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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a superb account of this Choral masterpiece from the mid-seventies and re-mastered in digital sound.
For somebody who prefers the more traditional style of conducting and playing of Mozart's works, they don't come much better than this!
One can forgive the rather big and full sound generated by the BPO, in typical Karajan style, as opposed to the more recent brigade of period instrument ensembles and generally fast tempi.
Despite this the recording is well balanced and the soloists, chorus and orchestral playing are all top grade.
If you like the interpretations given by Harnoncourt, Hoggward and alike then give this a try and you will find just how good the previous generation of conductors really were....
For somebody who prefers the more traditional style of conducting and playing of Mozart's works, they don't come much better than this!
One can forgive the rather big and full sound generated by the BPO, in typical Karajan style, as opposed to the more recent brigade of period instrument ensembles and generally fast tempi.
Despite this the recording is well balanced and the soloists, chorus and orchestral playing are all top grade.
If you like the interpretations given by Harnoncourt, Hoggward and alike then give this a try and you will find just how good the previous generation of conductors really were....
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great recording, full of passion and tension, I would recommend it to anyone looking to a good version of this fantastic piece of music
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
A balanced representation of the Requiem
13 Sep 2002
Format:Audio CD
I have several copies of Mozart's Requiem K.626 and I have to say that this particular copy (as well as its counterpart--also by Deutsche Grammophon--that was later reprinted and sold at a budget price) is a very good performance: It doesn't have the token mark of Karajan to slow the piece down to a snail's pace and play out every note painfully...It might be my imagination but he seemed to have increased the speed of the Requiem as he grew older: listen to a copy of his '62 and compare it to any others that come after it to get the gist of what I mean.
If the listener is searching for a more ostentatious performance of the '626', he'd best search for one of the recordings done by Marriner (As he's still alive). Other conducters tend to fail in stressing the vocals; sometimes, in doing so, they botch up the quality of the overall performance by overpowering the strings forcing the timpani to compensate and fight for a place. As a result, everything gets too 'noisy'. Karajan gives the listener a good sample of one of his better Mozart performances here.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Best version of the Requiem
8 Nov 2004
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Deutsche Grammophone has just released this 1975 recording on SACD...but for some reason I'm still attracted to the old remastering. Maybe if I had an SACD player I'd appreciate the new transfer appropriately. Nevertheless, no matter what re-mastering, this version is unbeatable. It's underlying mystery, beautiful utterances and sense of energy is amazing.
Awesome
14 Sep 2010
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
Not very loud as other cds but its exactly what I wanted to listen to. awesome cd for homework.
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