A German Requiem discography

List of recordings of Johannes Brahms' A German Requiem, Op. 45 (1868).

Recordings[]

Year	Conductor	Chorus, orchestra	Soprano, baritone	Label	Notes
1947	Herbert von Karajan	Vienna Philharmonic	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter	EMI
1948	Robert Shaw	RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra	Eleanor Steber James Pease	RCA Victor	First recording of the work in the USA
1948	Wilhelm Furtwängler	Stockholm Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra	Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind Bernhard Sönnerstedt	various	Recorded live
1954	Bruno Walter	Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic	Irmgard Seefried George London	CBS
1955	Fritz Lehmann	Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin Philharmonic	Maria Stader Otto Wiener	Deutsche Grammophon
1955	Rudolf Kempe	Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale Berlin Philharmonic	Elisabeth Grümmer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	EMI	Recorded in Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem
1956	Otto Klemperer	Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester	Elisabeth Grümmer Hermann Prey	International Classical Artists	Recorded live released in 2011
1959	Carl Schuricht	Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra	Maria Stader Hermann Prey	Hänssler Classic	released in 2004
1964	Karl Richter	Orchestre National de France	Evelyn Lear Thomas Stewart	EMI	Recorded live on 8 April 1964 in Paris released in 2007
1978	Georg Solti	Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Kiri Te Kanawa Bernd Weikl	Decca	1979 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
1978	Carlo Maria Giulini	, London Philharmonic Orchestra	Ileana Cotrubas Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	BBC Legends	Recorded live, 26 August 1978.
1981	Sergiu Celibidache	Munich Philharmonic	Arleen Augér	EMI	Recorded live released 1999
1983	Robert Shaw	Atlanta Symphony Chorus and Orchestra	Arleen Augér Richard Stilwell	Telarc	Released 1 September 1984, second release 25 October 1990
1983	James Levine	Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Kathleen Battle Håkan Hagegård	RCA	1984 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
1984	Klaus Tennstedt	London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra	Jessye Norman Jorma Hynninen	EMI Classics	Issued 1996; re-issued by Brilliant Classics
1987	Carlo Maria Giulini	Vienna Philharmonic	Barbara Bonney Andreas Schmidt	Deutsche Grammophon	Recorded live released 1988
1990	John Eliot Gardiner	Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique	Charlotte Margiono Rodney Gilfry	Philips	Period instruments re-released 2010 Decca
1991	Roger Norrington	, London Classical Players	Lynne Dawson Olaf Bär	EMI Classics	Period instruments re-released 1999 Virgin
1992	Claudio Abbado	Swedish Radio Choir, , Berlin Philharmonic	Cheryl Studer Andreas Schmidt	Deutsche Grammophon	Recorded live released 1993
1995	Herbert Blomstedt	San Francisco Symphony	Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Wolfgang Holzmair	Deutsche Grammophon	1995 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
1999	Craig Jessop	Mormon Tabernacle Choir Utah Symphony	Janice Chandler Nathan Gunn	Telarc	New English Adaptation by Robert Shaw
2003	Gerd Albrecht	Danish National Symphony Orchestra		Chandos Records
2006	Simon Rattle	Rundfunk Chor Berlin Berlin Philharmonic	Dorothea Röschmann Thomas Quasthoff	EMI Classics	Recorded in concert, released in 2007, in 2008 winner of the 50th Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
2010	Karl-Friedrich Beringer	Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin		Sony

Additional entries listed alphabetically by conductor:

Sergiu Celibidache conducting the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Agnes Giebel, Hans Hotter. Reissued 2009 by Past Classics
Stephen Cleobury conducting the King's College Choir, using Brahms's 2-piano arrangement. Recorded in 2006 and released by EMI
Harry Christophers conducting The Sixteen, also using Brahms's 2-piano arrangement. Recorded in 2006 and released on Coro Records. Uses period instruments
Michel Corboz conducting the Ensemble vocal et instrumental de Lausanne, with Christa Goetze, soprano, and Werner Lechte, baritone (EMI; reissue Virgin Classics)
Karl Eliasberg conducting the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1960 and released in 2010 by Vista Vera
Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Lucerne Festival orchestra and chorus live in concert, with soloists Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Hans Hotter, also recorded in 1948. The recording is incomplete, however, and suffers from severe wow, surface noise, and overload distortion
Bernard Haitink conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Recorded in 1980 and released by Philips Records
Wolfgang Helbich Conductor, Bremer Domchor, Kammer-Sinfonie Bremen, Siri Thornhill, Klaus Mertens, MDG 2002
Philippe Herreweghe conducting the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées. Recorded live in 1996 and released in 1996 by Harmonia Mundi. Uses period instruments.
Craig Jessop conducting the Utah Symphony and Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Recorded February 1999 and released in October 1999 by Telarc. Recorded in English.
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Wiener Singverein, with soloists Gundula Janowitz and Eberhard Waechter. Recorded in 1964 and released on CD 2002 by Deutsche Grammophon
Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Wiener Singverein, with soloists Anna Tomowa-Sintow and José Van Dam. Recorded in 1976 and released on CD in 1988 by EMI
Herbert Kegel conducting the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Recorded in 1985 with soloists Mari Anne Häggander and Siegfried Lorenz. Released in 1987 by Capriccio
Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Recorded in 1961 and released on CD in 1999 by EMI Classics (re-released in 2010 as part of the EMI Masters series)
Rafael Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live in 1978 and released in 2002 by
Sir Gilbert Levine conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Munich Bach Choir. Recorded live in 2002 with Wolfgang Holzmair and Christiane Oelze
Lorin Maazel conducting the New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, with Ileana Cotrubaş, soprano, and Hermann Prey, baritone (Sony)
Kurt Masur conducting the New York Philharmonic. Recorded live in 1995 and released in 1995 by Teldec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus. Soloists Elizabeth Watts, soprano; Stéphane Degout, baritone. Recorded live 4 April 2009 at the Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall. Released by the LPO as LPO0045.
André Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in 1986 and released in 1992 by Teldec
Valentin Radu conducting the Ama Deus Ensemble Orchestra and Chorus. Recorded in concert 4 April 2010 and released by Lyrichord. Tatyana Galitskaya, soprano and Ed Bara, bass. "This disc and that of Klemperer with the Philharmonia Orchestra present two complementary (and complimentary) pictures of the Brahms Requiem. Both should be in everyone's collection..." Burton Rothleder, Fanfare Magazine, January/February 2011, p. 78.
Alexander Rahbari conducting the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Released on 2 December 1992 by Naxos with Miriam Gauci, soprano, Eduard Tumagian, baritone, Slovak Philharmonic Choir
Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Released in 1995 by Orfeo
Giuseppe Sinopoli conducting the Czech Philharmonic. Released in 1983 by Deutsche Grammophon with Lucia Popp, soprano, Wolfgang Brendel, baritone,
Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Twyla Robinson, soprano, and Mariusz Kwiecień, baritone. Recorded in 2007, released in 2008 on Telarc.
Eugene Ormandy conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra with Phyllis Curtin and Jerome Hines, in English. Recorded in 1963 on Columbia Records.
Erich Leinsdorf conducting the Boston Symphony with Montserrat Caballe and Sherill Milnes. Recorded in 1969 on RCA Victor Records.

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List of compositions
Orchestral works	Academic Festival Overture Serenades Symphony No. 1 in C minor Symphony No. 2 in D major Symphony No. 3 in F major Symphony No. 4 in E minor Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Concertante	Double Concerto Piano Concerto No. 1 Piano Concerto No. 2 Violin Concerto
Vocal works with orchestra	A German Requiem Alto Rhapsody Gesang der Parzen Nänie Rinaldo Schicksalslied Triumphlied
Chamber music	Cello Sonata No. 1 Cello Sonata No. 2 Clarinet Quintet Clarinet Sonatas Clarinet Trio Horn Trio Piano Quartet No. 1 Piano Quartet No. 2 Piano Quartet No. 3 Piano Quintet Piano Trio No. 1 Piano Trio No. 2 Piano Trio No. 3 String Quartet No. 3 String Quintet No. 1 String Quintet No. 2 String Sextet No. 1 String Sextet No. 2 Two String Quartets, Op. 51 Violin Sonata No. 1 Violin Sonata No. 2 Violin Sonata No. 3
Piano works	Ballades, Op. 10 Fantasies, Op. 116 Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 119 Hungarian Dances Piano Sonata No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 2 Piano Sonata No. 3 Rhapsodies, Op. 79 Six Pieces for Piano, Op. 118 Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 Three Intermezzi for piano, Op. 117 Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel Variations on a Theme of Paganini
Other compositions	Eleven Chorale Preludes Fest- und Gedenksprüche Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104 Fünf Lieder, Op. 105 Geistliches Lied Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52 Neue Liebeslieder Two Motets, Op. 74 Two Songs for Voice, Viola and Piano, Op. 91 Vier ernste Gesänge "Wiegenlied (Lullaby)", Op. 49, no. 4 Zigeunerlieder
Collaborations	F-A-E Sonata
Named for Brahms	1818 Brahms Brahms (crater) Brahms Inlet
Related articles	Brahms House (Baden-Baden) Brahms Museum (Hamburg) Brahms Museum, Mürzzuschlag Brahms guitar Brahms-Institut Brahms-Preis German Romanticism International Johannes Brahms Competition Musical cryptogram Three Bs
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