This is a discography of the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
In the following table, ensembles playing on period instruments in historically informed performance are marked by a green background under the header Instr..
| Conductor / Choir / Orchestra | Soloists | Label | Year | Instr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bruno Kittel (Musiker)Bruno-Kittel-ChorBerliner Philharmoniker | Tilla Briem; Gertrude Freimuth; Walther Ludwig; Fred Drissen | Polydor | 1941 (1941) | |
| Josef KripsWiener HofmusikkapelleWiener Philharmoniker | Werner Pech; Hans Breitschopf; Walther Ludwig; Harald Pröglhöf | London | 1950 (1950) | |
| Josef MessnerSalzburg Cathedral ChoirSalzburg Mozarteum Orchestra | Hilde Güden; Rosette Anday; Julius Patzak; Josef Greindl | performed at the Salzburger Festspiele in the Aula Academica[1][2] | 1950 (1950) | |
| Robert ShawRobert Shaw ChoraleRCA Victor Orchestra | Yvonne Ciannella; Doris Okerson; Walter Carringer; Raymond Keast | RCA Victor | 1950 (1950) | |
| Hans Schmidt-IsserstedtNDR ChorNDR Orchestra | Lisa Della Casa; Maria von Ilosvay; Helmut Krebs; Gottlob Frick | Tahra | 1952 (1952) | |
| Hermann ScherchenWiener Akademie KammerchorOrchestra of the Vienna State Opera | Magda László; Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Petre Munteanu; Richard Standen | Westminster | 1953 (1953) | |
| Rudolf KempeChor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale BerlinBerlin Philharmonic | Elisabeth Grümmer; Marga Höffgen; Helmut Krebs; Gottlob Frick | His Master's Voice | 1955 (1955) | |
| Eugen JochumVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic | Irmgard Seefried; Gertrude Pitzinger; Richard Holm; Kim Borg | Deutsche Grammophon | 1955 (1955) | |
| Bruno WalterVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic | Lisa Della Casa; Ira Malaniuk; Anton Dermota; Cesare Siepi | Orfeo d'Or | 1956 (1956) | |
| Bruno WalterWestminster ChoirNew York Philharmonic | Irmgard Seefried; Jennie Tourel; Léopold Simoneau; William Warfield | Columbia Masterworks | 1956 (1956) | |
| Karl BöhmVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Symphony | Teresa Stich-Randall; Ira Malaniuk; Waldemar Kmentt; Kurt Böhme | Philips | 1956 (1956) | |
| Hermann ScherchenWiener Akademie KammerchorOrchestra of the Vienna State Opera | Sena Jurinac; Lucretia West; Hans Löffler; Frederick Guthrie | Westminster | 1958 (1958) | |
| Jascha HorensteinWiener SingvereinVienna Symphony | Wilma Lipp; Elisabeth Höngen; Murray Dickie; Ludwig Weber | Vox | 1961 (1961) | |
| Karl RichterMünchener Bach-ChorMünchener Bach-Orchester | Maria Stader; Hertha Töpper; John van Kesteren; Karl-Christian Kohn | Teldec | 1961 (1961) | |
| Herbert von KarajanWiener SingvereinBerlin Philharmonic | Wilma Lipp; Hilde Rössel-Majdan; Anton Dermota; Walter Berry | Deutsche Grammophon | 1962 (1962) | |
| Erich LeinsdorfChorus pro Musica, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, New England Conservatory Chorus, Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts) ChoirBoston Symphony Orchestra | Saramae Endich; Eunice Alberts; Nicholas Di Virgilio; Mac Morgan | RCA Victor Red Seal | 1964 (1964) | |
| Roland BaderBach Chor, BöblingenStuttgarter Philharmoniker | Ursula Buckel; Margarethe Bence; Hans Ulrich Mielsch; Eduard Wollitz | Vox | 1964 (1964) | |
| István KertészVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic | Elly Ameling; Marilyn Horne; Ugo Benelli; Tugomir Franc | Decca | 1966 (1966) | |
| Wolfgang GönnenweinSüdwestdeutscher MadrigalchorConsortium Musicum | Teresa Żylis-Gara; Oralia Domínguez; Peter Schreier; Franz Crass | EMI | 1966 (1966) | |
| Colin DavisJohn Alldis ChoirBBC Symphony Orchestra | Helen Donath; Yvonne Minton; Ryland Davies; Gerd Nienstedt | Philips | 1967 (1967) | |
