in Choir & Organ (Jan, 2018)
The title Schicksalslied, inspired by Hölderlin’s poem, was Brahms’s most profound meditation on the tension between heavenly joy and earthly realities. The score opposes and combines the two states in an intensely dramatic way and the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir – who have been industry-standard for most of their long career – deliver the text with uncomplicated feeling. Nothing else on the set quite reaches the same standard of writing. Gesang der Parzen deals with a similar fate/freedom theme, but in a diminished way and the set rather peters out with the Liebeslieder-Walzer orchestrated from Brahms’s own opp. 52 and 65. A braver producer might have dispensed with the final 12 …
Brahms: Song Of Destiny, Works For Choir And Orchestra – Eric Ericson Chamber Choir
Schicksalslied op. 54 (für Chor und Orchester)
Gesang der Parzen op. 89 (für Chor und Orchester)
Nänie op. 82 (für Chor und Orchester)
Begräbnisgesang op. 13 (für Chor und Orchester)
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 Nr. 1-18 (Auszug)
Nr. 1 Rede Mädchen, allzu liebes
Nr. 2 Am Gesteine rauscht die Flut
Nr. 4 Wei des Abends schöne Röte
Nr. 6 Ein kleiner, hübscher Vogel nahm
Nr. 5 Die grüne Hopfenranke
Lieder op. 69 Nr. 1-9 (Auszug)
Nr. 9 Nagen am Herzen
Liebeslieder-Walzer op. 52 Nr. 1-18 (Auszug)
Nr. 11 Nein, es ist nicht auszukommen
Nr. 8 Wenn so lindt dein Auge mir
Nr. 9 Am Donaustrande
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Gavle Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
12,94€
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