Brahms: Secular Choral Songs Brahms: Gesänge (3) for six-part mixed choir, Op. 42 Gesänge (4), Op. 17 Lieder (7) for mixed choir, Op. 62 Gesänge (5) for mixed choir, Op. 104 In stiller Nacht, WoO 34 No. 8 Quartette (4), Op. 92 Quartette (3), Op. 31 Quartette (3), Op. 64 Quartette (6), Op. 112 Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103

Alain Planès (fortepiano) RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed

"The blend of voices is impeccable and the tone-quality perfectly lovely. They are sensitive to word and phrase, responding all as one to their conductor's shading and shaping. Without comparisons, their performances give pleasure enough for one to ask nothing further."

• Gramophone

"These are wonderful performances--well-blended, secure in intonation, full of light and shade."

• American Record Guide

"These beautifully-recorded performances are simply magnificent. The choir's sound is blended, sonorous, and crystal-clear, perfectly capturing the music's delicate balance between richness and austerity."

• Music Wire

"Creed and his thirty-five choristers have an especially sensitive feeling for the pacing, phrasing, color, and texture of these richly Romantic miniatures. Youthful clarity and agility of sound allow the choir to relate Brahms's deft musical narratives most engagingly. The choir's seamless smoothness and perfectly wrought dissonances in slower pieces...create performances not to be surpassed...This CD should find a place in every collection."

• The American Brahms Society Newsletter

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