Ein Menschliches Requiem - Vlaams Radiokoor - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Ein Menschliches Requiem is an album by Vlaams Radiokoor, released in 2022. The album is a classical CD.

Intimate & human version of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem for piano 4 hands, soloists and choir. In between the movements of the Requiem, Schumann's Kinderszenen. Soloists are Thomas Oliemans and Sarah Wegener.

Johannes Brahms is an icon. When you say Johannes, you know it refers to Brahms. The successor to Beethoven, the sober man who took seriousness very seriously, the chief protagonist of the classical tradition, an intimate friend of the Schumanns.

But how well do we really know Brahms? How close does he let us come to him through his music? In search of the man who was Brahms, through his Requiem and the music of his good friend Robert Schumann.

The death of his mother and his mentor Schumann, two people so close to him marked Brahms – but it also led to the creation of one of his finest works.

Bent over his writing desk, full of sorrow over his loss, Brahms wanted to write music that would nevertheless offer some support: hope for those near him, comfort for the living – and not with a sombre funeral march. Initially, he gave his composition the title Ein menschliches Requiem (A Human Requiem). The monumental composition for orchestra and choir that would become Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) lies far from that intimate beginning. But Brahms did not forget his initial plan: he even transcribed a version for piano 4 hands, soloists and choir: transparent, intimate, colourful and, most importantly, very personal.

In search of the man who was Brahms, we weave some childhood memories of his good friend Schumann in between the movements of the Requiem. In his Kinderszenen (Scenes from Childhood), Schumann in turn combined various short works that were close to his heart and through which he thought back, filled with nostalgia, to his own childhood.

Tracklist

1. Kinderszenen - Iv. Ein Bittendes Kind
2. Ein Deutsches Requiem - I. Selig Sind, Die Da Leid Tragen
3. Kinderszenen - Viii. Am Kamin
4. Ein Deutsches Requiem - Ii. Denn Alles Fleisch, Es Ist Wie G
5. Kinderszenen - Xii. Kind Im Einschlummern
6. Ein Deutsches Requiem - Iii. Herr, Lehre Doch Mich
7. Kinderszenen - Xiii. Der Dichter Spricht
8. Ein Deutsches Requiem - Iv. Wie Lieblich Sind Deine Wohnunge
9. Kinderszenen - X. Fast Zu Ernst
10. Ein Deutsches Requiem - V. Ihr Habt Nun Traurigkeit
11. Kinderszenen - I. von Fremden Ldndern Und Menschen
12. Ein Deutsches Requiem - Vi. Denn Wir Haben Hie Keine Bleiben
13. Kinderszenen - Vii. Traumerei
14. Ein Deutsches Requiem - Vii. Selig Sind Die Toten

Label: Evil Penguin | Origin: Holland

📌 Works By Johannes Brahms