Alsfelder Vokalensemble, Wolfgang Helbich
Release Date: 28 October 2016
Label: Mdg
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 760623045429
Composer/Series: Johannes Nucius
Description
All the printed mass compositions of Johannes Nucius were destroyed by fire in the Himmelwitz Monastery in Upper Silesia in 1617. Copies had been made from two of them earlier, but these manuscripts were destroyed by fire during World War II.
MDG's premiere recording of the Missa Vestiva i Colli, the sole survivor among other composer's masses, goes back to another copy made during those troubled times.
Johannes Nucius, an abbot and an exponent of Roman Catholic sacred music in Silesia around 1600, published many of his works in Prague and Liegnitz. Amongst his compositions, more than one hundred motets still exist today. His treatise on composition of 1613 brought him lasting fame and continues to offer us a fascinating glimpse
into his compositional workshop.
The Alsfelder Vokalensemble was founded in 1971 by Wolfgang Helbich (1943-2013) as a mixed choir of up to sixty singers from throughout Germany who regularly come together for rehearsal sessions. Numerous concert tours,
recordings, and radio and television productions have brought critical and public acclaim.
Tracklisting
W F Bach
Villa-Lobos
Various
Various
Various
Telemann
Telemann
Stravinsky
Giuseppe Patane
Lord of the Dance
Le Concert des Nations - La Cappela Nacional de Catalunya - Jordi Savall
Truro Cathedral Choir, James Anderson-Besant
The Choir of HM Chapel Royal, Hampton Court Palace; The English Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble; Joshua
Vincent Dumestre; Le Poeme Harmonique; Charlotte La Thrope; Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian; Hugo Hymas; T
The Edison Singers; Noel Edison
Sumi Hwang; Denzil Delaere; Thomas Oliemans; Elena Tsallagova; Benjamin Bruns; Groot Omroepkoor; Ma
