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Label:
  EMI (Japan) - http://www.emimusic.jp/
Serial:
  TOGE-12043
Title:
  Brahms: A German Requiem - Klemperer
Description:
  Brahms: A German Requiem

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus
Otto Klemperer (conductor)
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Genre:
  Classical
Content:
  Stereo
Media:
  Hybrid
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Review by mwgfrg December 26, 2011 (8 of 8 found this review helpful)
Performance:   Sonics:
Like the Klemperer recording of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, this is one of the great recordings in the EMI catalogue. Unlike the Beethoven performance, however, you could legitimately argue that this performance is just a bit too much of a good thing, a bit too stately and maybe even ponderous. I love it, but I can see how not everyone would. Unlike the Beethoven, however, I don't see how the solo performances could get any better. I have both the Great Recordings of the Century and Japanese HQCD RBCDs, and the original English Columbia LPs as well. To my ears, this is the best transfer of all.

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Johannes Brahms - Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45