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
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
Soloists; l'arpa festante
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
Rebeka Ruso; Sebastian Wienand
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
