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Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Karajan)
Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 (Karajan) Jet Audio Rip | APE Tracks, no cue, no cover | 1CD, 284 MB - WinRAR, 3 parts RS.com | Classical | Deutsche Grammophon, Release: 1991
A German Requiem, To Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift op. 45) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language.
Brahms's mother died in February 1865, a loss that painfully grieved him and that may well have inspired Ein deutsches Requiem. Brahms's lingering feelings over Robert Schumann's death in July 1856 may also have been a motivation, though his reticence about such matters makes this uncertain.
By the end of April 1865, Brahms had completed the first, second, and fourth movements. The second movement used some previously abandoned musical material written in 1854, the year of Schumann's mental collapse and attempted suicide, and of Brahms's move to Düsseldorf to assist Clara Schumann and her young children.
Brahms completed all but what is now the fifth movement by August 1866. Johann Herbeck conducted the first three movements in Vienna on December 1, 1867. This partial premiere went poorly due to a misunderstanding in the timpanist's score. Sections marked as pf were played as f or ff, essentially drowning out the rest of the ensemble in the fugal section of the third movement. The first performance of all 6 movements premiered in the Bremen cathedral six months later on Good Friday, April 10, 1868, with Brahms conducting and Julius Stockhausen as the baritone soloist. The performance was a great success and marked a turning point in his career.
Brahms added the fifth movement in May 1868. It was first sung in Zürich on September 12, 1868 by Ida Suter-Weber, with Friedrich Hegar conducting the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich. The final, seven-movement version of A German Requiem was premiered in Leipzig on February 18, 1869 with Carl Reinecke conducting the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Chorus, and soloists Emilie Bellingrath-Wagner and Franz Krükl.
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Ein deutsches Requiem, Op.45
1 - 1. Chor: "Selig sind, die da Leid tragen" [11:17]
2 - 2. Chor: "Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras" [15:06]
Rudolf Scholz, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Helmut Froschauer, Herbert von Karajan
3 - 3. Solo (Bariton) und Chor: "Herr, lehre doch mich" [11:05]
José van Dam, Rudolf Scholz, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker, Helmut Froschauer, Herbert von Karajan
