Immerse yourself in the profound and intimate world of Johannes Brahms with "Brahms: Vineta," a captivating collection of songs that explore the themes of love and mortality. Released on June 18, 2021, by Farao Classics, this album features a rich tapestry of classical compositions that showcase Brahms' mastery of the genre. With a duration of 1 hour and 32 minutes, this album is a journey through the depths of human experience, beautifully rendered by a stellar ensemble of performers.
The album boasts a diverse range of genres, including classical piano, chamber music, and orchestral works, each piece meticulously crafted to evoke a sense of nostalgia, longing, and reflection. The tracklist is a treasure trove of Brahms' most poignant compositions, featuring works such as "Ballade H-Dur, op. 10 Nr. 4," "Vineta, op. 42 Nr. 2," and "In der Fremde, op. 3 Nr. 5," among others. Each song is a testament to Brahms' ability to capture the essence of human emotion through his music.
Performers such as Enoch zu Guttenberg and the Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern bring these timeless pieces to life, their performances imbued with a deep understanding of Brahms' musical language. The album is a celebration of Brahms' enduring legacy, offering a glimpse into the composer's genius and his ability to connect with audiences on a profound level. Whether you are a seasoned classical music enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, "Brahms: Vineta" is an album that will resonate with you, inviting you to explore the depths of Brahms' musical world.
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Tracks
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): 4. Ballade H-Dur, op. 10 Nr. 4Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Vineta, op. 42 Nr. 2 [Wilhelm Müller]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Versunken, op. 86 Nr. 5 [Felix Schumann]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): In der Fremde, op. 3 Nr. 5 [Joseph von Eichendorff]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Ein Wanderer, op. 106 Nr. 5 [C. Reinhold]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Märznacht, op. 44 Nr. 12 [Ludwig Uhland]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): 1. Intermezzo h-moll, op. 119Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Das Mädchen, op. 93a Nr. 2 [Serbisch; Siegfried Kapper]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Erlaube mir, WoO 35 Nr. 17 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Vor dem Fenster, op. 14 Nr. 1 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Dort in den Weiden, WoO 35 Nr. 22 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Ständchen, op. 106 Nr. 1 [Franz Kugler]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Wechsellied zum Tanz, op. 31 Nr. 1 [J. W. Von Goethe]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Feldeinsamkeit, op. 86 Nr. 2 [Hermann Almers]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): 1. Intermezzo Es-Dur, op. 117Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): O schöne Nacht, op. 92 Nr. 1 [Ungarisch; Georg Friedrich Daumer]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): In Waldeseinsamkeit, op. 85 Nr. 6 [Carl Lemcke]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): An die Nachtigall, op. 46 Nr. 4 [Ludwig Hölty]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Nachtwache, op. 104 Nr. 2 [Friedrich Rückert]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Trennung, op. 14 Nr. 5 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Tambourliedchen, op. 69 Nr. 5 [Karl Candidus]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Marschieren, op. 41 Nr. 4 [Carl Lemcke]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Da unten im Tale, WoO 35 Nr. 19 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Altdeutsches Kampflied, WoO 35 Nr. 26 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Schnitter Tod, WoO 34 Nr. 13 [Volkslied]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): 1. Ballade d-moll "Edward-Ballade", op. 10 Nr. 1Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Nächtens, op. 112 Nr. 2 [Franz Kugler]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Klage, op. 69 Nr. 2 [Slowakisch; Josef Wenzig]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Die Braut, op. 44 Nr. 11 [Wilhelm Müller]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Liebestreu, op. 3 Nr. 1 [Robert Reinick]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Treue Liebe, op. 7 Nr. 1 [Eduard Ferrand]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Und gehst du über den Kirchhof, op. 44 Nr. 10 [Paul Heyse]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Lieder vom Lieben und Sterben (Songs of Loving and Dying): Auf dem Kirchhofe, op. 105 Nr. 4 [Detlev von Liliencron]Johannes Brahms, Anna Korondi, Klaus Mertens, Mihoko Fujimura, Tom Allen, Gitti Pirner, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg
Johannes Brahms, a titan of the Romantic period, was a German composer, pianist, and conductor whose music continues to captivate audiences worldwide. Born in Hamburg in 1833, Brahms' early life was marked by modest beginnings, yet his prodigious talent quickly became evident. His compositions, which span symphonies, concertos, chamber music, piano works, and choral pieces, are celebrated for their rhythmic vitality and expressive contrapuntal textures. Brahms' ability to blend emotional depth with structural precision is unparalleled, earning him a place among the "Three B's" of classical music, alongside Bach and Beethoven. His works, such as the Academic Festival Overture and the German Requiem, showcase his mastery of rhythm, movement, and orchestration. Brahms' influence on the Romantic movement is immense, and his legacy endures as one of the most significant composers of the nineteenth century.