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Brahms: Requiem / Philippe Herreweghe, La Chapelle Royale

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-04-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale

Stereophile (USA)
Herreweghe's innate sense of Brahms's musical lines is evident everywhere as he sculpts this works. Herreweghe's combined choirs respond magnificently to his direction
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Mozart: Messe in C Minor / Herreweghe, Oelze, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Weir, Scot
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe
Ensemble: Champs-Élysées Orchestra

"Herreweghe offers the most gentle rendition of this work that I've ever heard...The soloists are uniformly fine, always within a conception that achieves its strongest...continue...