Mintel Archive of Recordings

The Richard and Judith Mintel Archive of Recordings

  
  • About
    • Contents Summary
    • Thomas Wikman, Conductor and Keyboard Artist
    • Richard Mintel, Recording Engineer & Producer
    • Judith Mintel, Recording Engineer & Producer
    • Josephine ("Josey") Mintel, Musician and Archivist
      • Accidental Tourists: The United Nations Mission in Kosovo
      • "Ipak Može Zajedno!" - "Nevertheless, We Go Together!"
      • Rentier State: The Case of Kosovo
      • Young Serbs and Albanians Brought Together Through Art
      • The Blame Game: EU ducks Bosnian Migrant Crisis
    • Recording & Archiving Philosophy and Techniques
    • Radio Broadcaster Information
  • Archive
    • Collection One
    • Collection Two
    • Collection Three
    • Collection Four
    • Collection Five
    • Collection Six
    • Collection Seven
    • Collection Eight
    • Collection Nine
  • News & Reviews
    • Historical News/Reviews
    • Chicago's Music of the Baroque: The Wikman Years
  • Music Samples
    • WFMT Tributes to Richard Walter Mintel & Music of the Baroque
    • Music of Vivaldi
    • Mozart Concertos and Sinfonias
    • Advent and Christmas Music for Choir
    • Ernest Bloch ~ Avodath HaKodesh (Sacred Service)
    • Handel's Semele Acts I, II & III
    • Gregorian Chant
    • Giuseppe Verdi - Requiem
    • Mozart Vocal Works
    • Mozart Symphonies
    • Franz Joseph Haydn
    • Handel's Saul Acts I, II, III
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • George Frideric Handel~ Excerpts
    • Liturgical Music
    • Georg Philipp Telemann
    • Johannes Brahms
    • Music for Brass
    • Henry Purcell
    • Music for Organ
    • Music for Strings
    • Music for Woodwinds
    • Music for Orchestra
    • Grand Teton Music Festival
    • Richard Hunt's Studio Concerts
    • Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah
  • Resources
    • Featured Artists and Organizations
    • Commercial CDs
    • Links to the WFMT Studs Terkel Archive
  • Contact

Johannes Brahms

Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Opus 53

Karen Brunssen, Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Wikman, Music Director and Conductor
The New Oratorio Singers Men’s chorus

English translation:
But who is that apart?
His path disappears in the bushes;
behind him the branches spring together;
the grass stands up again;
the wasteland engulfs him.
Ah, who heals the pains
of him for whom balsam turned to poison?
Who drank hatred of man
from the abundance of love?
First scorned, now a scorner,
he secretly feeds on
his own merit,
in unsatisfying egotism.
If there is on your psaltery,
Father of love, one note
his ear can hear,
then refresh his heart!
Open his clouded gaze
to the thousand springs
next to him who thirsts
in the wilderness!

In This Section

  • WFMT Tributes to Richard Walter Mintel & Music of the Baroque
  • Advent and Christmas Music for Choir
  • Mozart Concertos and Sinfonias
  • Music of Vivaldi
  • Ernest Bloch ~ Avodath HaKodesh (Sacred Service)
  • Gregorian Chant
  • Handel’s Semele Acts I, II & III
  • Giuseppe Verdi – Requiem
  • Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Mozart Symphonies
  • Mozart Vocal Works
  • Handel’s Saul Acts I, II, III
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • George Frideric Handel~ Excerpts
  • Liturgical Music
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Henry Purcell
  • Music for Brass
  • Music for Organ
  • Music for Strings
  • Music for Woodwinds
  • Music for Orchestra
  • Grand Teton Music Festival
  • Richard Hunt’s Studio Concerts
  • Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah
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