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
      • 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 Tribute to Richard Walter Mintel
    • Mozart Symphonies
    • Mozart Concertos and Sinfonias
    • Mozart Vocal Works
    • Advent and Christmas Music for Choir
    • Johannes Brahms
    • Franz Joseph Haydn
    • Handel's Saul Acts I, II, III
    • Johann Sebastian Bach
    • Liturgical Music
    • George Frideric Handel
    • Georg Philipp Telemann
    • Gregorian Chant
    • Henry Purcell
    • Music for Brass
    • Music for Strings
    • Music for Organ
    • 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 Tribute to Richard Walter Mintel
  • Mozart Symphonies
  • Advent and Christmas Music for Choir
  • Mozart Concertos and Sinfonias
  • Mozart Vocal Works
  • Johannes Brahms
  • Franz Joseph Haydn
  • Handel’s Saul Acts I, II, III
  • Johann Sebastian Bach
  • George Frideric Handel
  • Liturgical Music
  • Georg Philipp Telemann
  • Gregorian Chant
  • 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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