Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Choral Music

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JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody / Choral Music
Ewa Wolak (contralto) / Warsaw Philharmonic Choir & Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Antoni Wit

[ Naxos / CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 February 2012

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Brahms's first connection with choral music came in 1857, and his first appointment in Vienna, in 1863, was to conduct the Singakademie. He premièred A German Requiem in the city and wrote widely for choral forces, taking a variety of poetic source material. Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Hymn) evinces a great feeling of solemnity, whilst Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) is an urgent, volatile work. Nänie was written as a lament for the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, and the Alto Rhapsody has remained one of the greatest works for contralto in the repertoire.

Tracks:

Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Gesang der Parzen (Song of the Fates), Op. 89
Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, für Chor und Orchester, Op. 82
Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Begräbnisgesang, Op. 13
Ave Maria, Op. 12