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Johannes Brahms Schicksalslied

op. 54, 1871

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With the Schicksalslied, Brahms created a very personal interpretation on the theme of fate in a timeless piece of music that will not fail to impress in concert hall or church. The new edition is a modern Urtext edition of the score based on current editorial principles. It is based not only on the composer’s personal copy of the first edition as the primary source, but also on the engraving manuscript which was long thought to have been lost. Thus the composer’s handwritten corrections made in this manuscript could be incorporated in the new edition, as well as a revision in this bilingual edition of the English translation of Friedrich Hölderlin’s dramatic poem.

Thanks to an arrangement by R. Adrian (Carus 10.399/50), it is possible to perform the work in smaller settings.

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    Rainer Boss

    Den entscheidenden künstlerischen Durchbruch erzielte Brahms 1868 mit der Uraufführung des Deutschen Requiems op. 45 im Bremer Dom. Bereits 1863 hatte er sich mit der Kantate Rinaldo op. 50 (vollendet 1868) einer neuen Gattung zugewandt, die durch ihre großformatige Anlage und Besetzung von (Männer-)Chor und Orchester den Weg für seine Symphonik (1876–1885) ebnete. Der Requiem-Erfolg motivierte eine Reihe weiterer Chor-Orchesterwerke: Alt-Rhapsodie op. 53 (1869) für Männerchor; Schicksalslied op. 54 (1871) und Triumphlied op. 55 (1872) für gemischten Chor. Nänie op. 82 (1881) und Gesang der Parzen op. 89 (1882) folgten während der Zeit symphonischer Produktion. Ein Jahr vor seinem Tod (3. April 1897) schloss Brahms sein Schaffen mit den Vier ernsten Gesängen für eine Bass-Stimme mit Klavierbegleitung op. 121 1896 ab. 

    Mit diesem letzten Vokalwerk griff Brahms nochmals ein Sujet auf, das ihn bereits mehrfach bei der musikalischen Umsetzung von Textvorlagen beschäftigt hatte: die Wandlung zum Positiven, Hoffnungsvollen über

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  • Johannes Brahms' study of musical tradition was of crucial importance to his output: he combined church modes, canonic technique, Baroque style and diction, Bach's counterpoint and Beethoven's thematic-motivic work with the harmonic and expressive achievements of Romanticism to form his own distinctive style. In this respect his choral songs and vocal quartets (e.g. the “Liebeslieder Waltzes” and “New Liebeslieder Waltzes”), often to folk song texts, in which a musical microcosm unfolds, are examplary. His “Deutsches Requiem”, available from Carus in several different versions, constitutes one of the most fascinating confessions of faith in the history of music. Personal details

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Die Komposition ist ein typischer Brahms, mit einer Aufführungsdauer von etwa 16 Minuten eignet sie sich auch dafür, sein Deutsches Requiem, das nicht ganz abendfüllend ist, zu ergänzen, so dass sich auch dem Requiem wieder neu zuhören ließe.
Rainer Goede, FORUM KIRCHENMUSIK, September/Oktober 2015

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