Lazarus
oder: Die Feier der Auferstehung D 689, 1820
After the prize-winning first recording of Franz Schubert’s opera Sakontala, Frieder Bernius has now turned to his oratorio Lazarus. Although it only survives as a fragment, Lazarus is often regarded as a forerunner of Wagner’s Parsifal because of its recitative-arioso form, and still retains its place in the repertoire. For the live recording from the Bachfest Leipzig 2013, Bernius was joined by a distinguished line-up of soloists, the Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Hofkapelle Stuttgart.
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- Erste Handlung - Lazarus: Hier lasst mich ruhn
- Martha: Nach einem Augenblick
- Maria: Trübe nicht mit Klagen
- Lazarus: Voll Friede
- Arie (Nathanael): Wenn ich ihm nachgerungen habe
- Martha: Nathanael, bewundern kann
- Maria: O Martha
- Maria: Der Trost begleite dich
- Arie (Maria): Gottes Liebe
- Jemina: Ach, so find ich ihn noch
- Arie (Jemina): So schlummert
- Jemina: Nun entflog
- Lazarus: Ich sterbe
- Nathanael: Heiliger, verlass ihn nicht
- Zweite Handlung - Simon: Wo bin ich?
- Arie (Simon): O könnt ich
- Chor: Sanft und still
- Arie (Martha): Hebt mich
- Beifall
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Composer
Franz Schubert
| 1797-1828Throughout most of his life Franz Schubert was concerned with church music. When he was eleven he was chosen as treble soloist at his local church in the Vienna suburb of Lichtenthal and soon afterwards he was admitted to the choir of the Imperial Court Chapel, directed by Antonio Salieri. Soon he also began to compose; his earliest surviving sacred pieces date from 1812. During his lifetime his church music achieved a comparatively wide degree of acceptance but after his death, most notably, his smaller works were unjustly forgotten. The Carus programme encompasses Schubert’s complete sacred compositions and it is intended to emphasize the wide range of his works in this area. Many of the smaller liturgical compositions are published here for the first time in separate editions. What is to be discovered is a fascinating œuvre, rooted in the ‘stile antico’ of Antonio Salieri and in the compositions of the Viennese classical masters, but whose exquisite lyricism and harmonic subtlety reveal a typically Schubertian world of expression: works with great power of conviction and exceptional musical beauty. Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
August Hermann Niemeyer
| 1754-1828
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Preface writer
Christine Blanken
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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
Hofkapelle Stuttgart
The Hofkapelle Stuttgart, founded in 2006 by Frieder Bernius to complement the Barockorchester Stuttgart, concentrates on repertoire from the 19th century performed on authentic instruments. One of its main focusses is the rediscovery of music-historical treasures, particularly works from the south-west German region (by composers such as Kalliwoda, Knecht and Holzbauer). The Hofkapelle and Barockorchester Stuttgart regularly perform at international festivals (Rome, Salzburg, Göttingen, Dresden, etc.). CDs made by both groups have received many awards: the Missa Dei Patris by Jan Dismas Zelenka was nominated for the Cannes Classical Award, and the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s Ein Sommernachtstraum [A Midsummer Night’s Dream] by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was featured by Rondo magazine and awarded the Star of the Month prize by Fono Forum magazine. Mozart’s Requiem received the Diapason d’or de l’année 2003, Johann Gottlieb Naumann’s opera Aci e Galatea was named opera recording of the year in Opernwelt magazine and Bach’s Easter Oratorio included in the Quarterly Critics’ Choice of the German Record Critics’ Award. The group’s recording of Bach’s B Minor Mass was Editor’s Choice in Gramophone magazine. 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
Sarah Wegener
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Soloist - soprano
Johanna Winkel
