Requiem in D minor

To this day mystery surrounds the circumstances under which Mozart was commissioned by a stranger to write a Requiem Mass. He died before its completion, only adding to the air of foreboding that the work so effectively evokes and reminding us of the fragility of our mortality.

Concert Reviews
'There is an intangible connection that occurs sometimes between the members of an orchestra and a particular conductor. That chemistry exists between the musicians of the LSO and Colin Davis. This association increasingly seems a legendary pairing, along the lines of Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic. Davis conveyed steadiness and solemnity to chilling effect. The slurring figures in the violins that accent the off beats were like sneaky little jabs in your gut. The soloists seemed as inspired by Davis's urgent conducting as the formidable chorus was'
New York Times

'Davis's approach to the Requiem...contained both tragic grandeur and high drama, with the Dies Irae pointing the way towards the theatrical vividness of some 19th-century settings, but nothing was remotely sentimental of self-pitying' The Guardian