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Brahms - German Requiem | RCA - Red Seal 88697720662

Brahms - German Requiem

Label: RCA - Red Seal

Cat No: 88697720662

Barcode: 0886977206627

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 1st November 2010

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Contents

Artists

Genia Kuhmeier (soprano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Works

Brahms, Johannes

Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), op.45

Artists

Genia Kuhmeier (soprano)
Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Nikolaus Harnoncourt

About

Something new is always to be expected whenever Nikolaus Harnoncourt turns his attention to an important piece of music. In recent years he has been giving audiences a fresh view on some of the masterpieces of Romantic and late-Romantic music.

His account of Brahms’ German Requiem is based on a thorough study of the composer’s ideas on how it should be performed. His is a sensitive interpretation that takes a completely new approach to the work. Technically and artistically, the new disc is a perfect record of the concert given in Vienna in December 2007, which was greeted enthusiastically by music press and audiences alike.

A high-profile line-up comprises the Arnold Schoenberg Choir, whose connection with Harnoncourt goes back more than thirty years, and the Vienna Philharmonic, one of the world’s greatest orchestras. The two solo vocal parts are ideally cast with soprano Genia Kühmeier and internationally-renowned baritone Thomas Hampson.

In 2009 Harnoncourt was honoured with the much-deserved Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award.

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