Christus. Kirchenwerke III
In addition to works for a cappella choir, this recording also presents the Kyrie in D minor for choir and large orchestra, as well as Christus, the unfinished oratorio which together with St. Paul and Elijah was intended to form a trilogy of oratorios.
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Contents
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Composer
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
| 1809-1847
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Preface writer
Gerhard Schuhmacher
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Choir
Kammerchor Stuttgart
The Kammerchor Stuttgart is regarded as one of the best ensembles of its kind. Over its fifty-year existence, Frieder Bernius has developed the choir into an exceptional ensemble acclaimed by audiences and press alike. This has led to invitations for the choir to perform at all the important European festivals. In Germany the chamber choir performs at festivals and in concert halls in repertoire ranging from the 17th to the 21st century. Frieder Bernius and his ensemble have received numerous accolades for their contribution to new music. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has made over 80 CDs and LPs, numerous of which have been awarded international recording prizes (including the Edison award, Diapason d’or, Gramophone Choice, Classical Internet Award, International Classical Music Award, and German Record Critics’ Award prizes). The International Federation for Choral Music has invited the ensemble to sing at the 1st, 4th and 10th World Symposia on Choral Music in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. Regular tours of North America and Asia since 1988 and a South America tour reflect the Kammerchor Stuttgart’s international reputation. Since 1984 the top ensemble has also been invited to Israel biennially. Personal details
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Ensemble
Bamberger Symphoniker
Mitglieder der Bamberger Symphoniker Personal details
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Conductor
Frieder Bernius
| 1947Frieder Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire. Personal details
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Soloist - soprano
Monika Meier-Schmid
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Soloist - soprano
Dorothea Rieger
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Soloist - alto
Isolde Assenheimer
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Soloist - alto
Mechthild Seitz
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Soloist - tenor
Christoph Prégardien
As one of the outstanding lyric tenors of today, Christoph Pregardien is highly regarded as a lieder singer. He specializes in lieder and oratorio and his repertoire encompasses all periods. Christoph Pregardien and his accompanist Michael Gees received the MIDEM Classical Award 2009 for their recording of Schubert’s “Die schone Mullerin”. Personal details
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Soloist - tenor
Stefan Dörr
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Soloist - tenor
Bernhard Scheffel
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Soloist - baritone
Johannes Happel
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Soloist - bass
Cornelius Hauptmann
| 1951
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Soloist - bass
Adolph Seidel
Adolph Seidel studied singing with Peter Wetzler and Paul Lohmann. He specializes in music of the early and high Baroque. As well as bass roles in concert repertoire, he particularly enjoys ensemble singing. Reflecting this, since 1977 he has been a member of the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the sixteen soloists of the Kammerchor Stuttgart under Frieder Bernius and the KammerChor Saarbrücken, and has been the bass in the Orlando di Lasso-Ensemble for several years. As well as his work as a singer, he is director of the vocal ensemble VocArt, specializing in the performance of Baroque vocal music ranging from small-scale works for soloists to oratorio works. Personal details
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Soloist - organ
Sonntraud Engels-Benz
Reviews
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Christus, unvollendetes Oratorium, Kyrie d-Moll, Drei Psalmen op
... Die vielfältige Literaturkenntnis von Frieder Bernius und seinem Stuttgarter Kammerchor garantiert dabei eine stilistische Treffsicherheit sondergleichen, ohne auch nur den Hauch von Historismus spüren zu lassen. Zusammen mit den Musikern der Bamberger eine Chormusikplatte par excellence. Detailqualitäten von Chor und Solisten sind hinreichend bekannt. Wem nicht, der soll diese CD anhören.
Musica Sacra 3/1988
... Frieder Bernius and his Stuttgarters are known for their complete set of Schubert masses. They are as good here. Members of the Bamberg Symphony play beautifully in the Christus, and an organ turns up (finally!) in the motet. If you like Elijah, you’ll want this.
American record guide, 3/1989