Colin Davis’ recordings of Mozart have stood the test of time and his readings of the composer’s choral music are imposing, ennobling edifices of interpretation. The soloists in the ‘Great Mass’ blend marvellously and the ‘Ave Verum Corpus’ is given a reading of quiet intensity.
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Mass in C minor, KV 427 ‘Great Mass’
Ave verum corpus, KV618
Helen Donath, soprano
Heather Harper, soprano
Ryland Davies, tenor
Stafford Dean, bass
London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Colin Davis