To this day mystery surrounds the circumstances under which Mozart was commissioned by a stranger to write a Requiem Mass. He died before its completion, only adding to the air of foreboding that the work so effectively evokes and reminding us of the fragility of our mortality.
'This is a grandly scaled, nobly contoured reading, by turns monumental and ferociously dramatic. With biting choral attack, searing, spitting strings and scything trumpets, the Dies Irae has a terrif ...
BBC Music Magazine
'A deeply felt account of a masterpiece from a conductor who has lived with this music for most of his professional life' (The Sunday Times)
BBC Music Magazine'A deeply felt account of a masterpiece from a conductor who has lived with this music for most of his professional life' (The Sunday Times)