COMPOSERS: Brahms
LABELS: Naxos
WORKS: Ein deutsches Requiem
PERFORMER: Grümmer, Fischer-Dieskau; Choir of St Hedwig’s Cathedral, Berlin/Kempe
CATALOGUE NO: 8.11342
Behind the hiss, the full wonder and weight of mortality is felt in this 1955 Berlin recording. Kempe creates a sense of awe-inspiring humanity, with Fischer-Dieskau and Grümmer incomparably moving soloists. Hilary Finch