Brahms: German Requiem; Schutz / Fuge, Brook, Gardiner

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Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem is presented along pieces by Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) which might have inspired its composition, giving the listener a new insight into the composer’s mind and music making. Deeply moving, profound, and powerful, the Requiem is central to our understanding of Brahms’ compositional personality and inner spiritual life. Behind its dramatic gestures and 19th century grandeur, it reveals Brahms’ obsessions with folk-songs and the music of the past. The libretto, assembled by Brahms himself based on the Lutheran Bible, makes it a definitive personal statement of his position in matters of religion. The booklet includes a note by composer Hugh Wood, explaining how the pieces relate to each other and giving a moving account of Brahms as a composer and as a man.



Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: SDG 706


  • UPC: 843183070626


  • Label: Soli Deo Gloria


  • Composer: Heinrich Schütz, Johannes Brahms


  • Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique


  • Performer: Katharine Fuge, Matthew Brook



Works:


  1. Selig sind die Toten

    Composer: Heinrich Schütz

    Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

    Performer: Matthew Brook (Baritone), Katharine Fuge (Soprano)

    Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


  2. Psalms of David, Op. 2: Wie lieblich sind, SWV 29

    Composer: Heinrich Schütz

    Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

    Performer: Matthew Brook (Baritone), Katharine Fuge (Soprano)

    Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


  3. German Requiem, Op. 45

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

    Performer: Matthew Brook (Baritone), Katharine Fuge (Soprano)

    Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner