Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 video file 1 hr., 21 min., 13 sec.)
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sound, color
Uniform Title:
Deutsches Requiem
Content:
"Rather than a German Requiem, I should have called it a 'human requiem'." Brahms's words reveal much about the universal character of his celebrated work. The Wiener Philharmoniker under the baton of the great Herbert von Karajan presents a performance of appropriate subtlety and timelessness. Brahms's Requiem is different from the traditional mass for the dead in numerous ways: the words are in German and not in Latin, and the texts--drawn from Martin Luther's German translation of the Bible--emphasize life's peaceful conclusion rather than making entreaties on behalf of deceased souls facing the Final Judgement. An incredibly hopeful Requiem whose all-inclusive message resonates through to the present day
Note:
Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 /
Language:
English