Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]
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Composer: Johannes BrahmsConductor: Otto Klemperer
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Performer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- A German Requiem Op.45: Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
- A German Requiem Op.45: Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
- A German Requiem Op.45: Herr, lehre doch mich
- A German Requiem Op.45: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
- A German Requiem Op.45: Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit
- A German Requiem Op.45: Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Stadt
- A German Requiem Op.45: Selig sind die Toten
Free Music Notes for Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]
Free Music Review: don't believe the haters
Hit: 5 Stars
If you own ten different recordings of this, you might find something to criticize. I own two - I'm still a fairly normal person - and this is the one I prefer. (The other is by Robert Shaw - and I think the orchestra is a little less powerful on that one. I plan to get more and compare them.)
Regardless of which recording you get, this will kick your butt. This is some of the very best classical music I know, especially the second track, which makes me want to believe in God just so I can beg for forgiveness.
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem] Poster
This account of the German Requiem really is one of the great recordings of the century. Even today, Otto Klemperer's monumental interpretation with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, recorded in 1961, remains unmatched among readings that emphasize the spirituality of the score. Sober and sustained, but not unduly slow, it places Brahms on the continuum of German sacred music going back through Beethoven to Handel, Bach, and Sch?tz. Drawing committed playing and singing from his forces, Klemperer opens the door to the beauties of the music without fuss or fanfare. Both soloists are exemplary: Schwarzkopf's expressive portamento now sounds a bit dated in style, but her singing is characterful, while Fischer-Dieskau is a paragon of restrained expressiveness. The singing of the Philharmonia Chorus is especially beautiful. EMI has done a superior job of remastering the original recording. Balances and tone quality are quite fine, and the spacious Kingsway Hall ambience conveys with lifelike immediacy. Compared with previous CD incarnations, there is new depth to the image and better resolution of detail--the weight of the organ can really be felt, as can the timpani strokes in "Denn alles fleisch es ist wie gras," and one finds greater presence and definition in the chorus and considerably more richness of tone in the orchestra. There is still some distortion in the climactic moments; for example, what sounds like tape saturation frizzes a couple of the big Beethovenian choral proclamations at the end of "Denn alles fleisch es ist wie gras." Such things are but a small blemish on what is an absolutely ravishing restoration of one of the most valuable recordings of the stereo era. --Ted LibbeyClassical Music CDs
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