Scoring: Soli SB, Coro SATB, Pic, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Tb, 3 Timp, Arpa, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, [Org, Cfg]

Since its first complete performance in 1869 in Leipzig, Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem (German Requiem) is, without question, one of the key works in the history of the oratorio. The reputation of the work is based not only on its unusually concentrated musical structure, but also on the original conception of the text: Brahms assembled important passages from both t...