Release Date: 09 January 2006
Label: Cpo - Full Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 761203715824
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: TE DEUM MOTETS
Description
Carl Heinrich Graun, who was King Frederick II's opera conductor and court composer from 1740 until his death in 1759, proves to be a master composer of his time not only in his Christmas Oratorio, but also on this new release of his 'Te Deum'. The effective alternation between choral parts of big sound and intimate arias produces a colourful and varied musical interplay and an intensity that stirs the emotions. The choir begins the work with the festive 'Te Deum laudamus', and Graun on the whole assigns a pre-eminent role to the choir in this work. The soloists Monika Mauch, Elisabeth von Magnus, Bernhard Gaertner, and Klaus Mertens, alongside the members of L'arpa festante who perform on historical instruments, and the Basel Madrigalists under the conductor Felix Naef interpret all these works with a fine touch.
Tracklisting
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
L'Orfeo Barockorchester; Michi Gaigg
Kyra Steckeweh; GewandhausChor Leipzig; Gregor Meyer
Orfeo Bo:Gaigg
Elena Harsanyi; Caroline Marcot; Andre Cruz; Thomas Bonni; Kolner Akademie; Michael Alexander Wille
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
amarcord
Sudwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim; Douglas Bostock
Rolf Gupta & Oslo filharmonien
Ketil Bjornstad & Sandra Lied Haga
Vox Urbane
Sophie Dervaux, La Folia Barockorchester
Sergio Vartolo
Robert Plane (clarinet); Elias String Quaret, Gould Piano Trio; James Gilchrist (tenor); Tim Horton
Nordic Affect/Marco Casonato/Massimo Marchese/La Spagna baroque orchestra/Alejandro Marias
Michael Foyle, Iain Burnside
