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Review title: Sounds nice, but this is not the original tempo
Product review: Karajan seems to "romanticize" this Requiem created by the god-like W.A. Mozart. Sure it sounds darker than any other rendition, but the maestro slows the whole work down (except for the Dies Irae; in this recording, it's faster than usual), which makes it duller and less conventional. The soloists and the choir do fine, but I agree with {vaughna} that the singers "add drama in too many places where it isn't called for."I would strongly suggest other recordings, like conductor Philippe Herreweghe conducting the Orchestre des Champs-Elysees (Label: Harmonia Mundi), or Jos van Veldhoven and the Netherlands Bach Society (Label: Channel Classics). Karajan's Requiem may be different and wickedly emotional, but there are more exquisite (and underrated) recordings out there that need to be more appreciated than this one.
