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Here’s a remarkable recording showcasing a little known aspect of Brahms’ genius: his sacred choral music. As a choirmaster in Detmold, Hamburg and Vienna, he left behind an enormous amount of choral works, both sacred and secular. Composed based on extracts from Hölderlin’s famous epistolary novel Hyperion, the Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied) opens this splendid album with an atmosphere reminiscent of A German Requiem. The first two verses picked by Brahms invoke the carefree and peaceful world of Ancient Gods, while the third ends with a dramatic illustration of human destiny. This contrast is a recurring theme throughout Brahms’ literary choices, and makes up the backbone of this recording.
Conducted with great suppleness and inwardness by Gijs Leenaars, the works featured in this great album evoke Ancient Greece, a leitmotiv of German romanticism, as well as a form of angst towards life, with unanswered existential questions regarding suffering and pain inflicted by an all-powerful God. This programme alternates between works for a cappella choirs (the excellent Berlin Radio Choir showing an exceptional range of nuances) and others intended for orchestras (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin). © François Hudry/Qobuz
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Schicksalslied, op. 54 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Warum ist das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen, Op. 74 No. 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Schünemann, Engineer - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, AssociatedPerformer - Ekkehard Stoffregen, Recording Engineer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor - Julius Füg, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2019 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Drei Gesänge, Op. 42 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor
(P) 2019 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jens Schünemann, Engineer - Elsie Bedleem, Harp - Ekkehard Stoffregen, Recording Engineer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor - Julius Füg, Assistant Engineer - Antonio Adriani, Horn
(P) 2019 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rundfunkchor Berlin, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Eliot Gardiner, Adapter - Jens Schünemann, Engineer - Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, AssociatedPerformer - Ekkehard Stoffregen, Recording Engineer - Gijs Leenaars, Conductor - Julius Füg, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2019 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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Here’s a remarkable recording showcasing a little known aspect of Brahms’ genius: his sacred choral music. As a choirmaster in Detmold, Hamburg and Vienna, he left behind an enormous amount of choral works, both sacred and secular. Composed based on extracts from Hölderlin’s famous epistolary novel Hyperion, the Song of Destiny (Schicksalslied) opens this splendid album with an atmosphere reminiscent of A German Requiem. The first two verses picked by Brahms invoke the carefree and peaceful world of Ancient Gods, while the third ends with a dramatic illustration of human destiny. This contrast is a recurring theme throughout Brahms’ literary choices, and makes up the backbone of this recording.
Conducted with great suppleness and inwardness by Gijs Leenaars, the works featured in this great album evoke Ancient Greece, a leitmotiv of German romanticism, as well as a form of angst towards life, with unanswered existential questions regarding suffering and pain inflicted by an all-powerful God. This programme alternates between works for a cappella choirs (the excellent Berlin Radio Choir showing an exceptional range of nuances) and others intended for orchestras (Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin). © François Hudry/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:53
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Rundfunkchor Berlin
- Composer: Johannes Brahms
- Label: Sony Classical - Sony Music
- Area: Allemagne
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Romantic Music
(P) 2019 Deutschlandradio/Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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