Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427; Exultate, jubilate, K. 165; Ave verum corpus, K. 618
Leonard Bernstein's performance of this Mass is the finest available. Proof comes from a very unexpected source. A major French classical music magazine conducted a blind listening test of every available performance of this Mass--and this recording was the unanimous choice of the jury. No one was more surprised than they were, but one minute of this blazing performance confirms that they were right. A superb disc.--David Hurwitz