# 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 | |
| 1948 | Wilhelm Furtwängler | Lucerne Festival Choir, Lucerne Festival Orchestra | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf Hans Hotter | Istituto Discografico Italiano IDIS6674 | 1947 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, 1948 |
| 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 Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem |
| 1956 | Otto Klemperer | Kölner Rundfunkchor, Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester | Elisabeth Grümmer Hermann Prey | International Classical Artists | Recorded live released in 2011 |
| 1959 | Carl Schuricht | Stuttgart Vokalensemble, Hesse Radio Choir, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra | Maria Stader Hermann Prey | Hänssler Classic 93144 | released in 2004 |
| 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 1960 |
| 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 released in 2007 |
| 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 | Columbia | |
| 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 | Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Edith Mathis Wolfgang Brendel | Audite | recording of live concert performance from 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 released 1999 |
| 1983 | Robert Shaw | Atlanta Symphony Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Arleen Augér Richard Stilwell | Telarc | Released 1 September 1984, second release 25 October 1990 |
| 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 |
| 1983 | Herbert von Karajan | Wiener Singverein, Vienna Philharmonic | Barbara Hendricks Wolfgang Brendel | Deutsche Grammophon | |
| 1983 | János Ferencsik | Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra | Ilona Tokody István Gáti | Hungaroton | |
| 1984 | Klaus Tennstedt | London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra | Jessye Norman Jorma Hynninen | EMI Classics | Issued 1996; re-issued by Brilliant Classics |
| 1985 | Herbert Kegel | Leipzig Radio Choir, Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra | Mari Anne Häggander Siegfried Lorenz | Capriccio | |
| 1985 | Wolfgang Sawallisch | Bavarian Radio Choir, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra | Margaret Price Thomas Allen | Orfeo (C039101) | |
| 1987 | Carlo Maria Giulini | Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic | Barbara Bonney Andreas Schmidt | Deutsche Grammophon | Recorded live released 1988 |
| 1990 | John Eliot Gardiner | Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique | Charlotte Margiono Rodney Gilfry | Philips | Period instruments re-released 2010 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 Classics | Period instruments re-released 1999 Virgin |
| 1992 | Claudio Abbado | Swedish Radio Choir, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir Berlin Philharmonic | Cheryl Studer Andreas Schmidt | Deutsche Grammophon | Recorded live released 1993 |
| 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 | Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz Wolfgang Holzmair | Decca Classics | 1995 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 | New English-language adaptation 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 Records | |
| 2004 | Michel Corboz | Ensemble vocal de Lausanne, Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne | Christa Goetze Werner Lechte | Virgin Classics | |
| 2006 | Simon Rattle | Rundfunk Chor Berlin, Berlin Philharmonic | Dorothea Röschmann Thomas Quasthoff | EMI Classics | Recorded in concert, released in 2007; 2008 winner of the 50th 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 (88697720662) | |
| 2010 | Marek Janowski | Berlin Radio Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Camilla Tilling Detlef Roth | Pentatone PTC5186361 | |
| 2010 | Yannick Nézet-Séguin | London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra | Elizabeth Watts Stéphane Degout | LPO LPO0045 | |
| 2010 | Valentin Radu | Ama Deus Ensemble | Tatyana Galitskaya Ed Bara | Lyrichord LYRCD6014 | |
| 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 BISDVD1750 (DVD) | |
| 2011 | Hansjorg Albrecht | Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra | Ruth Ziesak Konrad Jarnot | Oehms OC787 | |
| 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 ABC4764811 | |
| 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 (GCD921126) | |
| 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)
* Classical music