Mozart's Last Masonic Works performed by the Westminster Choir

The title is a misnomer, since the Requiem is not a Masonic work. It receives an excellent traditional account under Bruno Walter, with noble soloists. The other two works are insignificant.
Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: May 10, 2018 at 1:23 pm

COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: Praga Digital
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart
WORKS: Last Masonic Works: Requiem, etc
PERFORMER: Soloists; Westminster Choir; New York Phil/Walter; Vienna Volksoper Chorus & Orchestra/Maag
CATALOGUE NO: DSD 350 131 (hybrid CD/SACD) (1956/59)

The title is a misnomer, since the Requiem is not a Masonic work. It receives an excellent traditional account under Bruno Walter, with noble soloists. The other two works are insignificant.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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