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Is the German Requiem not the most wonderful thing you've ever heard?
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Re: Ein Deutches Requiem
Wed, March 24, 2004 - 3:14 PMI'd say that would be easily debatable in the affirmative! Yes, it is certainly one of the most wonderful compositions ever. Absolutely the best Reqiem ever made - mainly because Brahms used text with real personal human meaning. It is a piece of true consolation for our ineveitable demise.
My favorite recording is a Herbert von Karajan on EMI. Not the old one with Schwarzkoff, but one i think from the 70's. The third movement is especially amazing, with Jose Van Dam coming in . . . "Herr . . ." like he really is aware he's speaking to God, with total humility before the divine. And Karajan really broadens the music out - love it! -
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Re: Ein Deutches Requiem
Tue, June 22, 2004 - 8:19 PMYou mean the Karajan on Deutsche Grammophon? Yeah, that is great, but . . .
Believe it or not, Sir John Eliot Gardiner's is fantastic. I walked past it for years thinking "Ha -- stick to Bach, buddy" and then received it as a gift. It's really quite beautiful.
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Re: Ein Deutches Requiem
Wed, June 30, 2004 - 7:34 PMI'm embarrassed to admit this, but when i was in college the concert choir (which i was in) was on a tour of Canada. In Vancouver we got to see a performance of the German Requiem. Apparently i dozed off and when the person next to me woke me up he told me i was snoring. Can you imagine! Lame-o! -
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Re: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Fri, April 15, 2005 - 6:21 AMI sang this in college back in '94 in Claremont, CA. It's my favorite choral piece (though at times the sweetness of Puccini's mass seduces me).
I'd have to agree that the Gardiner recording is wonderful; the parts are really clear. The harmony in the a capella writing in the first movement really melts together; and the quasi fugue in the sixth movement is really energetic. Great stuff. -
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Re: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Thu, May 5, 2005 - 11:04 PMAs per music for piano four hands there is actually a version of the Requiem as well, though it can hardly compare to the choral work.
Interesting to listen to though and as stated in my other post, all discs in the set are wonderful.
The conductor at Orange Coast College in Orange County California, Richard Robb back in the late 70's early 80's use to perform it quite often and it was a highlight of my concert going each year I was able to attend. I believe he was a student of Bruno Walter so you can only imagine!
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Re: Ein Deutches Requiem
Fri, September 21, 2007 - 9:25 PMIt's one of my favorite pieces. My favorite performance is by John Eliot Gardiner conducting l'Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Monteverdi Choir.
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Re: Ein Deutches Requiem
Fri, October 5, 2007 - 11:00 PMBy the way . . .
The San Francisco Symphony is doing performances of it at the end of this season, MTT conducting. Four days, May 21st through the 24th. I'll be there.
