Soloists; Basler Madrigalisten; L'Arpe Festante, Fritz Naf
Description
Long out of print, now finally available again: world premiere recordings of the Magnificat as well as the festive music Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes by C. P. E. Bach. A rousing and convincing interpretation by the Basel Madrigalists, L'arpa festante and renowned soloists under the direction of Fritz Naf.
Throughout his life, C. P. E. Bach esteemed his Magnificat as one of his most important works. Here it is presented in the rarely heard early Leipzig version from 1749, with which the son wanted to recommend himself as a potential successor to his father in the office of Kantor at St. Thomas's Church.
It fulfils all the criteria that the aesthetics of the time demanded of a large-scale sacred composition: grandeur, dignity, polyphonic and concertante choral movements, sensitive and pathetic arias, and a grand concluding double fugue.
The festive music Die Himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes, on the other hand, was written during Bach's later period as music director in Hamburg.
Tracklisting
Frieder Bernius, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Soloists; Hans-Christoph Rademann; Dresden Chamber Choir; Stuttgart Philharmonic
Nicolas Fink; Schweizer Jugendchor
Chamber choir of the Freiburg University of Music; Schuldt-Jensen
J. Brahms
Mields/Hofbauer/Erler/Schneider/Poplutz/Mäthger/Wolf/Rumpf/Schwandtke/+
Bernius/Kammerchor Stuttgart/Barockorchester Stuttgart/+
Rademann/Dresdner Kammerchor
The Gesualdo Six / Owain Park
La Compagnia del Madrigale
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
Frieder Bernius, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart
Collegium Cantorum Choir, Janusz Siadlak
Sing in Solidarity, Brass Band of Columbus, and Chris Westover-Munoz
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet
Ars Antiqua Austria; Gunar Letzbor
