Try the old Ferenc Fricsay recording on DG from 1952. It won't be your main recording but you can get it very cheap used on Amazon, the sound is actually very good for the date of release, and it's a stirring, moving performance. The successive entrance of the 4 soloists in the opening movement has to be one of the most exciting moments of music I have ever heard. I urge you to step past your reaction to the recording date and take a flyer on it, not much money at stake.
No one's mentioned the preeminent performance of the Requiem, which is the Carlo Giulini recording with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Enjoy.
No one's mentioned the preeminent performance of the Requiem, which is the Carlo Giulini recording with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
Enjoy.