To this day mystery surrounds the circumstances under which Mozart was commissioned by a stranger to write a Requiem Mass. He died before its completion, only adding to the air of foreboding that the work so effectively evokes and reminding us of the fragility of our mortality.

Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor Sir Colin Davis
Performers London Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Chorus
Soloists Marie Arnet, Anna Stéphany, Andrew Kennedy, Darren Jeffery

1. No 1. Requiem und Kyrie
2. No 2. Dies Irae
3. No 3. Tuba mirum
4. No 4. Rex tremendae
5. No 5. Recordare
6. No 6. Confutatis maledictis
7. No 7. Lacrimosa
8. No 8. Domine Jesu
9. No 9. Hostias
10. No 10. Sanctus
11. No 11. Benedictus
12. No 12. Agnus Dei

Release Date 4 February 2008
LSO0627 | 822231162728

Producer James Mallinson
Engineers Jonathan Stokes and Neil Hutchinson for Classic Sound Ltd
Recorded September and October 2007, Barbican, London

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Booklet in English, French & German

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