André Previn's first recording for LSO Live features an extraordinary reading of Brahms's choral masterpiece. The London Symphony Chorus are mesmerising and the soloists on superb form as Previn crafts a performance that blends to perfection the work's mixture of serenity and blazing intensity.

Composer Brahms
Conductor André Previn
Performers London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra
Soloists Harolyn Blackwell, David Wilson-Johnson

Ein deutsches Requiem
1. I. "Selig sind die la Lied tragen"
2. II. "Denn alles fleisch"
3. III. "Herr, lehre doch mich"
4. IV. "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen"
5. V. "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit"
6. VI. "Denn wir haben hier keine bleibende Statt"
7. VII. "Selig sind die Toten"

Release date 7 September 2002
LSO0005 | 0822231100522

Digital booklet in English / Notes de programme en français / Einführungstexte auf Deutsch

Producer James Maillinson
Engineers Tony Faulkner
Recorded June 2000 in the Barbican Hall, London

MP3 - 320kbps - Universal compatibility