BRAHMS: Deutsches Requiem (Ein)

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
August 4, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS, JOHANNES
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Lott, Wilson-Johnson, Hickox
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 04, 2017
    • UPC
      095115194522
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10945 X
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    2. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras (Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    3. Herr, lehre doch mich (Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    4. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    5. Ihr habt nun Taurigkeit (Soprano, Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Felicity Lott

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    6. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (Baritone, Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: David Wilson-Johnson

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    7. Selig sind die Toten (Chorus)

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Richard Hickox


This reissue is a moving experience in itself, and not only for returning to the catalogue a superlative recording of Brahms's masterpiece, not the best known at the time of its release in 1991, but also for the exceptional soloists, majestically accompanied by Hickox and his LSO and Chorus. Gramophone praised the ''fine soloists'', especially the ''resonance and ease'' of the bass-baritone, David Wilson-Johnson. The review also acclaimed the ''sheer generosity of style and sound'' as well as the choir and orchestra, ''excellent and well-balanced, both in themselves and with each other''. Overall, the ''Hickox gives a remarkably satisfying performance''. Despite its large-scale conception, Brahms's Requiem remains the product of a very private world, the personal communication of the philosophy of one man, ''such a great soul - and yet he doesn't believe in anything'', as Dvorak once remarked.