Works for chorus and orchestra (Incls Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53)

"This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms's shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that's come my way for some time. It's partly because of the particular combination of works...But it's also the luminous transparency of the performances themselves that's remarkable...All in all, on many levels, a deeply satisfying recording." BBC Music Magazine Choral 7 Song Choice, April 2012 *****

"serene, handsomely blended performances." Financial Times, 31st March 2012 ***

"a superbly rich and eloquent example of Brahms's art at its most sublime...Herreweghe allows the music to evolve with a wonderful feeling of spaciousness in which Brahms's often intense musical textures are beautifully revealed...a performance which stands head and shoulders above much of the competition. It is very much the icing on a mouth-wateringly sumptuous cake of a disc." Gramophone Magazine, Editor's Choice May 2012

"Philippe Herreweghe's survey of Brahms' works for choir and orchestra is flooded with light...The silky portamenti of the strings is a testament to the refinement of the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées." The Independent, 5th February 2012

"To hear this music performed with the cool precision and shining transparency of Philippe Herreweghe's forces sends shivers down the spine." The Observer, 12th February 2012

"the Dutch conductor reveals that same understanding of, and interpretative sympathy for, Brahms's music that he brought to his Harmonia Mundi recording of A German Requiem...Hallenberg brings a rapt, mellow, consolatory warmth to the Alto Rhapsody, and Herreweghe taps the Song of Destiny for its potent, spiritual essence." The Telegraph, 24th February 2012 *****

"This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms's shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that's come my way for some time. It's partly because of the particular combination of works...But it's also the luminous transparency of the performances themselves that's remarkable...All in all, on many levels, a deeply satisfying recording."
BBC Music Magazine Awards 2013 Choral Finalist