Mezzo-Soprano: Ann Murray
Tenor: Richard Lewis
Bass-Baritone: Michael Rippon
Choir: Amor Artis Chorus
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Johannes Somary
Date: 1975
Venue: Mormon Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Cat No.: 08 5010 71
Released: 1994
But enough negativism. The chorus is the bright spot, singing with spirit, firm attacks, and real excitement in the Dies Irae and elsewhere. The orchestra draws no complaints either. Somary leads a sturdy, straightforward performance that earns its place somewhere in the low-middle of the mounting pile of recorded Requiems. The sound is a bit faded at the edges, but unobjectionable. The version used is the traditional Süssmayr completion of Mozart’s unfinished work, as you might guess from a recording date that precedes the various (and variously indifferent) attempts by others to complete it.
— Dan Davis, Classics Today