This page lists all recordings of Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (A German Requiem), by Johannes Brahms (1833-97) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock. |
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Brahms: | Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 |
Twyla Robinson (soprano) & Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Spano Johannes Brahms wrote Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45, following the deaths of his mother and Robert Schumann, his mentor. Although Brahms based his Requiem on scriptural passages, beginning and ending the work with a blessing “Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted” (Matthew 5:4), he didn’t write it as a religious piece concerning itself with the souls of the departed, but as a cantata whose message is of comfort, acceptance, peace, and serenity for those left behind. | 
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Christiane Oelze & Gerald Finley La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe 'Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction.' - Stereophile |
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Gundula Janowitz, José van Dam Wiener Singverein, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan |
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Dorothea Röschmann (soprano) & Thomas Quasthoff (baritone) Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin, Simon Rattle A major benchmark work of the choral tradition of which a significant new recording has not appeared for some years, this release is highly attractive to all markets and has the potential to become the definitive modern interpretation of this wonderfully powerful and moving work. “The manifold blessings of having probably the world's greatest symphony orchestra as one's hometown band include the recurring phenomenon of having almost excessively familiar works sound ever fresh and new. With our superlative Philharmonic that happened most recently October 26 with the German Requiem of Johannes Brahms conducted by Sir Simon Rattle … The prolonged hush from Berlin's sophisticated audience following the dying fall of the final notes in Berlin's Philharmonie spoke for itself.”
Paul Moor, Musical America, October 2006  BBC Music Magazine
Disc of the month - April 2007 |
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Gundula Janowitz, Eberhard Wächter Wiener Singverein
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Charlotte Margiono, Rodney Gilfry Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Harolyn Blackwell (soprano), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, André Previn | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Diapason d'Or & FFFF. de Télérama Awards
Great Choral singing, glorious solo work, an orchestra on magnificent form and a conductor who understands this music innately - James Jolly, Gramophone 1000th issue | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Gerald Finley & Christiane Oelze Champs Elysees Orchestra and Collegium Vocale, Philippe Herreweghe | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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