Since you are interested in Symphony No 4 in E minor / Geistliches Lied / Fest-und Gedenkspruche / etc, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 [German Requiem] (with works by Schutz) Katharine Fuge (soprano), Matthew Brook (bass) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 20/May/2012 ] "You know you're in safe hands with the Monteverdis and the pitch-perfect top A at 2'04''...absolutely confirms it...a minutely considered, dramatic and, in places, aptly disturbing performance." (Gramophone Editor's Choice May 2012) |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: German Requiem [Ein deutsches Requiem] Charlotte Margiono (soprano) / Rodney Gilfrey (baritone) / Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips / Decca Originals / CD - released 10/Feb/2010 ] "Gardiner's 'revolutionary' account of the German Requiem brings a range of choral sound even more thrilling than in the concert hall." Rosette (Highest Award) Penguin Stereo Guide |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
Brahms: Symphony No 2 in D Major / Alto Rhapsody Nahalie Stutzmann (alto) / Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] "Orchestre Romantique et Révolutionnaire's sound is vivid and clear. Nathalie Stutzmann's "Alto Rhapsody" is tenderly shaped, depthless, elegant…this is an arresting and impressive performance." The Independent on Sunday |
BRAHMS
Brahms: Choral Works (Incls Liebeslieder-Walzer, op.52) Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner [ Philips Originals / CD - released 15/Apr/2006 ] "Gardiner captures the quintessentially Viennese flavour ... the choir produces some direct and richly expressive singing, with every individual phrase shaped with immense care and sensitivity." Gramophone |
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Symphony No 1 in C minor / Schicksalslied, Op. 54 Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 1/Oct/2008 ] "Gardiner give us a fresh new look into an old symphonic workhorse while in the process all sounds new as if it was the first time we heard it. In this aspect Gardiner's realization is superlative and demands a listening." (AudAud.com) |
BRAHMS
Symphony No 3 in F major / Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, Op. 82 / Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89/ etc Monteverdi Choir / Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique / John Eliot Gardiner [ Soli Deo Gloria / CD - released 10/Oct/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - Soli Deo Gloria is proud to release the third instalment in the successful Brahms Symphony series which sees John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique explore the music of Johannes... |