soli deo gloria
Gardiner’s Brahms cycle continues BRAHMS Symphony No.3, Choral Works
The Monteverdi Choir Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique John Eliot Gardiner Soli Deo Gloria • SDG 704
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Soli Deo Gloria is proud to release the third installment in their successful Brahms Symphony series featuring John Eliot Gardiner and his Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. The recordings from this series are drawn from Gardiner’s two-year Brahms and his Antecedents project which not only celebrated Brahms the composer, but traced the roots from which Brahms drew his creative inspiration. No other composer of the 19th century had such a close and informed relationship to music of the past and for this reason, great choral works by composers as varied as Bach, Schütz and Mendelssohn are performed alongside Brahms’ compositions. This album features Brahms’ grand, heroic third symphony alongside choral works including his setting of Schiller’s dirge Nänie and Goethe’s dramatic ballad Gesang der Parzen.
“Gardiner’s Brahms will appeal to those who want performance to spring from intellectual curiosity and musicological investigation.” — AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
Also available September 2009
Brahms: Symphony No.1
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Soli Deo Gloria • SDG 702 (843183070220)
“This is a recording of powerful drama, firmly directed and with a truly spectacular sonic palette.”
— INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW
Brahms: Symphony No.2
Soli Deo Gloria • SDG 703 (843183070220)
“Makes you listen to the music with fresh ears.” — CLASSICSTODAY