Artist: Cappella Amsterdam, Daniel Reuss
Album: Brahms: Choral Works
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:10:06
Total Tracks: 20
Total Size: 1,13 GB

Tracklist:

01. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – I. Warum ist das Licht gegeben. Langsam und ausdrucksvoll (05:17)
02. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – II. Lasset uns. Wenig bewegter (01:16)
03. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – III. Siehe, wir preisen. Langsam und sanft (02:47)
04. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – IV. Mit Fried und Freud. Choral (01:24)
05. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – Intermezzo, Op. 119/1 (04:04)
06. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – I. Nachtwache I (02:36)
07. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – II. Nachtwache II (01:24)
08. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – III. Letztes Glück (02:15)
09. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – IV. Verlorene Jugend (02:03)
10. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – V. Im Herbst (05:04)
11. Cappella Amsterdam, Philip Mayers, Angela Gassenhuber and Daniel Reuss – Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (mit Klavier zu vier Händen) (14:59)
12. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – I. Ich aber bin elend (03:20)
13. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – II. Ach, arme Welt (01:58)
14. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – III. Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein (03:38)
15. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – Drei Quartette, Op. 112/1: Sehnsucht (02:57)
16. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – Drei Quartette, Op. 92/3: Abendlied (02:37)
17. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – Drei Quartette, Op. 112/2: Nächtens (01:49)
18. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – I. Unsere Väter hofften auf dich (02:30)
19. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – II. Wenn ein starker Gewappneter (02:59)
20. Cappella Amsterdam and Daniel Reuss – III. Wo ist ein so herrlich Volk (05:00)

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Daniel Reuss and his Cappella Amsterdam are focussing on Brahms’ later choral works with this album. The famous German Requiem must not be allowed to overshadow the wide variety of choral music Brahms wrote throughout his career. Daniel Reuss and his Cappella Amsterdam are our expert guides in a programme that takes in sacred a cappella motets by turns austere (opp.74 and 110) and resplendent (op.109), secular quartets with piano (opp.92 and 112), and songs for six-part unaccompanied chorus (op.104).

The crowning glory is a dramatic masterpiece for chorus and four-hand piano, the Song of Destiny after Hölderlin.

The influence of renaissance composers, but above all Heinrich Schütz on Brahm’s style can be heard clearly on this recording. Apart from the by turns austere and resplendent motets, like the famous Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Muhseligen?, also secular works such as Schicksalslied in a version for choir and piano has been recorded, accompanied by Philip Mayers and Angela Gassenhuber. This cd lights out a lesser know side of Brahms with works that have the same quality as his famous symphonies.

The choir’s chief conductor and artistic leader Daniel Reuss about the recording: “It’s a dream to have been able to record these works, which I have already been performing for thirty years. With this recording we want to listener to experience Brahms’ strictness, as well as his warmth, in all simplicity.”