This is one of the greatest performances of Mozart Requiem in all recording history. As usual, this is a live recording of Celibidache. As you know, Celibidache was hated the "recorded music". He believed that, the music should be performed only in a concert hall and the audience, listeners should live that for one time, when the music playing in hall! But, if that performance was not recorded, we cannot listen that marvellous ocassion, anymore! 　　The tempos are incredible and very slow. Especially, in the first "Requiem aeternam" section, the tempo is Zen-like, and the Münich Philharmonic and Münich Chorus performed excellent. When you listen it, believe me, you can weep... And somewhere the tension ups, like in Dies irae movement. May be the tempi are slowly (not fast, tempestous as in Harnoncourt or Marriner versions) but Celibidache's ensemble played it very furious. So you can feel, "the Day of Judgement". The soloists are amazing. They sung very impressive, especially in Recordare. And I will not say about "Lacrymosa" movement. You know already that how it is pathetic...