Mozart Requiem discography

This is a discography of the Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

In the following table, ensembles playing on period instruments in historically informed performance are marked by a green background under the header Instr..

Recordings of Mozart's Requiem
Conductor / Choir / Orchestra Soloists Label Year Instr.
Bruno Kittel (Musiker) [de]
Bruno-Kittel-Chor
Berliner Philharmoniker
Polydor 1941 (1941)
Josef Krips
Wiener Hofmusikkapelle
Wiener Philharmoniker
London 1950 (1950)
Josef Messner
Salzburg Cathedral Choir
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra
performed at the Salzburger Festspiele in the Aula Academica[1][2] 1950 (1950)
Robert Shaw
Robert Shaw Chorale
RCA Victor Orchestra
RCA Victor 1950 (1950)
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
NDR Chor
NDR Orchestra
Tahra 1952 (1952)
Hermann Scherchen
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Westminster 1953 (1953)
Rudolf Kempe
Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin
Berlin Philharmonic
His Master's Voice (HMV) 1955 (1955)
Eugen Jochum
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1955 (1955)
Bruno Walter
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Orfeo d'Or 1956 (1956)
Bruno Walter
Westminster Choir
New York Philharmonic
Columbia Masterworks 1956 (1956)
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Symphony
Philips 1956 (1956)
Hermann Scherchen
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Westminster 1958 (1958)
Jascha Horenstein
Wiener Singverein
Vienna Symphony
Vox 1961 (1961)
Karl Richter
Münchener Bach-Chor
Münchener Bach-Orchester
Teldec 1961 (1961)
Herbert von Karajan
Wiener Singverein
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1962 (1962)
Erich Leinsdorf
Chorus pro Musica, Harvard Glee Club, Radcliffe Choral Society, New England Conservatory Chorus, Saint John's Seminary (Massachusetts) Choir
Boston Symphony Orchestra
RCA Victor Red Seal 1964 (1964)
Roland Bader
Bach Chor, Böblingen
Stuttgarter Philharmoniker
Vox 1964 (1964)
István Kertész
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Decca 1966 (1966)
Wolfgang Gönnenwein
Südwestdeutscher Madrigalchor
Consortium Musicum
EMI 1966 (1966)
Colin Davis
John Alldis Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Philips 1967 (1967)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
New Philharmonia Chorus
New Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI 1968 (1968)
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Wiener Symphoniker
Deutsche Grammophon (DVD) 1971 (1971)
Benjamin Britten
Aldeburgh Festival Chorus
English Chamber Orchestra
BBC 1971 (1971)
Karl Böhm
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1971 (1971)
Daniel Barenboim
John Alldis Choir
English Chamber Orchestra
EMI 1972 (1972)
Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Tölzer Knabenchor
Collegium Aureum
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 1974 (1974)
Herbert von Karajan
Wiener Singverein
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1975 (1975)
Hans Gillesberger
Vienna Boys' Choir, Vienna State Opera Men's Chorus
Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
RCA 1976 (1976)
Michel Corboz
Coro Gulbenkian
Gulbenkian Orchestra
Erato 1977 (1977)
Neville Marriner
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Decca 1977 (1977)
Carlo Maria Giulini
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
EMI 1979 (1979)
Helmuth Rilling
Gächinger Kantorei
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
CBS 1979 (1979)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Concentus Musicus Wien
Teldec 1982 (1982) Period
Peter Schreier
Leipzig Radio Chorus
Staatskapelle Dresden
Philips 1983 (1983)
Sir Colin Davis
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Arthaus (DVD) 1984 (1984)
Christopher Hogwood
Academy of Ancient Music
English Baroque Soloists
L'Oiseau-lyre 1984 (1984) Period
Daniel Barenboim
Choeur de Paris
Orchestre de Paris
EMI 1986 (1986)
Robert Shaw
Atlanta Symphony Chorus
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc 1986 (1986)
John Eliot Gardiner
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Philips 1987 (1987) Period
Herbert von Karajan
Wiener Singverein
Vienna Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1987 (1987)
Leonard Bernstein
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Deutsche Grammophon 1989 (1989)
Carlo Maria Giulini
Philharmonia Chorus
Philharmonia Orchestra
SONY 1989 (1989)
Ton Koopman
Choir of the Dutch Bach Association
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
ERATO 1990 (1990)
Georg Solti
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic
Decca 1991 (1991)
Colin Davis
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
RCA 1991 (1991)
Gary Bertini
Kölner Rundfunk Chor
Kölner Rundfunk Sinfonie Orchester
Phoenix 1991 (1991)
Roger Norrington
Schütz Choir of London
London Classical Players
EMI 1992 (1992)
William Christie
Les Arts Florissants
Erato 1995 (1995) Period
Philippe Herreweghe
La Chapelle Royale
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées
Harmonia Mundi France 1997 (1997) Period
Sigiswald Kuijken
Nederlands Kamerkoor
La Petite Bande
ACCENT 1997 (1997) Period
Jordi Savall
La Capella Reial de Catalunya
Le Concert des Nations
Alia Vox 1998 (1998) Period
Claudio Abbado
Swedish Radio Choir
Berlin Philharmonic
Deutsche Grammophon 1999 (1999)


Other recordings

Notes and references

  1. ^ Originally released on Remington R-199-96/2 in 1952 (according to"Joseph Messner" (in Dutch). satyr78opera. 2010. Archived from the original on 2017-04-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)); see also: "Joseph Messner". The Remington site. Retrieved 2021-06-03. and "Mozart - Hilde Gueden - Rosette Anday etc". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ^ Rereleased by Classical Recording Quarterly in 2019 and available online: "CRQ 96 Mozart Requiem / Joseph Messner". bandcamp. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  3. ^ "Mozart: Requiem, K626 (including reconstruction of first performance, December 10, 1791)". Gramophone. 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.