| Rafael Frühbeck de BurgosNew Philharmonia ChorusNew Philharmonia Orchestra | Edith Mathis; Grace Bumbry; George Shirley; Marius Rintzler | EMI | 1968 (1968) | |
| Karl BöhmVienna State Opera ChorusWiener Symphoniker | Gundula Janowitz; Christa Ludwig; Peter Schreier; Walter Berry | Deutsche Grammophon (DVD) | 1971 (1971) | |
| Benjamin BrittenAldeburgh Festival ChorusEnglish Chamber Orchestra | Heather Harper; Alfreda Hodgson; Peter Pears; John Shirley-Quirk | BBC | 1971 (1971) | |
| Karl BöhmVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic | Edith Mathis; Julia Hamari; Wiesław Ochman; Karl Ridderbusch | Deutsche Grammophon | 1971 (1971) | |
| Daniel BarenboimJohn Alldis ChoirEnglish Chamber Orchestra | Sheila Armstrong; Janet Baker; Nicolai Gedda; Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau | EMI | 1972 (1972) | |
| Gerhard Schmidt-GadenTölzer KnabenchorCollegium Aureum | Hans Buchhierl; Mario Krämer; Werner Krenn; Barry McDaniel | Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | 1974 (1974) | |
| Herbert von KarajanWiener SingvereinBerlin Philharmonic | Anna Tomowa-Sintow; Agnes Baltsa; Werner Krenn; José van Dam | Deutsche Grammophon | 1975 (1975) | |
| Hans GillesbergerVienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera Men's ChorusOrchestra of the Vienna State Opera | Soprano soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir; Alto soloist from the Vienna Boys' Choir; Kurt Equiluz; Gerhard Eder | RCA | 1976 (1976) | |
| Michel CorbozCoro GulbenkianGulbenkian Orchestra | Elly Ameling; Barbara Scherler; Louis Devos; Roger Soyer | Erato | 1977 (1977) | |
| Neville MarrinerAcademy of St Martin in the Fields | Ileana Cotrubaș; Helen Watts; Robert Tear; John Shirley-Quirk | Decca | 1977 (1977) | |
| Carlo Maria GiuliniPhilharmonia ChorusPhilharmonia Orchestra | Helen Donath; Christa Ludwig; Robert Tear; Robert Lloyd | EMI | 1979 (1979) | |
| Helmuth RillingGächinger KantoreiBach-Collegium Stuttgart | Arleen Auger; Carolyn Watkinson; Siegfried Jerusalem; Siegmund Nimsgern | CBS | 1979 (1979) | |
| Nikolaus HarnoncourtVienna State Opera ChorusConcentus Musicus Wien | Rachel Yakar; Ortrun Wenkel; Kurt Equiluz; Robert Holl | Teldec | 1982 (1982) | Period |
| Peter SchreierLeipzig Radio ChorusStaatskapelle Dresden | Margaret Price; Trudeliese Schmidt; Francisco Araiza; Theo Adam | Philips | 1983 (1983) | |
| Sir Colin DavisBavarian Radio ChorusBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Edith Mathis; Trudeliese Schmidt; Peter Schreier; Gwynne Howell | Arthaus (DVD) | 1984 (1984) | |
| Christopher HogwoodAcademy of Ancient MusicEnglish Baroque Soloists | Emma Kirkby; Carolyn Watkinson; Anthony Rolfe Johnson; David Thomas | L'Oiseau-lyre | 1984 (1984) | Period |
| Daniel BarenboimChoeur de ParisOrchestre de Paris | Kathleen Battle; Ann Murray; David Rendall; Matti Salminen | EMI | 1986 (1986) | |
| Robert ShawAtlanta Symphony ChorusAtlanta Symphony Orchestra | Arleen Auger; Delores Ziegler; Jerry Hadley; Tom Krause | Telarc | 1986 (1986) | |
| John Eliot GardinerMonteverdi ChoirEnglish Baroque Soloists | Barbara Bonney; Anne Sofie von Otter; Hans Peter Blochwitz; Willard White | Philips | 1987 (1987) | Period |
| Herbert von KarajanWiener SingvereinVienna Philharmonic | Anna Tomowa-Sintow; Helga Müller-Molinari; Vinson Cole; Paata Burchuladze | Deutsche Grammophon | 1987 (1987) | |
| Riccardo MutiSwedish Radio Choir, Stockholm Chamber ChoirBerlin Philharmonic | Patrizia Pace; Waltraud Meier; Frank Lopardo; James Morris | EMI | 1987 (1987) | |
| Leonard BernsteinBavarian Radio ChorusBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Marie McLaughlin; Maria Ewing; Jerry Hadley; Cornelius Hauptmann | Deutsche Grammophon | 1989 (1989) | |
