¡Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
¡Christiane Libor (Soprano), Thomas E. Bauer (Baritone), Antoni Wit (conductor), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
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[Machine Translation] Brahms ( 1833-1897 ) was born in Hamburg to a double bassist father. He showed a talent for the piano from an early age, and from the age of 10 he played the piano in restaurants and taverns to help support his family. Even as a young man, he was skeptical about his own works and discarded many of them. He had the idea for this "German Requiem" when he was 24 years old, but he never completed it and put it away for a long time. This was the trigger that finally led to the completion of the entire work. In 1867, two years before the premiere, only the three movements that had been completed were given a trial performance, but the audience's reaction was terrible, and even the tongue-in-cheek critic Hanslick wrote a sarcastic review. However, Brahms continued to compose, and after repeated trials, the complete work was finally premiered in 1869 by the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conducted by Reinecke, and the true value of the piece became known. As you know, the piece is grand and profound, with a German text and advanced counterpoint used here and there. Vito, who specializes in large pieces, plays the entire piece with exquisite baton.
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