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Composer
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
| 1714-1788Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788) was an extremely prolific composer who enjoyed a high reputation during his lifetime with the result that his music became known far and wide. The early works were influenced by the Berlin School. In his later works, however, this composer developed a thoroughly individual style, independent of contemporary fashions, which is to be found especially in the sacred vocal works written during his years as Director of Music in Hamburg (1768–1788). Personal details
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Songwriter / Librettist
Daniel Schiebeler
| 1741-1771
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Preface writer
Wolfram Enßlin
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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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Orchestra
Barockorchester Stuttgart
The Barockorchester Stuttgart, which was founded by Bernius in 1985, specializes in 18th century music. The musicians are among the leading representatives of historical performance practice and perform exclusively on original instruments. The ensemble dedicates itself to a large extent to the revival of 18th century operas. It has performed at numerous international festivals, among others in Rome, Dresden and Göttingen. 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
Joanne Lunn
Joanne Lunn, soprano, studied at the Royal College of Music in London, where she won the renowned Tagore Gold Medal. She regularly concertizes as a soloist with all the renowned early music ensembles. She gave her opera debut at the English National Opera in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea and sang the role of Helena in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in Venice, as well as singing in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo in Paris and Beijing. In the field of oratorio, Joanne Lunn has worked together with conductors such as Bernius, Minkowski, Norrington and Suzuki. Personal details
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Soloist - soprano
Judith Gauthier
The mezzosoprano Judith Gauthier studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. She has sung as a soloist in, among others, Bach’s "St. John’s Passion", Brahm’s "Ein deutsches Requiem", as well as in Händel’s "La Resurrezione". She is not only an internationally renowned interpreter of early music, but also a seasoned performer of music of the 20th and 21st centuries. As an opera singer she has performed the roles of Oberto in Händel’s "Alcina" (Santiago de Chile), Bellezza in "Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno" (Stuttgart) and Cendrillon in Massenet’s opera of the same name (Paris und Vienna.) She has been awarded numerous prizes. Personal details
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Soloist - tenor
Samuel Boden
The tenor Samuel Boden studied at Trinity College of Music in London with John Wakefield and graduated with distinction in 2006. His repertoire is very broad and includes operas and oratorios ranging from the Baroque to the modern period. His concert repertoire includes, among others, works by Bach, Mozart, Britten and Charpentier. CD recordings of Monteverdi's "Vespers 1610" with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, cantatas by Pachelbel und Bach, as well as Bach's "B Minor Mass" document his predilection for Baroque music. 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
Frieder Bernius leads this classy, well-balanced, and earnest performance, which shows the performers and the piece to excellent advantage.
Joanne Sydney Lessner, operanews.com, Juni 2015
Frieder Bernius est sans doute un des chefs les mieux aptes aujourd’hui à transcender ces élans choraux, d’une beauté chatoyante grâce à sa formation stuttgartoise...
Jean-Luc Macia, Diapason, März 2015
Kammerchor und Barockorchester Stuttgart unter der Leitung von Frieder Bernius bringen das Oratorium mit hoher Antizipation und luzider Transparenz zur Geltung. Auf hohem Niveau auch die Gesangssolisten.
Mannheimer Morgen, 26. Februar 2015
Die vielfältig abgestuften Gefühlsregungen spüren Frieder Bernius und seine Stuttgarter feinfühlig auf.
concerti, Februar 2015
A superb recording, perfectly balanced, and well suited for the discovery of this neglected music.
pizzicato.lu Die Israeliten in der Wüste, 19. Januar 2015
Deux excellents CD, deux chaleureuses recommandations [...].
(Zwei exzellente CDs, zwei warme Empfehlungen...)
Christophe Huss, ledevoir.com, 9. Januar 2015
[…] fãlicitons les artistes du Kammerchor Stuttgart pour leur fin travail de nuance, la probante gravitã qui domine l’exãcution […]
(Wir gratulieren den Künstlers des Kammerchors Stuttgart zur scharfsinnigen Schattierung und zur Überzeugenden Ernsthaftigkeit, die diese Einspielung prägen.)
www.anaclase.com, Januar 2014
[…] diese CD gehört zum Besten, was einem anlässlich von Bachs 300. Geburtstag zu Ohren kommen kann.
Andreas Waczkat, Concerto, Januar/Februar 2015
Die Gesamtleistung Überzeugt durch stilistisches Feingefühl für den differenzierten musikalischen Ausdruck C. P. E. Bachs, aufmerksame Begleitung des Orchesters, insbesondere in den Arien, und durch ein homogenes Klangbild des Chors, der zusammen mit der ausdrucksstarken Interpretation der vier Solisten für einen hohen klanglichen Wiedererkennungswert der Einspielung sorgt.
Marion Beyer, klassik.com, 21. Januar 2015
[…] sehr empfehlenswert[.]
Jan Ritterstaedt, WDR3 TonArt, 25. November 2014