Johanna Winkel studied singing with Mechthild Böhme and Caroline Thomas, and attended master classes to augment her education. She gave her international debut in 2008 with Peter Neumann and the Concerto Köln in Nantes. She subsequently performed with, among others, the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart and the SWR Symphony Orchestra as well as the NDR Choir. She has sung, for example, at the Musikfest Berlin, the Lucerne Festival and La Folle Journée. Johanna Winkel has won several prizes for opera singing and was awarded first prize in the Cantilena Singing Competition in Bayreuth. Johanna Winkel has performed various operatic roles in historical performance locations such as the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth and the Ekhof Theater in Gotha. She can be heard on many live recordings as well as on a number of CD recordings. Personal details
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Soloist - mezzo-soprano
Sophie Harmsen
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Soloist - tenor
Andreas Weller
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Soloist - tenor
Tilman Lichdi
Tilman Lichdi grew up near Heilbronn; he started singing lessons with Alois Treml at the age of 18 and studied trumpet for four years with Günther Beetz in Mannheim. In 1999, he decided to study singing with Charlotte Lehmann in Würzburg, graduating with distinction. Tilman Lichdi is in demand worldwide for both concerts and opera roles. Personal details
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Soloist - bass
Tobias Berndt
Tobias Berndt began his musical education in the Dresden Kreuzchor. He studied with Christian Polster in Leipzig and continued his training with Rudolf Piernay in Mannheim. He also studied with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Thomas Quasthoff. He was a laureate in numerous renowned singing competitions, winning – among others – the International Das Lied Competition in Berlin, the International Brahms Competition and the Cantilena Singing Competition. Tobias Berndt has also established himself abroad as an opera and concert singer. He has collaborated with conductors such as Philippe Herreweghe, Helmuth Rilling, Frieder Bernius, Teodor Currentzis, Marcus Creed, Hans-Christoph Rademann, Andrea Marcon, Marek Janowski and Sir Roger Norrington and has performed at the Berliner Philharmonie, the Tonhalle in Zurich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and at Lincoln Center in New York. He has also performed at important festivals such as the Prague Spring, the Rheingau Musik Festival, the Händel Festivals in Göttingen und Halle, the Bachfest Leipzig, the Oregon Bach Festival and the International Music Festival in Peking. An extensive discography attests to his versatile artistic activities. Personal details
Reviews
On sait gré à Frieder Bernius de diriger ses talentueuses troupes avec autant d'intelligence et de trouver toujours le juste équilibre entre inspirations religieuse et opératique. Sa vision de Lazarus, tout en ne négligeant à aucun moment de mettre en lumière les subtilités d'écriture et le raffinement des textures, ne manque jamais de souffle et tient l'auditeur en haleine de la première à la dernière note.
Frieder Bernius dirigiert seine hochkarätige Besetzung mit Intelligenz und versteht es, die richtige Balance zwischen geistlicher und opernhafter Inspiration zu finden. Seine Sichtweise des Lazarus hebt die kompositorischen Feinheiten und die raffinierten Texturen hervor und fesselt den Zuhörer bis zum letzten Ton.
Jean-Christophe Pucek, passee-des-arts.com, 12. Oktober 2014
Frieder Bernius und sein hervorragendes Solisten-Ensemble […] verzichten auf überflüssige Effekte und lassen die Musik ganz aus dem Text heraus leben, transparent und rhetorisch ausgedeutet. Der Friede und die Zuversicht, die die Handlung bestimmen, sind auch der Leitfaden dieser zarten, berückenden Klanggestaltung.
In this live recording of Franz Schubert’s unfinished ‘Lazarus’ from the Bachfest Leipzig 2013, Frieder Bernius offers a serene and rather delicate performance with excellent playing and singing from all participants.
Guy Engels, pizzicato.lu, 9. Juni 2014
[…] der Kammerchor Stuttgart singt unter Frieder Bernius' Leitung auf gewohnt hohem Niveau.
concerti, Juni 2014
Die Live-Aufnahme aus der Leipziger Nikolaikirche ist vorzüglich.
Mannheimer Morgen, 24. April 2014
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