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Stephan Genz: German Requiem - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

German Requiem

Artist:

Stephan Genz

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313299676

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2013-08-27

Number of Discs:

1

As featured at the 2013 London Proms on August 17th, Marin Alsop conducts Brahms's a German Requiem, which is almost certainly triggered by the death of his mother in 1865. It is of his greatest and most popular works, quite unlike any previous Requiem. With texts taken from Luther's translation of the Bible and an emphasis on comforting the living for their loss and on hope of the Resurrection, the work is deeply rooted in the tradition of Bach and Schuutz, but is vastly different in character from the Latin Requiem of Catholic tradition with it's evocation of the Day of Judgement and prayers for mercy on the souls of the dead.

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