Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Choir of St Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
The full weight and wonder of mortality is felt in this 1955 Berlin recording. Kempe creates a sense of awe-inspiring humanity
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Elisabeth Grümmer (soprano) & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Choir of St Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
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The full weight and wonder of mortality is felt in this 1955 Berlin recording. Kempe creates a sense of awe-inspiring humanity
About
On its first release, this 1955 recording was praised as “a worthy performance of the work and a well recorded one” by Gramophone, which also commented that “Elisabeth Grümmer sings her solo with beautiful tone and deep feeling” and “Fischer-Dieskau gives a[n] expressive and musical account of his part”.
The choir and orchestra perform with measures of equal conviction, subtlety and power.
Recognised as a ‘musician’s conductor’, Rudolf Kempe was an outstanding interpreter of the German classics, always obtaining beautifully lucid playing allied to clarity of rhythm and sensitive phrasing.
Contents and tracklist
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Elisabeth Grümmer
- Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berliner Philharmoniker
- Rudolf Kempe
Awards and reviews
July 2010
The full weight and wonder of mortality is felt in this 1955 Berlin recording. Kempe creates a sense of awe-inspiring humanity
