Brahms Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) appears on several recordings, often as a filler alongside other works. We’ve picked out two recordings that you might want to consider.
John Eliot Gardiner recorded the Schicksalslied with the Monteverdi Choir and
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, in 2007. The disc features Brahms Symphony No.1, and Begräbnisgesang, as well as Mendelssohn’s Mitten wir im Leben sind.
…powerful accounts of the rarely heard Begräbnisgesang and the Schicksalslied, this is one of the most stimulating Brahms releases to have appeared in recent years.
BBC Music, November 2008
Conductor Philippe Herreweghe recording with the Champs-Élysées Orchestra and the Paris
Ghent Collegium Vocale was released in 2012. This disc, entitled ‘Brahms: works for chorus and orchestra’, also features the Alto Rhapsody, a motet movement Warum ist das Licht gegeben, the Begräbnisgesang, and the Gesang der Parzen.
This is one of the most impressive collections of Brahms’s shorter chorus-and-orchestra works that’s come my way for some time. It’s partly because of the particular combination of works…But it’s also the luminous transparency of the performances themselves that’s remarkable…All in all, on many levels, a deeply satisfying recording.
BBC Music, April 2012
