Apollo's Fire & Jeanette Sorrell
Release Date: 06 November 2015
Label: Avie
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 822252230628
Composer/Series: Christmas Vespers
Description
'Christmas Vespers: Music of Michael Praetorius' highlights the virtusoic vocal and instrumental music of the extraordinarliy versatile 17th-century German composer, assembled as in the Baroque tradition by Apollo's Fire's founder/director Jeanette Sorrell.
Music for the people could have been the motto for 17th-century German composer Michael Praetorius. He adhered to the ideals of Protestant pioneer Martin Luther - of whom his father was a disciple - that music, like religion, should be open and free to all. Praetorius was an extraordinarily versatile composer and, along with J. S. Bach, was one of the greatest composers of Protestant church music in Germany. With his music, he strived to bring together people of all walks of life - professional singers, congregations, villagers and children alike - an aim mirrored in the present day's BBC program "The Choir".
Like the Vespers settings in the 17th century - most notably the Vespers of 1610 by Monteverdi, who inspired Praetorius - this Christmas Vespers is an assemblage of works by Praetorius that Apollo's Fire's founder/director Jeanette Sorrell has compiled. It highlights his virtuosic vocal and instrumental writing and includes as interludes his popular carol settings, O Morning Star and Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming.
Personnel: Apollo's Fire, Jeannette Sorrell (director)
Critical acclaim for Apollo's Fire:
"A lithe, spirited band." - Gramophone
"Exhilirating … swaggering." - The Sunday Times
"They perform with ardor and a scintillating zest." - Audio Video Club of Atlanta
Tracklisting
Elena Ruehr; Stephen Salters; Donald Berman; David Zobel
Vancouver Chamber Choir & Contemporary Orchestra, Clyde Mitchell
Anthony de Mare; Conrad Tao
Apollo's Fire; Jeannette Sorrell
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen; John Churchwell
Danbi Um; Juho Pohjonen
Christopher Tyler Nickel, Sarah Jackson
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Alexandra Papastefanou
Isabel Alvarez, Carlos Oramas, Jose Marin, Santiago de Murcia, Juan Hidalgo, Gaspar Sanz, Juan Aran
Tubicinatores Gedanenses et Arcus Adiuncti; Pawel Hulisz
Le Concert des Nations - Jordi Savall
L'arpa festante; Anton Steck
Ensemble d4
Lina Tur Bonet; Jadran Duncumb
Accademia del Piacere; Fahmi Alqhai; Quiteria Munoz
