Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Choral Music / Wolak, Wit, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 31, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS, JOHANNES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Wolak, Wit
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 31, 2012
    • UPC
      747313269471
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572694
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Ave Maria, Op. 12

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    2. Begrabnisgesang, Op. 13

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    3. Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Performer: Ewa Wolak

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    4. Schicksalslied, Op. 54

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    5. Nanie, Op. 82

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit

    6. Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

      Conductor: Antoni Wit


Brahms’s first connection with choral music came in 1857, and his first appointment in Vienna, in 1863, was to conduct the Singakademie. He premièred A German Requiem in the city and wrote widely for choral forces, taking a variety of poetic source material. Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Hymn) evinces a great feeling of solemnity, whilst Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) is an urgent, volatile work. Nänie was written as a lament for the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, and the Alto Rhapsody has remained one of the greatest works for contralto in the repertoire.