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Mozart: Requiem. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Christian Century,  Dec 13, 2005  

Mozart: Requiem. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, Concentus Musicus Wien, directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, $16.00.

Harnoncourt gets to the soulfulness and personal ruminations of this music without slighting the terrible power of judgment. As before, he uses the standard completion by Sussmayr (Mozart had died before finishing the composition), with an improved orchestration by Franz Beyer. The recording is edited from live concerts in 2003. As a bonus, a copy of Mozart's fragmentary manuscript is included on this disc for viewing with a computer, the pages scrolling as the music plays.

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