The version of Mozart’s Requiem most frequently performed today – and heard on this recording – is Süssmayr’s completion. Many have labelled his edition as a rushed, student effort (his own opera, ‘Moses’, was postponed due to his working on the Requiem) while others believe that no new edition or reworking, irrespective of how learned the scholar or composer, could ever replace the contemporaneous expressions inherit in Süssmayr’s score.
What is, however, unusual, is this 1950 recording with the Wiener Philharmoniker under Josef Krips, receiving its first international release on CD. It is of particular interest because of the employment of young Warner Pech and Hans Breitschopf – treble and alto respectively – in place of the usual soprano and mezzo soloists. Along with the Wiener Hofmusikkapelle, this all-male recording incorporates a compelling peculiarity to an already intriguing masterpiece.
‘This really is a performance in church, so to speak, and it is wholly free from operatic vices … The intimate note is struck at the outset … The soft end of ‘Rex tremendae’ is most moving … The ‘sotto voce’ singing of sopranos and altos in the quiet portions of ‘Confutatis’ are angelically beautiful … and [this recording contains] a great deal of magical sound.’
Gramophone, January 1951
‘a tremendously exhilarating performance, a Requiem on a grand scale, sounding in the Dies irae as thought the devil himself is driving the Viennese forces’ CMW Classics
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Requiem in D minor, KV 626
(Completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr)
Werner Pech, treble
Hans Breitschopf, alto
Walther Ludwig, tenor
Harald Pröglhöf, bass
Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
Wiener Philharmoniker
Josef Krips
FIRST INTERNATIONAL RELEASE ON CD
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