Brahms & Schumann: Ein Menschliches Requiem / Michiels, Spinette, Wegener, Oliemans, Van Reyn, Vlaams Radiokoor

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Evil Penguin
Release Date
March 25, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann
    • PERFORMER
      Vlaams Radiokoor, Thomas Oliemans, Sarah Wegener
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 25, 2022
    • UPC
      608917723328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      EPRC 0046
    • LABEL
      Evil Penguin
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical

Brahms wanted to write music that would offer some support: hope for those near him, comfort for the living; and not with a somber funeral march. Initially, he gave his composition the title Ein menschliches Requiem (A Human Requiem). The monumental composition for orchestra and choir that the retitled Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) became lies far from that intimate beginning. But Brahms did not forget his initial plan: he even transcribed a version for piano 4 hands, soloists and choir: transparent, intimate, colorful and, most importantly, very personal. In search of the man who was Brahms, we weave some childhood memories of his good friend Schumann in between the movements of the Requiem: his Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood).