Brahms: Vier Ernste Gesange / Goerner, Eschenbach

Matthias Goerne (baritone) & Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

Brahms: Lieder und Gesänge (9), Op. 32 Sommerabend, Op. 85 No. 1 Mondenschein, Op. 85 No. 2 Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1 Es schauen die Blumen, Op. 96 No. 3 Meerfahrt, Op. 96 No. 4 Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121

Gramophone 2017 Solo Vocal Recording of the Year
Brahms wrote a vast number of lieder over a period of 40 years. The 200 or so he permitted to survive show just how important the genre was to his compositional process. The selection presented here illustrates the diversity of a corpus that features Heine (as with so many other composers), but also a wide variety of other poets whom he set to music with the same consummate skill as the ‘Four Serious Songs’ Op.121, the peak of his magnificent and highly individual output.

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