Release Date: 01 May 2020
Label: Querstand
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4025796018202
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Missa Contemplatione
Release Date: 01 May 2020
Label: Querstand
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4025796018202
Genres: Classical  Choral  
Composer/Series: Missa Contemplatione
Description
This is the second CD with works by Bernd Kuchenmeister, recorded in the Cistercian Abbey of Marienstatt (Rhineland-Palatinate) with the Kleine Deutsche Messe in addition to the Missa Contemplatione.
Bernd Kuchenmeister's motives for the composition of the "Missa Contemplatione" originated in a verbal "director's instruction" of several pages by his father. The latter gave it to him with the request to write a large mass for him. Surprised by such a request, he started work on it but didn't get beyond the Kyrie.
After the death of his father, he looked again at his verbal implementation proposals of a smaller mass: "I can no longer do it for you because you are no longer in this world." But he absolutely wanted to fulfil his obligations as he continued to work. When working on the Kleine Messe that followed, he always had the feeling of being connected to him in a special way.
One of the guiding principles of the Cistercian order is contemplation, which can also be traced back to his important Saint Bernhard von Clairvaux. It therefore made sense to make the recording of this mass in a Cistercian abbey: the recording of the second CD by Bernd Kuchenmeister was carried out at the feet of the Ursula altar in the Marienstatt abbey, in which his first CD "Symphonie Bach" was already recorded.
Tracklisting
Horst Wolf
Pieter van Dijk
Mirella Hagen, Tobias Berndt, Frank-Immo Zichner
Mechthild Winter
Maria Ladurner, Martin Riccabona, cappella Argentina
Kristin Henneberg, Susanne Rabbach, Andreas Hartmann
Juliane Laake, Ensemble Art d'Echo
Jean-Michel Douiller
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
Carlotta Colombo; Coro e Orchestra Ghislieri; Giulio Prandi