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:
- "Selig sind die da Lied tragen", Chorus
- "Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras", Chorus
- "Herr, lehre doch mich", Baritone & Chorus / "Der gerechten Seelen sind in Gottes Hand", Fugue
- "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen", Chorus
- "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit", Soprano & Chorus
- "Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende statt", Chorus / "Herr, du bist wurdig", Fugue
- "Selig sind die Toten", Concluding Chorus
Music reviews of Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]
Music Review: Worth it for tracks 1,2 and 6
Rating: 5 Stars
Sound quality might be lacking, however the soul of the performance is what counts. There is a great feel to the opening track. Each time I hear it, it completely changes any mood I'm in. The orchestra and chorus breathes together, and Klemperer did a fine job on these tracks. If your not nuts about this, try Karajan's earlier recordings.
*It seems ridiculous that people will write reviews to argue like children with each other on this website.
Description of Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem [A German Requiem]
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 LibbeyBrahms, Johannes CDs
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