Late Romantics in Central Europe # 2

This selection is less various than volume #1, being entirely devoted to the choral works. Some are classics; others are not, like the a-cappella pieces of Josef Rheinberger (which I liked more than his organ pieces) and Richard Strauss. My bi-generational program this time is extended by the presence of the old Liszt.


Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Mass op.109
Drei geistliche Gesänge op.69
Vier sechsstimmige Motetten op.133
Oster-Hymne op.134

Phoenix Bach Choir, Kansans City Chorale
Charles Bruffy
Chandos CHSA 5055 (2007)
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Max Reger (1873-1916)
Requiem on a poem by Hebbel op. 144b
Latin Requiem op. 145a (opening movement)
Dies irae o.op. (fragmentary movement)

Yoko Kawahara, Marga Höffgen, Hans-Dieter Bader, Nikolaus Hillebrand, Chor des NDR
Radio-Sinfonieorchester des NDR
Roland Bader
Koch 3-1771-2 (1988)
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ein deutsches Requiem

Angela Maria Blasi, Bryn Terfel
Symphonieorchester und Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Colin Davis
BMG 09026 60868 2 (1993)
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Geistliches Lied
Fest- und Gedenksprüche
Symphony No. 4 in E minor
Beethoven: Overture Coriolan
Gabrieli: Sanctus and Benedictus a 12
Schutz: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich
Bach: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich, BWV 150

Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique
The Monteverdi Choir
John Eliot Gardiner
SDG 705 (2010)
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Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Drei Gesänge, op.42
Vier Gesänge, op.17
Sieben Lieder, op.62
Fünf Gesänge, op.104
In stiller Nacht

RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed
Harmonia Mundi HMC 901592 (1996)
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Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904)
Requiem
Pilar Lorengar, Erzsébet Komlóssy, Robert Ilosfalvy, Tom Krause
Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra
István Kertész

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967)
Psalmus hungaricus
Hymn of Zrinyi*
Lajos Kozma tenor, Brighton Festival Chorus, Wandsworth School Boy's Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, István Kertész
*Benjamin Luxon baritone, Brighton Festival Chorus, László Heltay

Decca 421 810-2 (1989). Recorded 1968, 1970, 1977
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Via Crucis

Nederlands Kamerkoor
Reinbert De Leeuw piano and conductor

Philips 416 649-2 (1986)
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Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Christus. Oratorio

Veronika Kincses, Klára Takács, János B. Nagy, Sándor Sólyom-Nagy, László Polgár, Hungarian Radio and Television Chorus
Hungarian State Orchestra
Antal Doráti
Hungaroton HCD 12831-33 (2001). Recorded 1986
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Deutsche Motette op. 62
Traumlicht op. 123 no. 2
Zwei Gesänge op. 134: Der Abend, Hymne

Latvian Radio Choir, Accentus
Laurence Equilbey
Naïve V5194 (2009)
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Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
Te Deum
Psalm 150
10 Motets*

Maria Stader, Sieglinede Wagner, Ernst Haefliger, Peter Lagger
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Berliner Philharmoniker
*Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Deutsche Grammophon 457 743-2 (1999). Recorded 1966-1971
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Anton Bruckner (1824-1896)
The three Masses

(No. 1) Edith Mathis, Marga Schiml, Wiesław Ochman, Karl Ridderbusch
(No. 3) Maria, Stader Claudia Hellmann, Erns Haefliger, Kim Borg
Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eugen Jochum
Deutsche Grammophon 447 409-2 (1995). Recorded 1962-1972
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