Of the Vespers and vesper psalms which Mozart composed for Salzburg Cathedral, the vesper sections Dixit et Magnificat are the earliest. They belong to the genre of representative church art as cultivated at all the leading courts in the 18th century. Singers should not be surprised by the sudden quick tempo at "Et in saecula saeculorum". And something which applies to the whole work – Mozartian lightness only results when the notes are mastered.
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Performers: Maria Zedelius (Soprano), Klaus Schneider (Tenore, Klaus Mertens (Basso) – Kölner Kammerchor, Collegium classicum Köln – Peter Neumann
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text (without music) for download, html file, Singing text, originalhtml file, Singing text, original (Sample)Dixit Dominus
Dixit Dominus Domino meo:
Sede a dextris meis,
Donec ponam inimicos tuos,
scabellum pedum tuorum,
Virgam virtutis tuae
emittet Dominus ex Sion:
dominare in medio inimicorum tuorum.Tecum principium in die virtutis tuae
in splendoribus sanctorum:
ex utero ante luciferum
genuite.
Juravit Dominus,
et non poenitebit eum:
Tu es sacerdos in aeternum
secundum ordinem Melchisedech.Dominus a dextris tuis,
confregit in die irae suae reges.
Judicabit in nationibus,
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Foreword of the edition Carus 40.052
Jochen Reutter
Translation: John CoombsThe liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church is divided into two parts, the Mass and the Divine Office, the "Canonical Hours." Among these services that of Vespers is particularly important, as it has become what might be called the afternoon pendant to the morning Mass. It is therefore not surprising that in addition to the ordinarium missae composers have frequently turned their attention to writing music for Vespers; one remembers in particular Monteverdi's magnificent "Vespers of the Blessed Virgin."
Vespers, like the Mass, is divided into Ordinarium and Proprium sections, that is to say those which remain essentially unaltered, and those which change from day to day. At Vespers in the 18th century the set pieces of the Ordinarium, like those in the Mass, were generally set to music. They always consist of five psalms and the Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis, the Magnificat. For normal Sundays and most feast days Psalms 109 (110) Dixit Dominus, 110 (111) Confitebor tibi Domine, 111 (112) Beatus vir, 112 (113) Laudate pueri, and 113 (114) In exitu Israel are appointed, for feast days of the Virgin Mary
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Vorwort der Ausgabe Carus 40.052
Jochen Reutter
Die Liturgie der römisch-katholischen Kirche teilt sich in Messe und Stundengebet. Unter den verschiedenen Gebetszeiten des Stundenoffiziums bildet die Vesper einen besonderen Höhepunkt, den man in gewissem Sinne als nachmittägliches Pendant zur vormittäglichen Messe bezeichnen könnte. Insofern nimmt es nicht Wunder, dass die Komponisten neben dem ordinarium missae den Gesängen der Vesper immer wieder ihr Interesse gewidmet haben; man denke nur an Claudio Monteverdis grandiose Marienvesper.
Die Vesper unterscheidet wie die Messe ein Ordinarium und ein Proprium, also im wesentlichen feststehende und von Tag zu Tag wechselnde Teile. Wie bei der Messe werden bei der Vesper im 18. Jahrhundert vorzugsweise die Gesänge des Ordinariums vertont. Dies sind fünf Psalmen und das Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis, das Magnificat. Für die regulären Sonn- und Feiertage sind die Psalmen 109 (Dixit Dominus), 110 (Confitebor tibi Domine), 111 (Beatus vir), 112 (Laudate pueri) und 113 (In exitu Israel) vorgesehen, für Marienfeste die Psalmen 109 (Dixit Dominus), 112
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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| 1756-1791As the son of the deputy Kapellmeister to the Salzburg Prince-Archbishop, Mozart was constantly surrounded by church music in his youth. On his travels Mozart became familiar with Italian church music, and later in Vienna he studied the works of Bach and Handel. After moving to Vienna he was faced with the new challenges of composing opera and piano concertos, and significantly the “C Minor Mass” KV 427, the greatest sacred work of the first Vienna years, remained unfinished. The last period of his life again shows a change of direction to church music: Mozart successfully applied to succeed the terminally ill Leopold Hoffmann as Kapellmeister at St Stephen's Cathedral, but he was unable to take up the position as he died before Hoffmann. A gem such as the “Ave verum” KV 618 and the incomplete Requiem KV 626 give us an idea of what Mozart might have achieved as a composer of sacred music if he had taken up this important position. Personal details
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Continuo realization
Paul Horn
| 1922-2016Paul Horn war ein deutscher Kirchenmusiker, Organist, Komponist und Musikwissenschaftler. Er studierte Kirchenmusik und Orgel an der Evangelischen Kirchenmusikschule Esslingen am Neckar bei Hans-Arnold Metzger und Musikwissenschaft, Theologie und Geschichte an der Universität Tübingen. Seine berufliche Laufbahn begann als Kantor an der Evangelischen Michaelskirche in Stuttgart-Degerloch. 1954 wurde er Kantor an der Evangelischen Stadtkirche Ravensburg, eine Position, die er bis zu seiner Pensionierung innehatte. Als Musikwissenschaftler arbeitete Horn bis ins hohe Alter eng mit Carus zusammen. So stammen zahlreiche Carus-Klavierauszüge aus seiner Feder. Personal details
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Ensemble
Collegium Classicum Köln
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Ensemble
Kölner Kammerchor
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Conductor
Peter Neumann
| 1940In recent years Peter Neumann, born in Karlsruhe, has made a name for himself particularly as a conductor of Handel’s music. This is demonstrated both by the concert series “250 Years Handel Oratorios” which he initiated – performing nine music dramas in accordance with Handel’s concert schedule of 1749–1752 – and by his numerous CD recordings. He has performed masterworks from vocal and orchestral music in the European musical capitals and at many renowned festivals, ranging from Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and Vespers for the Blessed Virgin (Palais Garnier, Paris) through J. S. Bach’s passions (last in Moscow, Oslo and Versailles) and Mass in B minor (BBC Proms) to Debussy’s Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien at the MusikTriennale in Cologne. 2010, Peter Neumann and his ensembles Kolner Kammerchor and Collegium Cartusianum were guests at the Rheingau Music Festival with Schumann’s Das Paradies und die Peri and at the Schumann Festival in Dusseldorf as well as the Leipzig Bach Festival in 2011. In June 2012 he made his highly acclaimed debut at the Cologne Opera with Handel’s Alcina. As a guest conductor, Neumann has collaborated with, among others, ChorWerkRuhr, the Netherlands Chamber Choir, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the NDR Choir, the Schola Cantorum Tokyo, the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie and Concerto Koln. Highlights of his extensive discography include the complete recording of Mozart’s masses (Gramophone “Crown of Crowns”), Schutz’s Musical Vesper, Schumann’s Missa sacra (Diapason d’Or) and recordings of Bach’s St. John Passion and Handel’s Alexander’s Feast and Brockes Passion (Carus). Personal details
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Soloist - soprano
Maria Zedelius
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Soloist - tenor
Klaus Schneider
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Soloist - bass
Klaus Mertens
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