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Title: excellent performance, mediocre recording quality
Review: Gardiner's interpretation of Mozart's Requiem with the Süssmayr additions shows his usual lively, energetic pace and flair for clearly differentiating vocal sections. The soloists are excellent and the choir sings with bright, pure tones, showing a minimum of legato or vibrato.It's an excellent performance on the whole, although to my ears the recording was inadequately recorded. In particular, the bass section of the chorus is frequently all-but-inaudible, buried under the sopranos.
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