Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

it's a performance of great warmth, dignity and impressive power. Much of the visual interest is provided by the batonless Christian Thielemann, using his eyes and large, eloquent hands, almost... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 27th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: 703308
Label: C Major

BBC Music Magazine

February 2011

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Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45

Christine Schäfer (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (baritone)
Münchner Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann

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Christian Thielemann has crafted a performance that places him among the best interpreters of this work, such as Maazel, Furtwängler, Karajan, Klemperer...

Christian Thielemann is the most gifted German conductor.” Financial Times

“Under Christian Thielemann´s guidance, the Munich Philharmonic sounds terrific.” New York Times

Running Time 83 minutes

Picture 16:9, colour

Sound PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1

Packaging NTSC: Amaray 1 DVD

Booklet English, German, French

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February 2011

it's a performance of great warmth, dignity and impressive power. Much of the visual interest is provided by the batonless Christian Thielemann, using his eyes and large, eloquent hands, almost literally shaping the music into a truly impressive edifice...[His] tempos are stately but never drag...and he has infused his performers with passion.

July 2015

tempi are as expansive as you might expect, but Thielemann is too experienced a master of sustaining a line to let solemnity drag into torpor. He has at his disposal superbly drilled, well-modulated, semi-professional radio choirs...Most fascinating to me is Christine Schafer, who in voice and even appearance becomes a Karajan soprano of the late '60s/early '70s.

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