Brahms: 5 Gesänge, Op. 104 Cappella Amsterdam & Daniel Reuss

• Johannes Brahms (1833 1897): Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104:
• 1 Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: I. Nachtwache I 02:36
• 2 Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: II. Nachtwache II 01:24
• 3 Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: III. Letztes Glück 02:15
• 4 Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: IV. Verlorene Jugend 02:03
• 5 Fünf Gesänge, Op. 104: V. Im Herbst 05:04
• Total Runtime 13:22

Info for Brahms: 5 Gesänge, Op. 104

The famous German Requiem should not be allowed to overshadow the wide variety of choral music Brahms wrote throughout his career. On this recording, Daniel Reuss and Cappella Amsterdam are our expert guides in a programme that takes in sacred a cappella motets by turns austere and resplendent, secular quartets with piano and songs for 6-part unaccompanied chorus.

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

"The reading as a whole is beautifuly shaped and articulated by conductor Daniel Reuss...[his] vibrato-lite sopranos make a significant mark, soaring rapturously in the idyllic first half of the setting of [Schicksalslied]...All told, this is an excellent collection of choral Brahms by a choir collectively tuned in to the idiom." (BBC Music Magazine)

"Cappella Amsterdam perform these works with immaculate poise and a wonderfully rich breadth of tone, magically captured by this warmly atmospheric recording. Daniel Reuss induces a sumptuous sound from his singers...The choral sound is never anything but immensely beautiful." (Gramophone)

"Reuss is a conductor who leads highly expressive performances that are free of mannerism. The collective tone of the choir, topped and tailed by pure sopranos and warm basses, is extremely attractive...The standard of the singing is wonderfully high throughout this disc, not only because of the technical excellence of these performers but also the sense of the lyrical lines and the expressive nuance brought to individual phrases…" (International Record Review)

Cappella Amsterdam
Daniel Reuss, conductor

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