This recording offers a glimpse into how audiences during Brahms's lifetime would have experienced this music in private salons or homes.
Without the dense layers of a full orchestra, the piano four-hands version highlights the architectural brilliance and intricate counterpoint of Brahms's writing.
This performance by the acclaimed piano duo and Christian Köhn presents Johannes Brahms’s masterpiece, Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), in a uniquely intimate light.