A German Requiem discography

This is a non-exhaustive list of recordings of Johannes Brahms' A German Requiem (Ein deutsches Requiem), Op. 45 (1868). The primary table features recordings of the standard version with full orchestra. Additional recordings that use either the two-piano and timpani version by Brahms himself or arrangements by other composers are provided in list format below the main table.

Recordings

Year	Conductor	Chorus, orchestra	Soprano, baritone	Label	Notes
1943	Arturo Toscanini	Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony Orchestra	Vivien Della Chiesa Herbert Jansssen	Naxos 8.110839, historical CD reissue	sung in English
1947	Herbert von Karajan	Choral Society of the Friends of Music, Vienna, Vienna Philharmonic	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter	EMI
1947	Wilhelm Furtwängler	Lucerne Festival Choir, Lucerne Festival Orchestra	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter	Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS 6674	live performance
1948	Robert Shaw	RCA Victor Chorale and Orchestra	Eleanor Steber James Pease	RCA Victor	first commercial recording of the work in the USA
1948	Wilhelm Furtwängler	Musikalista Sällskapet Kör, Stockholm Konsertförenings Orkester	Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind Bernhard Sönnerstedt	Warner Classics (2018 issue)	recorded live at Konzerthuset, Stockholm
1954	Bruno Walter	Westminster Choir, New York Philharmonic	Irmgard Seefried George London	CBS
1955	Fritz Lehmann	Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin Philharmonic	Maria Stader Otto Wiener	Deutsche Grammophon
1955	Rudolf Kempe	Chor der St. Hedwigs-Kathedrale, Berlin Philharmonic	Elisabeth Grümmer Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	EMI	recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem
1956	Otto Klemperer	Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester	Elisabeth Grümmer Hermann Prey	International Classical Artists	recorded live
1959	Carl Schuricht	Stuttgart Vokalensemble, Hesse Radio Choir, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra	Maria Stader Hermann Prey	Hänssler Classic 93144
1960	Karl Eliasberg	Republican Russian Choir Cappella, USSR State Symphony Orchestra	Nadezhda Sukhovitsyna Leonid Petrov	Russian Compact Disc	released in 2010 by Vista Vera
1960	Sergiu Celibidache	Chorus of RAI Milano, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano della RAI	Agnes Giebel Hermann Prey	Archipel Records ARPCD0848	live radio recording from 19 February
1961	Otto Klemperer	Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra	Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	EMI
1961	Eugene Ormandy	Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Philadelphia Orchestra	Phyllis Curtin Jerome Hines	Columbia Records	sung in English
1964	Herbert von Karajan	Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic	Gundula Janowitz Eberhard Waechter	Deutsche Grammophon
1964	Karl Richter	Chorus of the RTF, Orchestre National de France	Evelyn Lear Thomas Stewart	EMI	recorded live on 8 April 1964 in Paris
1969	Erich Leinsdorf	New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra	Montserrat Caballe Sherill Milnes	RCA Victor
1976	Herbert von Karajan	Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic	Anna Tomowa-Sintow José van Dam	EMI
1977	Lorin Maazel	New Philharmonia Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra	Ileana Cotrubaş Hermann Prey	CBS
March 1978	Herbert von Karajan	Wiener Singverein, Berlin Philharmonic	Gundula Janowitz José van Dam	Deutsche Grammophon, cat. 072 235-1	filmed at the Salzburg Easter Festival
1978	Georg Solti	Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Kiri Te Kanawa Bernd Weikl	Decca	1979 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
1978	Carlo Maria Giulini	Edinburgh International Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra	Ileana Cotrubas Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	BBC Legends	recorded live, 26 August 1978
1978	Rafael Kubelik	Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra	Edith Mathis Wolfgang Brendel	Audite	recording of a concert on 29 September 1978
1980	Bernard Haitink	Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic	Gundula Janowitz Tom Krause	Philips Records
1981	Sergiu Celibidache	Munich Philharmonic Choir, Munich Bach Choir, Munich Philharmonic	Arleen Augér Franz Gerihsen	EMI	recorded live
1983	Robert Shaw	Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Arleen Augér Richard Stilwell	Telarc
1983	Giuseppe Sinopoli	Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Czech Philharmonic	Lucia Popp Wolfgang Brendel	Deutsche Grammophon
1983	James Levine	Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Kathleen Battle Håkan Hagegård	RCA	1984 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
May 1983	Herbert von Karajan	Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker	Barbara Hendricks José van Dam	Deutsche Grammophon
1983	János Ferencsik	Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra	Ilona Tokody István Gáti	Hungaroton
1984	Klaus Tennstedt	London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic	Jessye Norman Jorma Hynninen	EMI	issued 1996; re-issued by Brilliant Classics
1985	Herbert Kegel	Leipzig Radio Choir, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra	Mari Anne Häggander Siegfried Lorenz	Capriccio
May 1985	Herbert von Karajan	Wiener Singverein, Wiener Philharmoniker	Kathleen Battle José van Dam	Sony Classical SVD 53485	filmed in Vienna
1985	Wolfgang Sawallisch	BR Chor, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra	Margaret Price Thomas Allen	Orfeo CD 039101
1987	Carlo Maria Giulini	Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic	Barbara Bonney Andreas Schmidt	Deutsche Grammophon	recorded live
