Credits:

Brahms (1833-1897)

Description:

The ethereal harmonies of Brahms sung by Germany's best choirThe Berlin Radio Choir, Germany's most successful mixed choir. Numerous record awards ─ among them three Grammy Awards and many Classical Echo Awards. The choir has also proven its international quality in many ways as an indispensable choir for performing with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. The latest recording by this renowned chorus under the direction of its current principal conductor, Hayes Lehners, is a collection of Brahms' choral works. Brahms became conductor of the Zink Academy in Vienna in 1863, and while premiering several Bach cantatas and his own "German Requiem," he also took advantage of the choral material and composed some wonderful choral works. The severe yet beautiful "Ode to Fate," based on a poem by Helderlin, is not performed in an orchestral version, but in a rare two-piano version. The "Song of Remembrance," written in memory of the painter Feuerbach, is full of sadness, but it is also beautiful music filled with tenderness and a ray of hope.All of the works recorded here are Brahms' finest choral works, and the Berlin Radio Choir sings them wonderfully, as Brahms intended. Sony Music

Tracklisting:

1.Schicksalslied Op. 54 fur gemischten Chor und Orchester~I. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll
2.Schicksalslied Op. 54 fur gemischten Chor und Orchester~II. Allegro
3.Schicksalslied Op. 54 fur gemischten Chor und Orchester~III. Adagio
4.Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen Op. 74, Nr. 1, Motette fur gemischten Chor a cappella~I. Warum
5.Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen Op. 74, Nr. 1, Motette fur gemischten Chor a cappella~II. Lasset uns unser Herz
6.Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen Op. 74, Nr. 1, Motette fur gemischten Chor a cappella~III. Siehe, wir preisen selig
7.Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen Op. 74, Nr. 1, Motette fur gemischten Chor a cappella~IV. Mit Fried und Freud
8.Nanie Op. 82 fur gemischten Chor und Orchester
9.Drei Gesange Op. 42 fur sechsstimmigen Chor a cappella~I. Abendstandchen
10.Drei Gesange Op. 42 fur sechsstimmigen Chor a cappella~II. Vineta
11.Drei Gesange Op. 42 fur sechsstimmigen Chor a cappella~III. Darthulas Grabesgesang
12.Es tont ein voller Harfenklang Op. 17, Nr. 1 aus "Vier Gesange fur Frauenchor" fur dreistimmigen Frauenchor, Horn und Harfe
13.Geistliches Lied Op. 30 fur gemischten Chor und Streichorchester