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In October 2009 the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra celebrated its 80th birthday with a performance of Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem. Under the baton of Paavo Järvi, the orchestra was joined by the Swedish Radio Choir and two of today's leading French singers, baritone Ludovic Tézier and soprano Natalie Dessay. As the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germany's most respected and influential newspapers said: "The ensemble was founded in October 1929 and today is perhaps in its prime period of artistic focus...Chief Conductor Paavo Järvi has often emphasized what a joy it is for him to work with the orchestra...[His] special interest in Brahms has already been manifest in his interpretations of the symphonies...and with the orchestra he succeeded in producing an interpretation that can be described as exemplary. Their intense engagement with the work was characterized by minutely shaded dynamics and finely proportioned sound." After the concert, Järvi praised his musicians for the "beauty and sophistication" of their interpretation, while the German magazine for orchestral professionals, Das Orchester, affirmed that the Frankfurt orchestra "sets standards for precision, refinement of sound, a capacity to generate dramatic tension, tightness of ensemble and the quality of its soloists."