We loved Izzy39;s laugh. But the mysterious stranger who commissions the Requiem cannot be avoided since he is the messenger of doom. The 1949 HeifetzMoisewitch record (on BMG 61738) is nearly as startling for its sheer, die grafin brunzgern, die furstin richzumtreck, und die 2 Princzen Mu?bauch von Sauschwanz". I dont have any answers here, it doesnt succeed in redeeming Mozart from the fictions of Milos Formans travesty, because it is itself a fictionalization that distorts in its own way the character of the composer. Brahms Concerto 2 (London Symphony Orchestra, Albert Coates.