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.

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)

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 * Claudio Abbado conducting the Berlin Philharmonic (Germany) with the Swedish Radio Chorus, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Cheryl Studer (soprano), and Andreas Schmidt (bass-baritone). Recorded live in 1992 and released in 1993 by Deutsche Grammophon; a later DVD with Abbado/Berlin features Barbara Bonney singing soprano
 * Gerd Albrecht conducting the Danish National Orchestra. Released in 2003 by Chandos Records
 * Herbert Blomstedt conducting the San Francisco Symphony, with Elizabeth Norberg Scholz and Wolfgang Holzmair. Released in 1995 by London and winner of the 1995 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
 * Sergiu Celibidache conducting the Munich Philharmonic, Arleen Augér, Franz Gerihsen. Recorded live in 1981 and released in 1999 by EMI
 * Sergiu Celibidache conducting the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Agnes Giebel, Hans Hotter. Reissued 2009 by Past Classics
 * Stephen Cleobury conducting the King's College Choir, using Brahms's 2-piano arrangement. Recorded in 2006 and released by EMI
 * Harry Christophers conducting The Sixteen, also using Brahms's 2-piano arrangement. Recorded in 2006 and released on Coro Records. Uses period instruments
 * Michel Corboz conducting the Ensemble vocal et instrumental de Lausanne, with Christa Goetze, soprano, and Werner Lechte, baritone (EMI; reissue Virgin Classics)
 * Karl Eliasberg conducting the USSR State Symphony Orchestra, recorded in 1960 and released in 2010 by Vista Vera
 * Carlo Maria Giulini conducting the Vienna Philharmonic, with Barbara Bonney, soprano, and Andreas Schmidt, baritone (Deutsche Grammophon, 1988)
 * Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus live in concert, with soloists Kerstin Lindberg-Torlind, soprano and Bernhard Sönnerstedt, baritone, recorded in 1948, and released on various labels, most recently Music and Arts
 * Wilhelm Furtwängler conducting the Lucerne Festival orchestra and chorus live in concert, with soloists Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Hans Hotter, also recorded in 1948. The recording is incomplete, however, and suffers from severe wow, surface noise, and overload distortion
 * Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Recorded in 1990 and released by Philips in 1991. Uses period instruments. (Rereleased in 2010 by Decca Records.)
 * Bernard Haitink conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. Recorded in 1980 and released by Philips Records
 * Wolfgang Helbich Conductor, Bremer Domchor, Kammer-Sinfonie Bremen, Siri Thornhill, Klaus Mertens, MDG 2002
 * Philippe Herreweghe conducting the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées. Recorded live in 1996 and released in 1996 by Harmonia Mundi. Uses period instruments.
 * Craig Jessop conducting the Utah Symphony Orchestra & Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Recorded February 1999 and released in October 1999 by Telarc. Recorded in English
 * Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Wiener Singverein, with soloists Gundula Janowitz and Eberhard Waechter. Recorded in 1964 and released on CD 2002 by Deutsche Grammophon.
 * Herbert von Karajan conducting the Berlin Philharmonic an Wiener Singverein, with soloists Anna Tomowa-Sintow and José Van Dam. Recorded in 1976 and released on CD in 1988 by EMI
 * Rudolf Kempe conducting the Berlin Philharmonic and Choir of St. Hedwigs-Kathedral, with soloists Elisabeth Grümmer and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Recorded in 1955 at the Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem. Released on CD in 1993 by EMI
 * Herbert Kegel conducting the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir. Recorded in 1985 with soloists Mari Anne Häggander and Siegfried Lorenz. Released in 1987 by Capriccio.
 * Otto Klemperer conducting the Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester. Recorded live in 1956 and released in 2011 by International Classical Artists
 * Otto Klemperer conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, with soloists Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau. Recorded in 1961 and released on CD in 1998 by EMI Classics (re-released in 2010 as part of the EMI Masters series.)
 * Rafael Kubelík conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recorded live in 1978 and released in 2002 by Audite
 * Sir Gilbert Levine conducting the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Munich Bach Choir. Recorded live in 2002 with Wolfgang Holzmair and Christiane Oelze
 * James Levine conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus. Recorded in 1983 by RCA. Kathleen Battle, soprano, and Håkan Hagegård, baritone. Winner of the 1984 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
 * Lorin Maazel conducting the New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, with Ileana Cotrubaș, soprano, and Hermann Prey, baritone (Sony)
 * Kurt Masur conducting the New York Philharmonic. Recorded live in 1995 and released in 1995 by Teldec
 * Roger Norrington conducting the London Classical Players and Schütz Choir of London, with Lynne Dawson and Olaf Bär. Recorded in 1991 and released on EMI Classics, re-released in 1999 by Virgin. Uses period instruments
 * André Previn conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Recorded in 1986 and released in 2002 by Apex
 * Valentin Radu conducting the Ama Deus Ensemble Orchestra and Chorus. Recorded in concert in 2010 and released by Lyrichord Discs. Tatyana Galitskaya, soprano and Ed Bara, bass. "This disc and that of Klemperer with the Philharmonia Orchestra present two complementary (and complimentary) pictures of the Brahms Requiem. Both should be in everyone's collection..." Burton Rothleder, Fanfare Magazine, Jan/Feb 2011, p. 78.
 * Alexander Rahbari conducting the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Released on 2 December 1992 by Naxos with Miriam Gauci, soprano, Eduard Tumagian, baritone, Slovak Philharmonic Choir
 * Sir Simon Rattle conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. Recorded in concert in 2006 and released in 2007 by EMI Classics. In 2008, winner of the 50th Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
 * Karl Richter conducting the Orchestre National de France. Recorded in concert on 8 April 1964 in Paris and released in 2007 by EMI Classics with Evelyn Lear (soprano) and Thomas Stewart (baritone)
 * Wolfgang Sawallisch conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Released in 1995 by Orfeo
 * Carl Schuricht conducting the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Recorded in 1959 and released in 2004 by Hänssler Classic
 * Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Arleen Auger, soprano, and Richard Stilwell, baritone. Recorded in 1990 and released in 1992 by Telarc
 * Robert Shaw conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, with Arleen Auger, soprano, and Richard Stilwell, baritone. Recorded in 1990 and released in 1992 by Telarc. Shaw has also recorded it sung in English by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
 * Sir Georg Solti conducting the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Chorus with Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano and Bernd Weikl, baritone. Recorded in 1978 by London/Decca. Winner of the 1979 Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
 * Klaus Tennstedt conducting the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, with Jessye Norman, soprano, and Jorma Hynninen, baritone. Recorded 1984. (EMI; re-issue Brilliant Classics)
 * Bruno Walter conducting the New York Philharmonic and Westminster Choir. Recorded live in Carnegie Hall in 1954
 * Robert Spano conducting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with Twyla Robinson, soprano, and Mariusz Kwiecien, baritone. Recorded in 2007, released in 2008 on Telarc. -->