Franz Lachner’s Requiem in F minor was composed for the Mozart commemorative year of 1856. It is an expressoni of his admiration for Mozart, even though requiem settings of both composers have little in common. After almost 27 years of composing church works strictly in a cappella style, Lachner’s Mass for the Dead represents a milestone and an exception in his creative output. The choice of a large orchestra for the Requiem led to the consequence that performances conducted by Lacher took place not in a sacred setting, but rather in a concert hall. A special tension arises from the contrast between the large orchestral ensemble, which only reveals its full effect in a few dramatic passages, and the rather introverted mood which prevails throughout most of the work. Under the direction of Hermann Meyer, the Kammersolisten Augsburg has devoted its energies to discovering rare and forgotten works. Thus this world premiere recording of Lachner’s Requiem enriches the repertoire of requiem settings with an important and exciting work in the genre.
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Composer
Franz Lachner
| 1803-1890Franz Lachner was active as a composer, organist and conductor.
His extensive oeuvre covers almost all genres and seems to be influenced above all by the music of Beethoven and Schubert, but also Spohr and Meyerbeer. Personal details
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Preface writer
Herbert Lölkes
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Ensemble
Kammersolisten Augsburg
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Conductor
Hermann Meyer
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Soloist - soprano
Marina Ulewicz
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Soloist - soprano
Ruby Hughes
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Soloist - alto
Roxana Constantinescu
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Soloist - tenor
Colin Balzer
Canadian born Colin Balzer studied singing with David Meek in Canada and Edith Wiens in Germany. He has participated in master classes given by Helmut Deutsch, Robert Tear, Elly Ameling, Brigitte Fassbaender and Christoph Prégardien. Colin Balzer has won a range of international prizes, and has embarked on a busy international concert schedule with a repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to Penderecki. He has been heard at Festivals in Baden-Baden, Aix-en-Provence and at the Early Music Festivals in Boston and Vancouver, and he regularly performs with various Canadian orchestras. He has also enjoyed considerable success as a lieder singer. He recorded his first CD, Hugo Wolf’s Italienisches Liederbuch, with Hartmut Höll. Personal details
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Soloist - tenor
Gerhard Werlitz
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Soloist - bass
Günther Papendell
Reviews
Lieder zu Advent und Weihnachten
[...] Eine tief empfundene Komposition, die es wert war eingespielt zu werden!
Quelle: Singende Kirche 4/2006, S. 293
Diese Musik will nicht drohen. Franz Lachners kaum bekanntes f-Moll-Requiem op. 146 ist ein Fest der Lyrik, eine Quelle der Zuversicht. Ein inniger, warmer, gefälliger Ton prägt jene Totenmesse, deren Anlass Mozarts 100. Geburtstag anno 1856 war. Bisweilen glaubt man Reminiszenzen ans Requiem des Salzburgers zu erkennen. Doch in der lyrischen Grundhaltung und als Kontrapunktiker ging der wie sein Schüler Josef Rheinberger in München wirkende und auch ästhetisch mit dem Liechtensteiner vergleichbare Lachner (1803 bis 1890) eigene Wege. Die Wiederentdeckung lohnt sich. Mit dieser SACD legen die Kammersolisten Augsburg unter Hermann Meyers Leitung die gelungene Weltersteinspielung vor. Ein schönes Werk - nicht nur bei den Bratschenlinien im "Lacrimosa". Mehr Trost als Trauer.
Johannes Adam
Quelle: Badische Zeitung, 28.09.2007
[...] Jedenfalls gerät in der vorliegenden Aufnahme insbesondere das solistische, innige Hostias zu einem Ereignis: In Lachners Requiem ist dieser betörend schöne Satz der lyrische Mittelpunkt. [...]
Dr. Franz Gratl
klassik.com, 28.02.2007