Mozart: Requiem / Auger, Ziegler, Hadley, Krause, Shaw

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Artist), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (Artist), Robert Shaw (Artist), Arleen Auger (Artist), Delores Ziegler (Artist), Jerry Hadley (Artist), Tom Krause (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003CTX
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,986 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful and beautiful, April 6, 2000

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Ela "hobbit fan" (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Requiem / Auger, Ziegler, Hadley, Krause, Shaw (Audio CD)

This powerful and beautiful recording of the Mozart Requiem is the best CD I have bought in a very long time. I sang the piece and absolutely had to get a recording and I could honestly listen to this every single day and not get sick of it. This piece is so emotional, especially the way Robert Shaw directs. The "salve me" brings to mind images of a person kneeling in supplication and the Dies Irae is as driven and tense as it should be. The finale is grand. If you buy one CD in the next 6 months, this is the one to get.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shaw is the best, March 1, 2006

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Billie Preston "Billie Preston" (Wichita, KS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Requiem / Auger, Ziegler, Hadley, Krause, Shaw (Audio CD)

This performance of the Requiem is meticulous and rhythmically brilliant, which is one of Shaw's legacies. I have noticed, over the last thirty years, that conductors often miss the juxtaposition of rhythm in the Rex Tremendae. The strings have double dotted rhythm; the voices have single dotted rhythm. The way Shaw performs it, it's as close to what is written that I've heard. Not exact, but very very close. Stunning performance.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the best out there..., April 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mozart: Requiem / Auger, Ziegler, Hadley, Krause, Shaw (Audio CD)

Although Robert Shaw may be a big draw to some, unfortunately this Requiem is severely lacking. As a choral singer who has performed the Requiem, I found many of the movements either too fast or slow, and absolutely did not like his Kyrie--WAY too slow!! For the best version I have found, I would direct the discriminating listener to Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields, with Sir Neville Marriner conducting. But, if you're a Shaw fan, then this is a good CD. But if you're a Requiem fan, go with Marriner absolutely!