1990	John Eliot Gardiner	Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique	Charlotte Margiono Rodney Gilfry	Philips Classics	uses period instruments re-released in 2010 on Decca
1991	Richard Hickox	London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra	Felicity Lott David Wilson-Johnson	Chandos
1991	Roger Norrington	Schütz Choir of London, London Classical Players	Lynne Dawson Olaf Bär	EMI	uses period instruments re-released in 1999 on Virgin
1992	Claudio Abbado	Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Berlin Philharmonic	Cheryl Studer Andreas Schmidt	Deutsche Grammophon	recorded live
1992	Daniel Barenboim	Chicago Symphony Chorus, Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Janet Williams Thomas Hampson	Erato
1992	André Previn	Vienna State Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra	Margaret Price Samuel Ramey	Teldec
1992	Alexander Rahbari	Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra	Miriam Gauci Eduard Tumagian	Naxos
1995	Herbert Blomstedt	San Francisco Symphony Chorus ,San Francisco Symphony Orchestra	Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Wolfgang Holzmair	Decca	Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
1995	Kurt Masur	Westminster Symphonic Choir, New York Philharmonic	Sylvia McNair Håkan Hagegård	Teldec
1996	Philippe Herreweghe	La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées	Christiane Oelze Gerald Finley	Harmonia Mundi
1997	Cristian Mandeal	Cluj-Napoca State Philharmonic Choir, George & Enescu Bucharest Philharmonic Orchestra	Ramona Eremia Gheorghe Crăsnaru	Arte Nova LC 03480
1998	Frieder Bernius	Kammerchor Stuttgart, Klassiche Philharmonie Stuttgart	Julia Borchert Michael Volle	Carus
1999	Craig Jessop	Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony	Janice Chandler Nathan Gunn	Telarc	English-language version by Robert Shaw
2002	Wolfgang Helbich	Bremer Domchor, Kammer-Sinfonie Bremen	Siri Thornhill Klaus Mertens	MDG
2002	André Previn	London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra	Harolyn Blackwell David Wilson-Johnson	LSO Live (LSO 0005)
2003	Gerd Albrecht	Danish National Choir, Danish National Symphony Orchestra	Inger Dam-Jensen Bo Skovhus	Chandos
2004	Michel Corboz	Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne	Christa Goetze Werner Lechte	Virgin
2006	Simon Rattle	Rundfunk Chor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic	Dorothea Röschmann Thomas Quasthoff	EMI	recorded live; Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
2008	Robert Spano	Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra	Twyla Robinson Mariusz Kwiecień	Telarc
2010	Karl-Friedrich Beringer	Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin	Juliane Banse Stephan Genz	Sony
2010	Nikolaus Harnoncourt	Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique	Genia Kühmeier Thomas Hampson	RCA Red Seal, 88697 720662
2010	Marek Janowski	Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra	Camilla Tilling Detlef Roth	Pentatone PTC 5186361
2010	Yannick Nézet-Séguin	London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic	Elizabeth Watts Stéphane Degout	LPO 0045
2010	Valentin Radu	Ama Deus Ensemble	Tatyana Galitskaya Ed Bara	Lyrichord LYR CD 6014
2010	Christian Thielemann	Bavarian Radio Choir, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra	Christine Schäfer Christian Gerhaher	Unitel Munich / C Major 703308 (DVD)
2010	Valery Gergiev	Swedish Radio Choir, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra	Solveig Kringelborn Mariusz Kwiecień	BIS DVD 1750
2011	Hansjorg Albrecht	Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra	Ruth Ziesak Konrad Jarnot	Oehms OC 787
2011	Paavo Järvi	Swedish Radio Choir, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra	Natalie Dessay Ludovic Tézier	Erato 6286100
2012	Johannes Fritzsch	Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra	Nicole Car Teddy Tahu Rhodes	ABC Classics 4764811
2012	John Eliot Gardiner	Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique	Katharine Fuge Matthew Brook	Soli Dei Gloria SDG 706
2013	Marin Alsop	Leipzig MDR Radio Choir, MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra	Anna Lucia Richter Stephan Genz	Naxos 8.572996
2013	Philippe Herreweghe	Collegium Vocale Gent, Orchestre des Champs-Élysées	Ilse Eerens Andrew Foster-Williams	Chopin Institute NIFCDVD003 (DVD)
2014	Valery Gergiev	London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra	Sally Matthews Christopher Maltman	LSO Live (LSO 0748)
2014	Roderich Kreile	Dresdner Kreuzchor, Vocal Consort Dresden, Dresden Philharmonic	Sibylla Rubens Daniel Ochoa	Berlin Classics (0300569BC)
2014	Helmuth Rilling	Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart	Donna Brown Gilles Cachemaille	Hänssler Classic HAEN91102
2014	Antoni Wit	Warsaw Philharmonic Choir, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra	Christiane Libor Thomas E. Bauer	Naxos (NX 3061)
2015	Mariss Jansons	Netherlands Radio Choir, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra	Genia Kühmeier Gerald Finley	RCO Live RCO15003
2016	Jan Willem de Vriend	Rotterdam Symphony Chorus, Residentie Orchestra	Renate Arends Thomas Oliemans	Challenge Classics CC72738
2019	Daniel Harding	Swedish Radio Choir, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra	Christiane Karg Matthias Goerne	harmonia mundi (HMM902635)
2019	Daniel Reuss	Capella Amsterdam, Orchestra of the 18th Century	Carolyn Sampson André Morsch	Glossa, GCD 921126
2020	Ralf Otto	Bachchor Mainz, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern	Christina Gansch Matthias Winckhler	Naxos (8574273)
2020	Paavo Järvi	Latvian State Choir, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen	Valentina Farcas Matthias Goerne	C Major 753208 (DVD)
2023	Ricardo Casero	Orquesta Reino de Aragón, Coro Amici Musicae	Iwona Sobotka Isaac Galán	Halidon 8030615164035