| Carlo Maria GiuliniPhilharmonia ChorusPhilharmonia Orchestra | Lynne Dawson; Jard van Nes; Keith Lewis; Simon Estes | SONY | 1989 (1989) | |
| Ton KoopmanChoir of the Dutch Bach AssociationAmsterdam Baroque Orchestra | Barbara Schlick; Carolyn Watkinson; Christoph Pregardien; Harry van der Kamp | ERATO | 1990 (1990) | |
| Georg SoltiVienna State Opera ChorusVienna Philharmonic | Arleen Auger; Cecilia Bartoli; Vinson Cole; René Pape | Decca | 1991 (1991) | |
| Colin DavisBavarian Radio ChorusBavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Angela Maria Blasi; Marjana Lipovšek; Uwe Heilmann; Jan-Hendrik Rootering | RCA | 1991 (1991) | |
| Gary BertiniKölner Rundfunk ChorKölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester | Krisztina Laki; Doris Soffel; Robert Swensen; Thomas Quasthoff | Phoenix | 1991 (1991) | |
| Roger NorringtonSchütz Choir of LondonLondon Classical Players | Nancy Argenta; Catherine Robbin; John Mark Ainsley; Alastair Miles | EMI | 1992 (1992) | |
| William ChristieLes Arts Florissants | Anna Maria Panzarella; Nathalie Stutzmann; Christoph Prégardien; Nathan Berg | Erato | 1995 (1995) | Period |
| Philippe HerrewegheLa Chapelle RoyaleOrchestre des Champs-Élysées | Sibylla Rubens; Annette Markert; Ian Bostridge; Hanno Müller-Brachmann | Harmonia Mundi France | 1997 (1997) | Period |
| Sigiswald KuijkenNederlands KamerkoorLa Petite Bande | Ingrid Schmithüsen; Catherine Patriasz; Neil Mackie; Matthias Hölle | ACCENT | 1997 (1997) | Period |
| Jordi SavallLa Capella Reial de CatalunyaLe Concert des Nations | Montserrat Figueras; Claudia Schubert; Gerd Türk; Stephan Schreckenberger | Alia Vox | 1998 (1998) | Period |
| Claudio AbbadoSwedish Radio ChoirBerlin Philharmonic | Karita Mattila; Sara Mingardo; Michael Schade; Bryn Terfel | Deutsche Grammophon | 1999 (1999) |
Other recordings
- Ralf Otto, Bachchor Mainz (Levin completion), L'arpa festante München, Julia Kleiter, Gerhild Romberger, Daniel Sans, Klaus Mertens, NCA
- Christoph Spering, Chorus Musicus, Das Neue Orchester, Iride Martinez, Monica Groop, Steve Davislim, Kwangchul Youn, Opus 111 (2002)
- Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Concentus Musicus Wien, Christine Schäfer, Bernarda Fink, Kurt Streit, Gerald Finley, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
- Carl Czerny transcription for soli, coro and piano four hands: Antonio Greco, Coro Costanzo Porta, Diego Maccagnola, Anna Bessi, Silvia Frigato, Raffaele Giordani, Riccardo Demini. Discantica (2012)
- John Butt conducting the Dunedin Consort on the Linn Records label. The first recording to use David Black's new critical edition of the Süssmayr version, it attempts to reconstruct the performing forces at the first performances in Vienna in 1791 and 1793. It won the 2014 Gramophone Award for Best Choral Recording.[3]
- Zdeněk Košler conducting the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, with Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Jaroslava Horská, Jozef Kundlák and Peter Mikuláš, Naxos, 1989: recorded at the Reduta, Bratislava, March 1985.
Notes and references
References
- 1.Originally released on Remington R-199-96/2 in 1952 (according to"Joseph Messner" (in Dutch). satyr78opera. 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12.); see also: "Joseph Messner". The Remington site. Retrieved 2021-06-03. and "Mozart - Hilde Gueden - Rosette Anday etc". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- 2.Rereleased by Classical Recording Quarterly in 2019 and available online: "CRQ 96 Mozart Requiem / Joseph Messner". bandcamp. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
- 3."Mozart: Requiem, K626 (including reconstruction of first performance, December 10, 1791)". Gramophone. 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.