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
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
Die Radierer
St. Florianer Sangerknaben; Ars Antiqua Austria; Gunar Letzbor
La Colombina; Schola Antiqua
Patrick Demenga; Latvian State Academic Choir; Youth Choir Kamer; Riga Cathedral Boys Choir; Andres
Chor "Astrolabium", Tomasz Drozdek T.ETNO, Kinga Litowska
Monika Plachta, Chor Mieszany Katedry Wawelskiej, Andrzej Korzeniowski, Pawel Wajrak, Katarzyna Luk
Roberta Mameli, Adam Kruzel, Polski Chor Kameralny, Sinfonia Varsovia, Jan Lukaszewski
English National Opera Orchestra / Martyn Brabbins
