Herreweghe - Ein Deutsches Requiem
Classical | APE, CUE | 1 Cd, Covers, booklet in PDF | 244 MB | Label: HM GOLD
Date REC: 9 June 1996, l'Auditorium, Igor Stravinsky de Montreux
Classical | APE, CUE | 1 Cd, Covers, booklet in PDF | 244 MB | Label: HM GOLD
Date REC: 9 June 1996, l'Auditorium, Igor Stravinsky de Montreux
Herreweghe and his French orchestra are practised in the classical era genre with recordings of Beethoven (Missa Solemnis, Symphony 9), Bruckner (symphonies 4 and 7) and Schumann (the symphonies and two of the concertos). Here recorded naturalistically in a massive acoustic Herreweghe and his forces approach the Brahms Requiem reverentially without ever becoming stolid or becalmed into stasis. One movement I played time after time was Denn alles fleisch - it strikes the mot juste in tempo, in confiding tenderness and in rhetorical flourish. In the Wie lieblich movement the quality of the singing links to Brahms volkslieder in its sincerity and innocence. This is deeply moving music-making. Texts and translations are provided in sensible typography and format.
Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
Ein deutsches requiem
Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Gerald Finley (baritone)
La Chapelle Royale; Collegium Vocale Gent
Orchestre des Champs Élysées/Philippe Herreweghe
List Tracks
01 - Selig sind, die da Leid tragen
02 - Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras
03 - Herr, lehre doch mich, das ein Ende mit mir haben mus
04 - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth
05 - Ihr habt nur Traurigkeit
06 - Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt
07 - Selig sind die Toten, die in dem Herren sterben