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WA Mozart Requiem in D Minor K 626 Mp3, Flac W. A. Mozart Requiem In D Minor K 626 mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Requiem In D Minor K 626 Country: Netherlands Released: 1956 Style: Classical MP3 version RAR size: 1808 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1313 mb WMA version RAR size: 1769 mb Rating: 4.4 Votes: 458 Other Formats: AA AUD MP2 DTS AA MP4 MP3 Tracklist Requiem In D Minor K. 626 Completed By Süssmayr A1 Requiem A2 Dies Irae A3 Tuba Mirum A4 Rex Tremendae A5 Recordare A6 Confutatis A7 Lacrimosa B1 Domine Jesu B2 Hostias B3 Sanctus B4 Benedictus B5 Agnus Dei / Lux Aeterna Credits Bass Vocals – Kurt Böhme Chorus – Wiener Staatsopernchor Composed By – Mozart* Conductor – Karl Böhm Contralto Vocals – Ira Malaniuk Liner Notes [Insert notes] – Bernhard Paumgartner Orchestra – Wiener Symphoniker Organ – Franz Schütz Soprano Vocals – Teresa Stich-Randall Tenor Vocals – Waldemar Kmentt Notes LABELS: -"(Sung in Latin)" at 3 o'clock -"Mozart Jubilee Edition 1956" small font about title -"Completed by Süssmayr" small font under title SLEEVE: -Text in Latin on back -Printed in Holland on back -For Professor Paumgartner's analytical notes see insert. on back Insert notes in English Barcode and Other Identifiers Matrix / Runout (Label side A): AA 00435.1 L Matrix / Runout (Label side B): AA 00435.2 L Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): 4A AA 00435▽1L=22//670 Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): 4A AA 00435▽2L=10//670 Other versions Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year Mozart* - Karl Mozart* - Karl Böhm - Philips, 6527 037 6527 037 Germany 1979 Böhm Requiem (LP, Album) Sequenza Mozart* / Karl Böhm, Mozart* / Karl Orchestre Böhm, Orchestre 700 072 Philharmonique De Fontana 700 072 France Unknown Philharmonique De Vienne* - Requiem Vienne* (LP, Mono, RE) 700 072 Mozart* - Karl Mozart* - Karl Böhm - 700 072 Fontana France 1969 WGY Böhm Requiem (LP, Album) WGY Mozart* - Karl Mozart* - Karl Böhm - 420 772-2 Philips 420 772-2 Germany Unknown Böhm Requiem (CD) 700 072 Mozart* - Karl Mozart* - Karl Böhm - 700 072 Fontana Italy 1969 WGY Böhm Requiem (LP, Album) WGY Related Music albums to Requiem In D Minor K 626 by W. A. Mozart Mozart, Jascha Horenstein - Requiem In D Minor, K.626 Giuseppe Verdi, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan - Messa Da Requiem Mozart - Sherrill Milnes, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Teresa Żylis-Gara, Edith MAthis, Peter Schreier, Walter Berry, John Macurdy, Dale Düsing, Wiener Philharmoniker - Karl Böhm - Don Giovanni Wolfgang A. Mozart, New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos - Requiem In D Minor Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Irmgard Seefried · Gertrude Pitzinger · Richard Holm · Kim Borg · Chor Der Wiener Staatsoper · Wiener Symphoniker · Eugen Jochum - Requiem KV 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Karl Böhm, Wiener Philharmoniker - Requiem Beethoven - Karl Böhm, Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor - Symphony No. 9 In D Minor, Op. 125 Mozart, Maria Stader, Hertha Toepper, John Van Kesteren, Karl-Christian Kohn, Der Münchener Bach-Chor, Das Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter - Requiem Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Mozart-Requiem KV 626 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dunedin Consort, John Butt - Requiem in D minor, K. 626, reconstruction of first performance.
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