Is the Linn recording really that bad? Haven't DL'd it? Sound quality or performance bad?

as a recording it is done nicely but I don't like interpretation

Quote from: lumos on October 15, 2014, 06:31:34 PM

I recommend Karl Böhm's version. http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Requiem-Wolfgang-Amadeus/dp/B000001G5A also
Downloaded Linn's and it is awful, worst Linn recording ever done

Unless you can explain that in detail, it's going to be difficult to take anything else you say seriously.

This Linn recording is highly recommended, very well recorded too.

Well, so I finally pulled a trigger on this... Oh well.

The presentation is... a bit off. Very hard to get used to this since it is so different from 3 other ones I have. Vocals and positions of instruments are very weird compared to others.
Maybe it is refreshing to others who seek different interpretation.

It is fast. I dislike slower ones (older ones such as Karajan) so it is a plus.

Still, I think the one done by Sir Charles Mackerras is hard to top IMHO (it is also done by Linn Record. So the SQ is very clean as well.)

http://www.linnrecords.com/recording-sco-mozart-requiem.aspx

Finally tried the Dunedin Consort one above. It is kinda "off" or different. An interesting interpretation nevertheless. Pretty much everything vnmnkh said above. tuba mirum spargens sonum, wow, that guy sounded like an ex-heroin addict about to choke. Not my favorite rendition, but a solid recording.

The Mackerras is fucking unbelievably good. Really happy he keeps the tempo up. Probably the best one.

Thanks for the recommendations guys. 

The Mackerras is by far my favorite. Takes well to a remaster job due to the high dynamic range. The Dunedin is a much more compressed mastering.

Mackerras certainly had a special touch with Mozart's music.