Cantabile Regensburg; Matthias Beckert
Description
In his sleeve note to the latest CD by the Cantabile Regensburg ensemble and its conductor Matthias Beckert, Wolfram Buchenberg writes that it is the “direct emotional access of people to each other through their voices” which fascinates him most and constantly inspires him to compose music for choir anew.
The ensemble is particularly committed to exploring contemporary choral music – what a stroke of luck that this led to a collaboration with Wolfram Buchenberg whose compositions are now greatly in demand on the international choral scene.
Buchenberg’s compositional style, at the same time modern and yet tonal, is characterised by colourful harmonies, soloistic elements, the inclusion of spoken texts and breaking out of traditional rhythmic structures. Elements which are typically found in the choice of works – from folk song arrangements, through “Aber heidschi bumbeidschi”, to the Christmas carol “O Freude über Freude!”.
Tracklisting
Soloists; Frieder Bernius; Kammerchor Stuttgart
Kammerchor Stuttgart; Barockorchester Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius; Hannah Morrison; Franziska Bobe;
Vocalensemble Rastatt; Les Favorites; Holger Speck; Miriam Feuersinger; Terry Wey; Florian Sievers;
Kammerchor Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius; Florian Pedarnig
Soloists; Frieder Bernius; Stuttgarter Kammerchor
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Hans-Christoph Rademann, NDR Chor Hamburg
Frieder Bernius, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart
The Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Britten Sinfonia, Benjamin Nicholas
Magnificat; Philip Cave
David Hill, The Choir of Durham Cathedral, Joseph Beech, Daniel Cook
Choir of New College Oxford; Robert Quinney
Torsten Mossberg; Jerry Adbo; Stina Hellberg Agback; Ann-Marie Henning; Jonas Isaksson; Isak Josefs
New York Polyphony; LeStrange Viols
Miriam Feuersinger; Natasha Schnur; Alex Potter; Marie Henriette Reinhold; Benedikt Kristjansson; D
ChengCheng Ma; The Choir of the Church of the Advent, Boston; Mark Dwyer
