Magnificat · Missa VI
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Composer
Isfrid Kayser
| 1712-1771
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Editor
Klaus Konrad Weigele
Prof. Dr. Klaus K. Weigele ist seit 2002 Direktor der Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, ehrenamtlich engagiert er sich seit vielen Jahren im Präsidium des Landesmusikrats. Darüber hinaus ist er seit vielen Jahren als Chorleiter und Stimmbildner an der Landesakademie, bei Workshops, Werkwochen und Fortbildungen für Lehrkräfte tätig. Für seine Arbeit wurde er 2014 mit dem Gräfin-Sonja-Gedächtnispreis der Stiftung Singen mit Kindern ausgezeichnet. Mit seinem Kinderchor SingsalaSing hat er schon mehrere CDs aufgenommen. Er ist Autor und Herausgeber zahlreicher Lieder- und Chorbücher – u.a. der Schulchorbuch-Reihe chorissimo! im Carus-Verlag, ebenso von Artikeln und Schriften zum Thema Musik, Musikvermittlung und Musikpädagogik. Personal details
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Editor
Landesakademie für die musizierende Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, Ochsenhausenin Baden-Württemberg, Ochsenhausen
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Preface writer
Michael Gerhard Kaufmann
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Ensemble
Orpheus Vokalensemble
The Orpheus Vokalensemble was founded in 2005 as the professional chamber choir of the Landesmusikakademie Baden-Württemberg. This is an international ensemble which places the highest vocal demands on its members. Internationally recognized choral conductors are engaged for each assignment, and they exercise lasting influence on the artistic quality of the ensemble. Its model is the legendary Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York), whose name it shares. Its artistic aims, in the preparation and performance of works, are to bring the fundamentals of chamber music – personal commitment and mutual respect – to bear on the work of a vocal ensemble. Its members have the right to participate in the choice of repertoire, soloists, conductors and concert programs. Several composers have already written works for the Orpheus Vokalensemble, including Bo Hansson, Knut Nystedt, Gregor Hübner and Jürgen Essl. In 2006 the ensemble was invited to the International Lake Constance Festival. Other invitations to important festivals have followed. Personal details
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Ensemble
Ars Antiqua Austria
After its foundation in 1989, Ars Antiqua Austria at first devoted itself wholly to the scholarly preparation and musical revival of the works of Austrian Baroque composers. The rich fund of rediscovered works gave rise to a number of successful first recordings. Since 2002 Ars Antiqua Austria has staged a concert cycle of its own in the Vienna Konzerthaus. The ensemble has pioneered a concert series which has extended over several years entitled "The Sound of Cultures – The Culture of Sound," comprising a total of 90 concerts in Vienna, Prague, Budapest, Bratislava, Kraków, Venice, Ljubljana, Mechlin and Lübeck. In the course of its concert tours the ensemble has visited the Spring Arts Festival in Nantes, the Monteverdi Festival in Cremona, the Munich State Opera and the Salzburg Festival. It is also a welcome guest in the USA and Japan. The activities of Ars Antiqua Austria are documented on numerous CDs. A recording of Francesco Conti’s "Cantate con istromenti I–IV" with the mezzo-soprano Bernarda Fink was awarded the "Diapason D’or" only a week after its release. Gunar Letzbor, the leader of the ensemble, received with Ars Antiqua Austria the Cannes Classical Award 2002 for their recording of the "Capricci Armonici" by Giovanni Buonaventura Viviani. Personal details
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Conductor
Jürgen Essl
| 1961Jürgen Essl received his musical training in Stuttgart, Bordeaux and Vienna, where his teachers included Ludger Lohmann and Michael Radulescu. After completing his studies he was a church musician in Sigmaringen before being appointed professor of organ at the Lübeck Musikhochschule and in 2003 at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule. He received grants from the German academic exchange program and the arts foundation of Baden-Württemberg. He has achieved international recognition as a performer, improviser and composer, and has made guest appearances as a soloist at the Linz Bruckner Festival, the Gmunden Festival and the Kassel New Music Festival, as also in Leyden, Milan, Cracow and Vienna. His repertoire encompasses the entire spectrum of organ literature. The interpretation of early music and the preparation and first performance of the latest works form the cornerstones of his activities. Jürgen Essl is in demand as a lecturer at international organ seminars. Among his partners in improvisation projects are such musicians as Joachim Kühn and the actor Charles Brauer, and he also performed with the late Hanns Dieter Hüsch. His compositional oeuvre includes organ works that have gained world-wide recognition and pieces for choir, ensembles and orchestra. In 2003 he was awarded the composition prize for church music in Baden-Württemberg, and in 2007 he received the cultural award of the city of Passau. His musical career is documented on numerous CDs, including the first recording of the organ works of Jean Françaix, a widely noted improvisation recorded in Brussels Cathedral, and the "Ochsenhauser Orgelbuch." Personal details
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Soloist - soprano
Johanna Pommranz
| 1994
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Soloist - alto
Seda Amir-Karayan
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Soloist - tenor
Jo Holzwarth
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Soloist - bass
Christos Pelekanos
Reviews
... This disc is a most interesting musical portrait of a forgotten composer from the mid-18th century.
Johan van Veen, musica Dei donum, 2018
... Dank der gelungenen Interpretation aller Beteiligten kommen die Qualität von Kaysers Werken hier gut zum Tragen.
Toccata 96/2018
Plechtig maar vooral feestelijk. De muzikale contra reformatie ten voeten uit. Warm aanbevolen.
Michel, Stretto, 11.01.2018
Dieser perfekte Chor besticht durch seine klare Stimmgebung, die Akzentuierung, Phrasierung und Diktion sowie seine frische und natürliche Gestaltung. Es macht einfach Freude zuzuhören!
Astrid Belschner, rbb-kulturradio, 19.12.2017
Von der Qualität sowohl der Komposition als auch der musikalischen Ausführung und der tontechnischen Aufnahme konnten sich SWR2-Hörer bereits Anfang Juni überzeugen.
Godehard Weithoff, Kirchenmusiaklische Mitteilungen der Erzdiözese Freiburg, November 2017
Jürgen Essl, Organist und Dozent an der Stuttgarter Musikhochschule, hat mit dem Orpheus Vokalensemble und der virtuosen Instrumentalgruppe Ars Antiqua Austria ... zwei Glanzleistungen eingespielt...
Ulrich Scheinhammer-Schmid, Ulrichsblatt - Kirchenzeitung für die Diözese Augsburg, 4./5.11.2017
The joyous Magnificat, the well-formed Mass, and four fine motets ... presents an overview, all wonderfully performed by the Ars Antiqua Austria ensemble.
Bertil van Boer, Fanfare, 12.10.2017
Plechtig maar vooral feestelijk. De muzikale contra reformatie ten voeten uit. Warm aanbevolen.
Michel Dutrieue, Stretto, 15.06.2018
Ein faszinierender Einblick in die Welt der oberschwäbischen Klostermusik.
Reutlinger Generalanzeiger, 12.06.2017
Das Orpheus Vokalensemble mit dem Orchester Ars Antiqua Austria bringt unter dem Dirigat von Jürgen Essl diese spätbarock-vorklassische Musik klar und elegant zum Ausdruck ...
Singende Kirche, Februar 2017