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Mozart's Requiem in D minor from 1791 is considered to be one of the most important settings of the Latin mass for the dead, although it is the last work by the composer to be unfinished. Immediately after Mozart's premature death, his pupil Franz Xaver Süßmayr developed a completion that is still valued today because of its close proximity to the original and is performed regularly. The version presented by Howard Arman for the Bavarian Radio Choir is based on Mozart's traditional sources and on Süßmayr's additions; At several points, however, it comes to new insights, which are implemented with careful caution and humble respect for Mozart's great original. Following Mozart's Requiem, Neukomm's "Responsorium Libera me, Domine" is heard. And for musical, liturgical and chronological reasons the program begins with Mozart's "Vesperae solennes de Confessore" KV 339 of 1780. The psalms and the Magnificat of the Vesperae are liturgically framed by antiphons taken from the festive Vespers De Confessore Pontifici (in honor of an avowed bishop) of the Gregorian Liber usualis. The antiphons performed by the cantor are followed by organ intonations that Howard Arman created especially for this project. Disc 2 of this publication offers a comprehensive introduction to works by Markus Vanhoefer.