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From: cuccia@ucbvax.ARPA (Nick "Coosh" Cuccia)
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Subject: Re: Mozart Requiem (Swedish recordings)
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Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 00:55:28 EST
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> The best recording I've ever heard, and there are many, is led by
> Nicholas Harnoncourt with the Concentus Musicus Wien, on Telefunken (or
> it may be Teldec now).  It has some of the best singing and playing
> around, for anything, and is about the most dramatic reading of the
> Requiem you can get--all with true Mozartean perspective.  On the other
> hand, if you prefer your Mozart in more of a Wagnerian or Verdian vein,
> too bad.

I am not too familiar with various recordings of the Mozart Requiem,
due to the lack of availability in the Berkeley area.  Anyways, my
friend Peter Yee found a recording by the Choir of St. Jacob, a choir
from Stockholm.  It has a style that, while not classic Mozart, isn't
Verdian or Wagnerian, either...  Rather hard to describe, so I won't.
Peter, any addenda?

--Nick Cuccia
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