Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Choral Music / Wolak, Wit, Warsaw Philharmonic Choir

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Brahms’s first connection with choral music came in 1857, and his first appointment in Vienna, in 1863, was to conduct the Singakademie. He premièred A...

Brahms’s first connection with choral music came in 1857, and his first appointment in Vienna, in 1863, was to conduct the Singakademie. He premièred A German Requiem in the city and wrote widely for choral forces, taking a variety of poetic source material. Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Hymn) evinces a great feeling of solemnity, whilst Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) is an urgent, volatile work. Nänie was written as a lament for the death of the painter Anselm Feuerbach, and the Alto Rhapsody has remained one of the greatest works for contralto in the repertoire.



Product Description:

  • Release Date: January 31, 2012


  • UPC: 747313269471


  • Catalog Number: 8572694


  • Label: Naxos


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Composer: Johannes Brahms


  • Conductor: Antoni Wit


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra


  • Performer: Ewa Wolak



Works:

  1. Song of Destiny, Op. 54

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Antoni Wit


  2. Gesang der Parzen, Op. 89

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Antoni Wit


  3. Begräbnisgesang, Op. 13

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Antoni Wit


  4. Ave Maria, Op. 12

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Antoni Wit


  5. Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Performer: Ewa Wolak (Mezzo Soprano)

    Conductor: Antoni Wit


  6. Nänie, Op. 82

    Composer: Johannes Brahms

    Ensemble: Warsaw Philharmonic Chorus, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra

    Conductor: Antoni Wit