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Mystery, rumour and deception: Mozart's Requiem

Tom Service examines Mozart's final masterpiece - a work shrouded in mystery, rumour and deception. He’s joined by Dr Kathryn Mannix, a specialist in palliative care, who considers the factors of creativity - and music-making in particular - at the end of life.

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Fri 8 Sep 2023 16:30
BBC Radio 3

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Cologne Chorus Musicus. Performer: Berlin New Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Spering.
    • NAIVE.
    • OP 30307.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 27 in B flat major K.595 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 478-2596.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts K.620

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.
    • CDC 7 47014 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in A major K.622 for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • EMI.
    • 094638903222.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C minor K.427 (Great) [unfinished]

    Performer: Berlin Radio Choir. Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • SONY.
    • G010000934657D.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Acis and Galatea - masque, orch. Mozart (K.566)

    Performer: Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
    • 00028948320653.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus - motet K.618 for chorus and strings

    Performer: The Sixteen. Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
    • COR-16057.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Kyrie in D minor K.341 for chorus and orchestra

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto no. 20 in D minor K.466 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 478-2596.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts K.620

    Performer: Sumi Jo. Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
    • 433-210-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Hans Peter Blockwitz. Performer: Willard White. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Hans Peter Blockwitz. Performer: Willard White. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Ways of Zion do mourn - funeral anthem for soloists, chorus and orchestra (The sons of Israel do mourn)

    Performer: Les Arts Florissants. Performer: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 8905298DI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The King shall rejoice HWV.265 (Dettingen anthem)

    Performer: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: The English Concert. Conductor: Simon Preston. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 410 647-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Michael Haydn

    Missa pro defunctis Archiepiscopo Sigismundo for soloists SATB, chorus and orchestra ["31 December 1771"]

    Performer: Swiss Chamber Chorus. Performer: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Zacharias.
    • MDG.
    • MDG3401245.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Hans Peter Blockwitz. Performer: Willard White. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor K.626, compl. Sussmayr

    Performer: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 420-197-2.

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