Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Chor & Antoni Wit
Album info
Album-Release:
2014
HRA-Release:
19.05.2014
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Artist: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra & Chor & Antoni Wit, Thomas E. Bauer, Christiane Libor & Antoni Wit
Composer: Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), Ein deutsches Requiem
- 1I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen12:13
- 2II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras14:55
- 3III. Herr, lehre doch mich10:11
- 4IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen05:29
- 5V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit07:28
- 6VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt12:30
- 7VII. Selig sind die Toten12:29
Info for Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
The longest work in Brahms’s entire oeuvre, A German Requiem was almost certainly triggered by the death of his mother, although it also seems likely that the tragic loss of his friend Robert Schumann, some years earlier, added to its depth and eloquence. Taking inspiration from Bach’s contrapuntal genius but avoiding overt religious tradition, Brahms chose the texts himself, placing an emphasis on an affirmation of life with the suggestion that he would gladly have substituted ‘human’ for ‘German’ in the title. This release joins Antoni Wit’s ‘richly satisfying’ (Gramophone) recording of Brahms Choral Music [8.572694].
Christiane Libor, soprano (on track 5)
Thomas E. Bauer, baritone (on tracks 3, 6)
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
Antoni Wit, conductor
Recorded at Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, Warsaw, Poland, from 27th to 29th August, 2012
Produced, engineered and edited by Andrzej Sasin and Aleksandra Nagórko
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