Davis,Colin / London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Mozart: Requiem Mass K.626 CD

This is a grandly scaled, nobly contoured reading, by turns monumental and ferociously dramatic. With biting choral attack, searing, spitting strings and scything trumpets, the Dies irae has a terrifying intensity I have rarely heard equalled. The Rex tremendae, too, is overwhelming in it's desperate fervour and grimly sustained impetus, with the inexorable dotted rhythms hewn from granite... If you want a traditionally conceived budget-price Requiem, well sung, superbly played and vividly recorded, Davis's performance has much to commend it." (Gramophone)

1. Requiem Und Kyrie 2. Dies Irae 3. Tuba Mirum 4. Rex Tremendae 5. Recordare 6. Confutatis Maledictis 7. Lacrimosa 8. Domine Jesu 9. Hostias 10. Sanctus 11. Benedictus 12. Agnus Dei