- Audio CD (4 Sep 1997)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Import
- Label: Decca (UMO)
- ASIN: B000001GKA
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 157,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i thought that karajan's 1972 recording featuring freni, ludwig, cossutta and ghiaurov as the soloists was the definitive version. however, i've lately been listening to his 1985 digital recording featuring tomowa-sintow, baltsa, carreras and van dam, and it's really a very fine recording. all the soloists are absolutely wonderful - carerras surprisingly so, considering. listen to the final octave rise to high-C by tomowa-sintow in the "libera me" (from 12'09"-12'38") - she's clearly at the height of her powers. karajan - as he did in 1972 - gets the tempi just right, particularly in the "libera me", where many other conductors tend to rush headlong at breakneck speed, mistaking momentum for artistic integrity. i won't go on - but a great, great recording from all involved.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I start begging your pardon for my English
I have already a copy of this item, buyed many years ago and I have a copy on my hard disk too, but...recently I discovered that the "disk 1" was been demaged by the degeneration of plastic sponge tissue (degradation due with time) used to protect (?) itself. At the same moment I realized my copy was damaged I started to buy a new one because this recording by Wiener & Karajan of Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem is one of my preferred performance.
Peppe
I have already a copy of this item, buyed many years ago and I have a copy on my hard disk too, but...recently I discovered that the "disk 1" was been demaged by the degeneration of plastic sponge tissue (degradation due with time) used to protect (?) itself. At the same moment I realized my copy was damaged I started to buy a new one because this recording by Wiener & Karajan of Giuseppe Verdi Messa da Requiem is one of my preferred performance.
Peppe
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Breathtaking performance!
9 Nov 2005
Format:Audio CD
This is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular of Verdi's Messa da Requiem recordings. The soloists are also exquisite. Only comparable to Georg Solti's recording. Very beautiful.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Baltsa and Tomowa-Sintow shine; best Libera Me I've ever heard
7 April 2007
Format:Audio CD
For some reason, mezzo soloists never seem to be very memorable to me in performances of the Verdi Requiem. Despite the generous amount of air time, they just never seem to make an impression on me.
Not any more. I was simply blown away by Agnes Baltsa. She has a sound that can pierce through the thickest orchestral layers and knock you over with tremendous power.
The first time I heard Anna Tomowa-Sintow was in a televised production of Andrea Chenier, and I'd been a fan ever since. So it was a real delight for me to hear her in this choral warhorse. I was not disappointed. Her rendition of the final Libera Me movement is definitely one of my all-around favorites.
In fact, I found the entire Libera Me sequence totally unforgettable. Everything was memorable to me: the engineered sound, the overwhelming choral fugue, the immense power of the orchestra, and, of course, Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
The engineered sound is quite good as other reviewers have noted. However, I personally found the earlier Karajan CD (with Freni and Ludwig) to be more compelling. This album had some really quirky details. For instance, in the big Dies Irae, I consistently heard this annoying trumpet trill. It's in the score, but no other CD I'd ever heard amplified it quite this much. Same thing for the violin triplets at the end of the Liber Scriptus (just before the chorus re-enters).
The chorus is a combined group from the Vienna State Opera and the Sofia National Opera, and their wonderful talents are put to maximum use. Karajan performs the two choral fugues a bit slower than other conductors, but that just gives you a better chance to appreciate the fine detail work of the singers.
I loved Jose Carreras in both this CD and his later version with Claudio Abbado. But I thought he tended to get a bit too "dramatic" in Ingemisco. I thought his version with Abbado was a bit cleaner.
At 86 1/2" spread over two full-priced discs, this isn't a particularly economical buy. Maybe it will be re-issued later with filler (like the earlier version with Freni and Ludwig).
Five stars for the powerful soprano and mezzo soloists, the masterful work of the chorus and orchestra, and the fabulous engineered sound.
Not any more. I was simply blown away by Agnes Baltsa. She has a sound that can pierce through the thickest orchestral layers and knock you over with tremendous power.
The first time I heard Anna Tomowa-Sintow was in a televised production of Andrea Chenier, and I'd been a fan ever since. So it was a real delight for me to hear her in this choral warhorse. I was not disappointed. Her rendition of the final Libera Me movement is definitely one of my all-around favorites.
In fact, I found the entire Libera Me sequence totally unforgettable. Everything was memorable to me: the engineered sound, the overwhelming choral fugue, the immense power of the orchestra, and, of course, Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
The engineered sound is quite good as other reviewers have noted. However, I personally found the earlier Karajan CD (with Freni and Ludwig) to be more compelling. This album had some really quirky details. For instance, in the big Dies Irae, I consistently heard this annoying trumpet trill. It's in the score, but no other CD I'd ever heard amplified it quite this much. Same thing for the violin triplets at the end of the Liber Scriptus (just before the chorus re-enters).
The chorus is a combined group from the Vienna State Opera and the Sofia National Opera, and their wonderful talents are put to maximum use. Karajan performs the two choral fugues a bit slower than other conductors, but that just gives you a better chance to appreciate the fine detail work of the singers.
I loved Jose Carreras in both this CD and his later version with Claudio Abbado. But I thought he tended to get a bit too "dramatic" in Ingemisco. I thought his version with Abbado was a bit cleaner.
At 86 1/2" spread over two full-priced discs, this isn't a particularly economical buy. Maybe it will be re-issued later with filler (like the earlier version with Freni and Ludwig).
Five stars for the powerful soprano and mezzo soloists, the masterful work of the chorus and orchestra, and the fabulous engineered sound.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
The best perfomance
25 Feb 2007
Format:Audio CD
There are many top versions of Verdi's requiem in the market. If I had to choose one that this would be it. The perfomance is superb and ouy rarely mind so much talent together. The names speak for themselves:
Herbet von Karajan, Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Jose Van Dam, Anna Tomowa-Sintow. Buy it and enjoy it.
Herbet von Karajan, Agnes Baltsa, Jose Carreras, Jose Van Dam, Anna Tomowa-Sintow. Buy it and enjoy it.
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