1 Requiem aeternam
2 Dies irae
3 Tuba mirum
4 Rex tremendae
5 Recordare
6 Confutatis maledictis
7 Lacrymosa
8 Domine Jesu
9 Hostias
10 Sanctus
11 Benedictus
12 Agnus Dei
performed by Noel Eadie (soprano), Astra Desmond (contralto), Eric Greene (tenor), Norman Walker (bass)
BBC Chorus
Chorus Master, Leslie Woodgate
BBC Orchestra (Section B)
Leader, Paul Beard
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Mozart, who died on December 5, 1791, dated the first page of the Requiem 1792. This, which at first strikes us as a slip, may be correct after all, if at the time when he lay in his unmarked grave his Requiem, was being written down by his pupil Sussmayer, from instructions given before his death. It is almost established that Sussmayer did not finish the Requiem himself, as it used to be thought.
Whoever was ultimately responsible for its final form, it is a great and inspiring work.