Dear All, As promised, below are the results for the BBC Radio 3 Building
A Library on Mozart's Requiem. From memory, the Gramophone top choice
was the latest Marriner ASMF recording.
First Choice:
Margaret Price (soprano), Trudeliese Schmidt
(mezzo-soprano), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Theo Adam
(bass), Leipzig Radio Choir, Staatskapelle Dresden /
Peter Schreier (conductor) (recorded 1982; c/w
Coronation Mass K.317; Ave Verum Corpus K.618
PHILIPS 4647202 (CD, Mid-price)
* Also available on Gramophone Award Winners PHILIPS
475 2052 (CD, Mid-price)
Period instrument Choice:
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter
(contralto), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor)
Willard White (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English
Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
(recorded1986; c/w Kyrie (K.341)
PHILIPS 420 197-2 (CD)
Historic Choice (Mono):
Lisa della Casa (soprano), Ira Malaniuk (contralto),
Anton Dermota (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass),
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Vienna
Philharmonic, Bruno Walter (conductor) (recorded 1956;
c/w Symphony in G minor (K.183)
ORFEO C 430 961 B (CD, mid-price)
Kind regards,
David Harbin
Nottingham, UK
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