Additional recordings

Two-piano and timpani version by Brahms ('London 1871' version)

• accentus Chamber Choir; Sandrine Piau (soprano); Stéphane Degout (baritone); Brigitte Engerer, Boris Berezovsky (pianists); Laurence Equilbey (conductor). Coro Records (2006)
• King's College Choir; Evgenia Rubinova (soprano); José Gallardo (baritone); Stephen Cleobury (conductor). EMI (2006)
• The Sixteen; Julie Cooper (soprano); Eamonn Dougan (baritone); Gary Cooper, Christopher Glynn (pianists); Harry Christophers (conductor). Coro Records (2006)
• Vasari Singers; Claire Seaton (soprano); Colin Campbell (baritone); Jeremy Filsell, Roderick Chadwick (pianists); Jeremy Backhouse (conductor). Guild GMCD7302 (2007)
• WDR Rundfunkchor Köln; Simone Nold (soprano), Kay Stiefermann (baritone), Ian Pace, Mark Knoop (piano), Peter Stracke (timpani); Rupert Huber (oonductor). Neos Classics NEOS30803 (2008)
• EuropaChorAkademie; Fionnuala McCarthy (soprano), Michael Volle (baritone), Jonathan Alder, Thorsten Kaldewei (pianists); Benjamin Heil (timpani); Joshard Daus (oonductor). Glor Classics GC09191 (2010)
• Rundfunkchor Berlin; Marlis Petersen (soprano), Konrad Jarnot (baritone); Philip Mayers, Philip Moll (pianists); Simon Halsey (conductor). Coviello COV41006 (2010)
• Maulbronner Kammerchor, Musica Sacra; Heidi Meier (soprano), Josef Wagner (baritone); GrauSchumacher Piano Duo; Jürgen Budday (conductor). K&K KuK105a (2012)
• Chorus Musicus Köln; Soile Isokoski (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (baritone); Andreas Grau, Gotz Schumacher (pianists); Christoph Spering (conductor). Naïve OP30140 (2012)
• Chorus sine nominee; Elena Copons (soprano), Adrian Eröd (baritone); Johanna Gröbner, Veronika Trisko (pianists); Johannes Hiemetsberger (conductor). Gramola 99014 (2014)
• Choir of King's College London; Mary Bevan (soprano), Marcus Farnsworth (baritone); James Bailieu, Richard Uttley (pianists); Joseph Fort (conductor). Delphian DCD34195 (2017; sung in English)
• Bella Voce; Michelle Areyzaga (soprano), Hugh Russell (baritone), Madeline Slettedahl, Craig Terry (pianists); Andrew Lewis (conductor). Naxos 8573952 (2019)
• Chorwerk Ruhr; Johanna Winkel (soprano), Krešimir Stražanac (baritone); Sebastian Breuing, Christoph Schnackertz (pianists); Florian Helgath (conductor). Coviello COV91905 (2019)
• Te Deum; Ida Nicolosi (soprano), Brian Ming Chu (baritone); Elisa Williams Bickers, Jan Kraybill (pianists); Matthew Christopher Shepard (conductor). Centaur CRC3647 (2019; sung in English)

Other arrangements

• Chamber ensemble arrangement by Iain Farrington: Yale Schola Cantorum; Natasha Schnur (soprano); Matt Sullivan (baritone); David Hill (conductor). Hyperion CDA68242 (2018)