Album: Paavo Jarvi, Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem (Virgin Classics)

Andy Gill
Friday 08 April 2011 00:00 BST
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Following his brilliant interpretation of Beethoven's 9th, Järvi turns his attention to another German musical milestone, Brahms' most imposing work.

The deliberate omission of a specifically Christian message lends the piece a universality denied to some requiems, which Järvi, the Swedish Radio Choir and Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra tap with a performance of compassion and sensitivity. Natalie Dessay's soprano aria in the fifth movement adds lightness and spiritual aspiration between Ludovic Tézier's more sombre baritone solos, and rather than a big, declamatory climax, the serene conclusion finds the piece effectively evaporating into the ether.

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