Brahms: Music for Chorus and Orchestra

Wit, Antoni;
Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra;
Warsaw Philharmonic Choir;
Wolak, Ewa

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Brahms’s first connection with choral music came in 1857, and his first appointment in Vienna, in 1863, was to conduct the Singakademie. He premièred A German Requiem in the city and wrote widely for choral forces, taking a variety of poetic source material. Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Hymn) evinces a great feeling of solemnity, whilst Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) is an urgent, volatile work. Nänie was written as a lament for the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, and the Alto Rhapsody has remained one of the greatest works for contralto in the repertoire.

Works:

• Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
• Brahms: Ave Maria, Op. 12
• Brahms: Begräbnisgesang, Op. 13
• Brahms: Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op. 89
• Brahms: Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, für Chor und Orchester, Op. 82
• Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

16-01-2012

747313269471

ICMA 'Nominee' (2012)