Mozart: Requiem
Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass)
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Period-instrument shocks and surprises come thick and fast as Harnoncourt encourages a short-breathed, staccato style that sits more comfortably with his orchestra than the soloists. —
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626
- Live from The Musikverein, Vienna, 1981
- Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass)
- Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Concentus Musicus Wien
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV161 'Komm, du süsse Todesstunde'
- bonus
- Rachel Yakar (soprano), Ortrun Wenkel (contralto), Kurt Equiluz (tenor) & Robert Holl (bass)
- Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Concentus Musicus Wien
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt