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Title: S-l-o-w and intense
Review: Like that other famously slow conductor, Celibadache, Fritz Lehmann aims to thorw out all preconcpeitons about the Greman requiem, presenting a soundscape of intense highs and lows. As one can see from the rapturous reviews below, this approach mesmerizes many listeners. Sometimes Celi can't bring off the necessary intensity to hold ones attention, but Lehmann does. I admit I can't listen to more than a few movements of this performance at a sitting. It reminds me of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, which is also built upon one Adagio after another. That's what this reading feels like, but it's deeply committed on all counts. The two soloists are as good as one might wish, the 1955 mono sound is clear and rich, the chorus sings with true religious fervor. If you don't mind an account that literally has barely a single allegro section, this legendary CD may captivate you, too.
