Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem (Karajan) [1985]

01. Requiem 
02. Dies irae 
03. Tuba mirum 
04. Liber scriptus 
05. Quid sum miser 
06. Rex tremendae 
07. Recordare 
08. Ingemisco 
09. Confutatis 
10. Lacrymosa 
11. Offertorio 
12. Sanctus 
13. Agnus dei 
14. Lux aeterna 
15. Libera me 

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (Soprano)
Agnes Baltsa (Mezzo Soprano)
José Carreras (Tenor)
José Van Dam (Bass) 

Konzertvereinigung
Wiener Staatsopernchor
Chor der Nationaloper Sofia
Wiener Philharmoniker
Herbert von Karajan – conductor

This Karajan recording, dating from 1984, is considerably more successful than the same conductor’s earlier version of the Requiem, although his female soloists then (Mirella Freni and Christa Ludwig) were superb. Here Karajan offers a more dramatic reading, and the Vienna PO responds with playing of a more Italianate style. The combined Vienna and Sofia choirs, superbly disciplined throughout, are exciting in the Dies irae, and the soloists are well matched, with José Carreras affecting and Anna Tomowa-Sintow singing most beautifully, especially in the Libera me. My first choice of recording would still be Giulini (with the bonus of the Four Sacred Pieces), but Karajan’s is a most convincing account of Verdi’s magnificent score. ----- Charles Osborne, BBC Music Magazine

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