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Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002 [Re-Up]

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Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002 [Re-Up]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002
Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), José van Dam (bass)
Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
Recording: Berlin, 9/1975

EAC | APE | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 243 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 133 Mb | Scans included
Classical, Choral | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 471 639-2 | Time: 00:53:12

Between 1961 and 1986, Herbert von Karajan made three recordings of the Mozart Requiem for Deutsche Grammophon, with little change in his conception of the piece over the years. This recording, from 1975, is, on balance, the best of them. The approach is Romantic, broad, and sustained, marked by a thoroughly homogenized blend of chorus and orchestra, a remarkable richness of tone, striking power, and an almost marmoreal polish. Karajan viewed the Requiem as idealized church music rather than a confessional statement awash in operatic expressiveness. In this account, the orchestra is paramount, followed in importance by the chorus, then the soloists. Not surprisingly, the singing of the solo quartet sounds somewhat reined-in, especially considering these singers' pedigrees. By contrast, the Vienna Singverein, always Karajan's favorite chorus, sings with a huge dynamic range and great intensity, though with an emotional detachment nonetheless. Perfection, if not passion or poignancy, is the watchword. The Berlin orchestra plays majestically, and the sound is pleasingly vivid.

Review by Ted Libbey, NPR

It’s difficult to comprehend the A&R decision to release this particular version of Mozart’s Requiem–the second of three commercially recorded versions Herbert von Karajan made for DG–to inaugurate Universal’s foray into the world of SACD. Its 1975 analogue sound is unimpressive, and even with the help of a newly mastered 96 kHz/ 24-bit source (transcoded into DSD for SACD playback), this is not exactly demonstration-quality material to show off SACD’s supposed virtues. Moreover, with this release, there are now four currently available recordings of this performance in some digital format. Why Universal did not choose to re-release Karajan’s highly-regarded large-scale 1987 digital recording begs the question of whether in some cases Universal merely has jumped on the SACD bandwagon for the ability to renew licenses of older catalog items (and possibly prevent pirating of higher-resolution material). In this respect, Karajan’s inferior 1962 recording had no chance, considering it was recently re-issued in the “DG Originals” imprint. But it is useless to speculate, so on to the music.

As might be expected, Karajan takes a romantic, magisterial view of the Requiem; the interpretation is decidedly weighty with slowish tempos, long legato lines in the strings, and a hell-bent chorus that rarely dips below mezzo-forte and sometimes borders on sounding overbearing. All of the soloists are excellent and well-balanced, sharing the same timbral heaviness that characterizes the rest of the forces. And, while this sort of interpretation is valid, it now sounds somewhat out of step with the times, given all the “period”-style recordings that have flooded the market over the years.

The newly mastered hybrid SACD version (remixed specially for both stereo and multi-channel) benefits from the aforementioned upsampling, offering a much cleaner, open sound and curing some harshness in the upper strings that was evident in the CD version (the DG Galleria CD was used for comparison). The multi-channel mix delivers uneven results, but at least DG made an attempt to do something other than stream the data indifferently through all five speakers. In this case, at least the soloists are set firmly in the front three channels (probably electronically omitted from the rears); the orchestra and chorus, however, remain in full force throughout the main speakers (except the subwoofer), thus imbuing the sonic picture with a simulated 360-degree quality that puts the listener (once again) squarely in the orchestra. The effect is certainly involving but completely unnatural, self-defeating, and ultimately annoying. But, since you get SACD stereo, SACD surround, and CD stereo all in one package, you can still admire the effort (and value) that went into this re-release, as unusual and ungainly a choice it may have been.

Review by ClassicsToday

Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002 [Re-Up]



Tracklist:

01. I. INTROITUS Requiem (chorus, soprano) (5:39)

02. II. KYRIE (chorus) (2:48)

III. SEQUENZ
03. No.1 Dies irae (chorus) (1:52)
04. No. 2 Tuba mirum (soprano, contralto, tenro, bass) (4:13)
05. No. 3 Rex tremendae (chorus) (2:26)
06. No. 4 Recordare (soprano, contralto, tenor, bass) (5:18)
07. No. 5 Confutatis (chorus) (2:25)
08. No. 6 Lacrimosa (chorus) (3:20)

IV. OFFERTORIUM
09. No. 1 Domine Jesu (chorus, soprano, contralto, tenor, bass) (3:48)
10. No. 2 Hostias (chorus) (4:30)

11. V. SANCTUS (chorus) (1:46)

12. VI. BENEDICTUS (chorus, soprano, contralto, tenro, bass) (5:16)

13. VII. AGNUS DEI (chorus) (3:36)

14. VIII. COMMUNIO Lux aeterna (chorus, soprano) (6:15)


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Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002 [Re-Up]

Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Mozart: Requiem In D Minor, K.626 (1976) Reissue 2002 [Re-Up]

All thanks to original releaser - DIZ

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