Tags Archives: Requiem
November 14, 2014
Wagner: Götterdämmerung (Hallé, Sir Mark Elder)
Gramophone Award Best Opera Recording 2010 Recorded in the Bridgewater Hall last May, this was the climax of Sir Mark Elder’s 10th year as Hallé music director. The Hallé played gloriously for Elder, particularly the brass and strings, and the con
November 14, 2014
Mozart: Requiem (LSO, Sir Colin Davis)
The Best of the Year Opera News Sound **** Performance ***** BBC Music Magazine 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 ai