Various - Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem

This reissue is a moving experience in itself, and not only for returning to the catalogue a superlative recording of Brahms�s masterpiece, not the best known at the time of its release in 1991, but also for the exceptional soloists, majestically accompanied by Hickox and his LSO and Chorus. Gramophone praised the �fine soloists�, especially the �resonance and ease� of the bass baritone, David Wilson-Johnson. The review also acclaimed the �sheer generosity of style and sound� as well as the choir and orchestra, �excellent and wellbalanced, both in themselves and with each other�. Overall, the �Hickox gives a remarkably satisfying performance�. Despite its large-scale conception, Brahms�s Requiem remains the product of a very private world, the personal communication of the philosophy of one man, �such a great soul � and yet he doesn�t believe in anything�, as Dvo?�k once remarked.