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

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SDG
Release Date
March 27, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BRAHMS SCHUTZ
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire Et Romantique
    • PERFORMER
      Gardiner, Fuge, Brook
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2012
    • UPC
      843183070626
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SDG 706
    • LABEL
      SDG
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral - Sacred
    Works ⌄

    1. Psalmen Davids samt etlichen Moteten und Concerten, Op. 2, SWV 22-47: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, SWV 29, "Psalm 84"

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

      Performer: Edmund Connolly

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    2. Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 369-397: No. 23. Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben, SWV 391

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    3. I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    4. II. Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    5. III. Herr, lehre doch mich

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    6. IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    7. V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Performer: Katherine Fuge

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    8. VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Performer: Matthew Brook

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    9. VII. Selig sind die Toten

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

      Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner


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.