COMPOSERS: Mozart; Bruckner
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum
PERFORMER: Gedda; Alldis Choir; ECO; New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra/Barenboim
CATALOGUE NO: 212 7182 (1969/71)
Nowadays Barenboim’s 1971 Mozart might sound as Brucknerian as the Te Deum which keeps it company. But there’s a majesty here which compels. Paul Riley