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  • Conductor: Edward Higginbottom
  • Composer: W.A.Mozart
  • Audio CD (31 May 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Novum
  • ASIN: B004ZQJ4MA
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 70,336 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. Requiem in D Minor, K626 - Various Performers

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Thanks partly to the secrecy of its commission, and partly to his having died before its completion, Mozart's Requiem is one of music's most tantalising pieces, prompting eternal dispute as to which parts were written by Mozart. Edward Higginbottom has opted to ignore the plethora of more recent completions in favour of Süssmayr's "official" version, his faithfulness extending to drawing individual soloists from the choir, even using male voices for the higher parts. It's an interesting exercise which perhaps pays greatest dividends in the "Benedictus" section employing just the quartet of soloists. *** --Independent,17/06/11

A 'unique'Requiem performed entirely by men and boys.The choir is full-throated and admirably secure. --Gramophone,Oct'11

Higginbottom thinks Sussmayr's additions to Mozart's incomplete score have been over-censured and his fine church-style reading,with soloists drawn from the choir,achieves greater unity than most. **** --BBC Music Magazine,Nov'11

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This distinctive recording of Mozart s last great work can claim to be unique in two defining ways: the use of soloists drawn from the chorus, as in Mozart's day including young male singers for the soprano and alto solos combined with a period orchestra. These are not idle historical gestures. The contemporary virtues of this approach are consistency in the sound-world between chorus and solo ensemble, and homogeneity of style between period ensemble (here the superlative Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment) and period chorus. The musical text employed is Süssmayr s completion of Mozart' s unfinished score what Christoph Wolff has called the only document that represents the genuine musical truth of the unfinished work .

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By SMM
Format:Audio CD
Focused clarity of texture, good bright sound and brisk tempi make this an exhilerating listen, but the chief excellence is that this is an expert, committed choir who sing liturgically as a matter of daily course, giving the performance carefully honed balance and thrilling authenticity. All solo parts are sung by two highly accomplished boys - Jonty Ward and James Swash - and men from the choir - Guy Cutting and Jonathan Howard, who all sing with clean articulation, totally secure technique and beautiful sense of line, plus bags of drama. Edward Higginbottom does not see the Requiem in any sense as an opera manque, or a vehicle for big name soloists to strut their stuff. From fastidious attention to detail in the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenemnt's playing to the New College Choir's confident attack, this is above all a Mozart Requiem for the cognoscenti.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mozart Requiem - New College Oxford 26 Jun 2011
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This recording lives up to the excellence and attention to detail expected of Professor Edward Higginbottom and the musicians of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Jonty Ward is one of the best chorister trebles I have heard and the other soloists from the choir are also fine singers. Using "in house" soloists has saved on the cost of well known soloists but has not diminished the final product. A must for any CD collection.

Tim Hallchurch
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4.0 out of 5 stars different 12 Feb 2012
By JMJ
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This is a beautiful recording of this stunning work. I wasn't expecting the soloists to be drawn from the choir however and for the treble and alto to be youngsters. This did not detract from my liking of this recording but if it was to be my sole experience of this work, I would probably choose a more conventional recording.
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