Triumph Over Adversity
Donald Macleod introduces works which came to fruition in the years following the death of Brahms's mother.
The death of Brahms's mother provided the stimulus for him to complete a work he'd begun a decade before - a setting of the Requiem. It proved to be a turning point in his career; it was the first large-scale work he brought to fruition and went on to be an enormous success. During the summer following his mother's death, Brahms produced a trio for piano, violin and horn, which contains a touching elegy for his mother. Donald Macleod introduces extracts from these contrasting works, as well as a selection of songs published shortly after the premiere of the Requiem, including his famous Lullaby, and a charming vocal quartet all about the Viennese craze for dancing.
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Johannes Brahms
Liebeslieder Walzer op.52 no.1: Rede, Mädchen, allzu liebes
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Karl Engel (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- Deutsche Grammophon: 423 1332.
- 1.
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Johannes Brahms
Three Quartets Op.31: Wechsellied zum Tanze
Performers: Edith Mathis (soprano) Brigitte Fassbaender (alto) Peter Schreier (tenor) Karl Engel (piano) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
- Deutsche Grammophon: DG 4778253.
- 21.
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Johannes Brahms
German Requiem: - 2nd mvt:- Denn alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras
Performers: Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique Conductor, John Eliot Gardiner
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Johannes Brahms
Sonntag (op.47 no.3)
Performers: Ann Sofie Von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- DG 429 727-2.
- 21.
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Johannes Brahms
Von ewiger Liebe (op.43 no.1)
Performers: Ann Sofie Von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- DG 429 727-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Wiegenlied (op.49 no.4)
Performers: Ann Sofie Von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- DG 429 727-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio - first movement
Performers: Stephen Stirling (horn) Members of the Florestan Trio: Anthony Marwood (violin) Susan Tomes (piano)
- Hyperion CDA67251/2.
- 5.
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Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody
Performers: Anna Larsson (alto) Danish national Choir Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Gerd Albrecht
- chandos: Chan10215.
- 2.
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Johannes Brahms
Wiegenlied (op.49 no.4)
Performers: Ann Sofie Von Otter (mezzo soprano) Bengt Forsberg (piano)
- DG 429 727-2.
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Johannes Brahms
Horn Trio - first movement
Performers: Stephen Stirling (horn) Members of the Florestan Trio: Anthony Marwood (violin) Susan Tomes (piano)
- Hyperion CDA67251/2.
- 5.
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Johannes Brahms
Alto Rhapsody
Performers: Anna Larsson (alto) Danish national Choir Danish National Symphony Orchestra Conductor Gerd Albrecht
- chandos: Chan10215.
- 2.
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