of period ensemble Tafelmusik, Toronto, Music Director of the Carmel Bach Festival in California, and artistic director of the period-instrument festival "Klang und Raum" (Sound and Space) in Irsee, Bavaria. He has made many recordings with Tafelmusik, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra for the Sony Classical label.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Weil

http://www.brunoweil.eu/

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