Brahms: A German Requiem, Otto Klemperer

Brahms: A German Requiem - Schwarzkopf, Fischer-Dieskau, Klemperer, Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / EMI Audio CD Stereo / CDC 7 47238 2 UPC 077774723824 /// A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868. It comprises seven movements, which together last 65 to 80 minutes, making this work Brahms's longest composition. A German Requiem is sacred but non-liturgical, and unlike a long tradition of the Latin Requiem, A German Requiem, as its title states, is a Requiem in the German language. // Label: EMI – CDC 7 47238 2 Format: CD, Album, Compilation Country: Europe Genre: Classical Style: Romantic /// Tracklist: A German Requiem, Op. 45 1 Blessed Are They That Mourn 9:56 2 For All Flesh Is As Grass 14:28 3 Lord, Make Me to Know Mine End 9:50 4 How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place 5:44 5 Ye Now Have Sorrow 6:51 6 For Here We Have No Continuing City 11:43 7 Blessed Are the Dead 10:13 // Baritone Vocals – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Chorus – Philharmonia Chorus Chorus Master – Reinhold Schmid Composed By – Johannes Brahms Conductor – Otto Klemperer Engineer [Balance] – Douglas Larter Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra Producer – Walter Legge Soprano Vocals – Elisabeth Schwarzkopf