year - old ▁b ach elor , ▁the ▁five ▁songs ▁reflect ▁an ▁intens ely ▁nost alg ic ▁and ▁even ▁trag ic ▁m ood . ▁Bra h ms ▁has ▁chosen ▁texts ▁which ▁centre ▁on ▁lost ▁youth , ▁summer ▁turning ▁into ▁fall ▁and , ▁ultimately , ▁man ' s ▁mort ality . ▁While ▁the ▁score ▁and ▁the ▁parts ▁themselves ▁are ▁not ▁that ▁difficult ▁for ▁the ▁sing ers , ▁the ▁som bre ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁texts ▁couple d ▁with ▁inten se ▁so aring ▁mel od ies ▁and ▁complex ▁harm on ies ▁make ▁it ▁quite ▁a ▁demand ing ▁work ▁for ▁any ▁cho ir . ▁ ▁Songs ▁ ▁The ▁songs ▁are ▁set ▁for ▁a ▁cho ir ▁of ▁four ▁to ▁six ▁voices , ▁S AT B ▁to ▁SA AT BB ▁ ▁Record ings ▁▁▁ ▁N DR ▁Chor , ▁conducted ▁by ▁Gün ter ▁J ena ▁– ▁Deutsche ▁Gr amm oph on , ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁ ▁Monte ver di ▁Ch oir , ▁conducted ▁by ▁John ▁Eli ot ▁Gard iner ▁– ▁Phili ps , ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁ ▁Kam mer chor ▁Stuttgart , ▁conducted ▁by ▁Fried er ▁Bern ius ▁– ▁Sony , ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁ ▁Chamber ▁Ch oir ▁of ▁Europe , ▁conducted ▁by ▁Nicol ▁Matt ▁– ▁Br illiant , ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁ ▁C app ella ▁Amsterdam , ▁conducted ▁by ▁Daniel ▁Re uss ▁– ▁Harm onia ▁M und i , ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁F ün f ▁Ges änge ▁op . 1 0 4 ▁( B rah