Album: Paavo Jarvi, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (Virgin Classics)
reviewed by Andy Gill
April 8, 2011
Following his brilliant interpretation of Beethoven's 9th, Järvi turns his attention to another German musical milestone, Brahms' most imposing work.
The deliberate omission of a specifically Christian message lends the piece a universality denied to some requiems, which Järvi, the Swedish Radio Choir and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra tap with a performance of compassion and sensitivity. Natalie Dessay's soprano aria in the fifth movement adds lightness and spiritual aspiration between Ludovic Tézier's more sombre baritone solos, and rather than a big, declamatory climax, the serene conclusion finds the piece effectively evaporating into the ether.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/classical/reviews/album-paavo-jarvi-brahms-ein-deutsches-requiem-virgin-classics-2265181.html
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