Requiem in D Minor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mozarts Requiem in D Minor, left unfinished at his death in 1791 and later completed chiefly by Franz Xaver Sssmayr, combines terror, grief and tenderness in a work inseparable from the mythology surrounding its creation. Neville Marriners 1977 recording is praised for keeping that darkness intimate rather than monumental, making the musics confrontation with death feel intensely human.