"Mozart's Requiem will never be finished, says French composer Pierre-Henri Dutron ... And, wisely, he makes no definitive claims for his work, which runs to two versions: Süssmayr Remade, which we get in this recording and in which Süssmayr's contributions are used as a basis for the reworking; and Mozart Extended (so far unrecorded), in which he strips out anything of Süssmayr's and composes new music of his own, so far as he can make it in Mozart's style ... In fact there are no massive surprises, and much of it sounds pretty much as we know it ... Jacob's conducting ... as ever he has plenty of ideas, and the lithe and alert playing of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and the firm singing of the RIAS Chamber Choir ensure that he is able to realise them with clarity and effective control of detail. He is thus a sympathetic interpreter of this probing but respectful version of the Requiem, one that sheds interesting emotional light on a piece that will never cease to fascinate".