Capella Spirensis; L'arpa Festante
Release Date: 25 March 2022
Label: Christophorus
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4010072774613
Description
The composer Andreas Hofer (1628 to 1684) is probably hardly known even by music connoisseurs yet he was Cathedral and Court Kapellmeister in Salzburg at a time when the prince-archbishopric was considered one of the most important centres of Western music.
Hofer was in charge of all the music of the prince-archbishopric, both in the great Baroque cathedral and at court, and he brought the most accomplished musicians to Salzburg.
Among them none other than Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber as Vice-Kapellmeister and Georg Muffat as cathedral organist!
This programme presents seven psalm concertos by Hofer for one or two solo voices, strings and basso continuo. They are composed in the style of Monteverdi's seconda prattica, virtuosic and bursting with melodic ideas.
In contrast, the collection of Psalmi brevi and his Missa Valete, for five voices and strings, show Hofer's great skill in vocal polyphony.
Performers are the vocal ensemble Capella Spirensis of the Dommusik Speyer and the orchestra L'arpa festante conducted by the Domkapellmeister Markus Melchiori.
Tracklisting
Hamburger Ratsmusik; Neoclassical Ensemble of Tehran
Bernhard Hofstotter
Musica Fiorita; Daniela Dolci
Karlsruher Barockorchester; Kirstin Kares
Ars Antiqua Austria; Gunar Letzbor
Capricornus Consort Basel
Soloists, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante, Peter Gortner
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble; ensemble officium
Paavo Jarvi; Estonian Festival Orchestra; Kalle Randalu; Estonian National Male Choir; Ellerhein Gi
St Martin's Voices; Andrew Earis (director)
Le Concert Spirituel; Herve Niquet
Alain Altinoglu; Thierry Escaich; Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris; NFM Choir; Frankfurt Radio Symphony
Vox Clamantis; Ene Salumae; Jaan-Eik Tulve
The Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge; Academy of Ancient Music; Matthew Martin
Mari Eriksmoen; Kristina Hammarstrom; Mark Milhofer; Christian Senn; Zurcher Sing-Akademie; Kammero
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas; Consort Musica Vera; Choeur de l'Opera Royal; Choeur de la Maitrise du CRR d
