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A Majestic Live Performance of the Brahms Ein Deutsches RequiemEveryone who loves Brahms has a favorite recording of his uniquely beautiful and deeply moving Requiem and the competition among the varying performances is keen. For this listener, still committed to the old Klemperer, von Karajan, and Levine recordings (for varying reasons), this now Grammy award winning CD is in a class of its own. Part of the grandeur of the impact of this Requiem is the fact that it is a true capturing of a live performance, something that at times sacrifices perfect acoust…
UnderwhelmingI was prepared to like this Brahms Requiem but am clearly parting company with most previous reviewers. I found it very underwhelming: static and even stodgy, even though I don't much like the friskier approach espoused by the likes of John Eliot Gardiner. For me, this one never manages to progress beyond an over-reverential, all-purpose melancholy which fails to acknowledge those moments when Brahms' quiet, dignified expression of grief is transfigured by a grand and noble determination to outf…
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