W. A. Mozart Requiem K. 626

Even if egregiously directed by Celibidache, Bruno Walter's remains, in my opinion, unsurpassed (this also applies generally to conducting Mozartian compositions), with only Wilhelm Furtwängler standing alongside him

There are too many recordings around

I would take a recent one like

Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Christine Schäfer (soprano); Bernarda Fink (alto); Kurt Streit (tenor); Gerald Finley (bass)
Deutsche Harmonia Mundi- 82876 58705 2(CD)

and going backwards, the type by Solti, Bernstein and Karajan

Once you have listened to them all, you return to Walter and sum it all up

The problem with Walter's one is the audio quality

PS

Even though I greatly appreciate Bernstein, I find his interpretation of the requiem too nineteenth-century and theatrical .... perhaps a bit distant from Mozart, although it is difficult to ask him. Practically speaking, I hear more Bernstein than Mozart.

Dino wrote:

Practically, I feel more Bernstein than Mozart.

...one would also need to evaluate how much Mozart there is"}

I know Karajan's version like the back of my hand, it was the first one I heard

with Bernstein I have a hard time finding it, Solti's I heard a while ago I think......

Gerardo, I usually stop once the sequence is finished ahahahaha

mmmhm Antares, what do you know about HVK? Did you know she recorded it twice? Since great performers don't always stay the same, HVK should be evaluated in her evolution as a Mozartian interpreter from the '60s until her death

That one with baltsa and van dam from 1976....

I should listen to Bernstein's version too; in the meantime, I started looking for it and found it; the video is part of a playlist in which it is possible to find the entire Requiem

Open content (youtube)