Sacred Choral Music
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Compositeur
Charles Gounod
| 1818-1893Charles Gounod est surtout connu de nos jours pour ses opéras Faust (1859) et Roméo et Juliette (1867) et sa très populaire Méditation sur le 1er prélude de piano de J. S. Bach (1852), remaniée en 1859 en Ave Maria. Sa réputation de grand compositeur d'opéras est loin cependant de rendre justice à l'ensemble de son œuvre immense qui aborde tous les genres. Ses œuvres de musique d'église constituent la majeure partie de cet œuvre et surpassent de loin, en nombre, la production de tous les autres compositeurs français du XIXe siècle. C'est avant tout à son séjour à Rome (1840–42) que Gounod doit sa vocation de compositeur de musique spirituelle. Le contact avec la musique de Palestrina l'impressionna profondément et influença durablement les œuvres qu'il composa par la suite pour l'église. Comme pour Palestrina, la musique d'église avait, pour Gounod, pour vocation principale de mettre au premier plan le message de la foi et d'éviter tout effet apparent dans l'expression musicale. Plus d'information sur la personne
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L'auteur de l'avant-propos
Markus Schneider
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L'auteur de l'avant-propos
Hans-Joachim Lustig
Hans-Joachim Lustig is the founder and director of I Vocalisti. After completing his degree in Music Education, he has spent his career working as a freelance director and conductor in Lübeck, Germany. In 1994/95 he was the recipient of a fellowship awarded by the Deutsche Musikrat (German Music Council). He conducts seminars for choirs and choral directors both nationally and internationally. Lustig is also artistic director of the successful German boys’ choir, the Chorknaben Uetersen, whose male voices won 1st Prize at the 6th German Choir Competition in 2002. In addition, he is a sought-after adjudicator at choral competitions and frequently serves as a guest conductor for various choirs, including the Belgrade Radio Television Choir, the Philharmonia Chorus in London and the Ankara State Choir. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chœur
Kammerchor "I Vocalisti"
Depending on the project, the chamber choir I Vocalisti consists of 20 to 60 vocally and musically trained singers from Northern Germany, who come together to perform challenging sacred and secular choral music at a professional level. Since its founding in 1991, the ensemble has performed in numerous concert series and has received prizes at national and international choral competitions, including 1st Prize at the 6th German Choir Competition in 2002 and 1st Prizes at the international choral contests in Tolosa, Spain in 2004, and in Cork, Ireland in 2009. In addition, I Vocalisti has recorded numerous works for radio, television and CD productions. The ensemble performs at major festivals, including the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival and the Festival des Choeurs lauréats. Furthermore, the choir regularly expands its musical spectrum by working in crossover projects with such groups as the Klazz Brothers and the Danish world music band Afenginn. As a guest choir for master classes, I Vocalisti has worked with directors such as Volker Hempfling, Frieder Bernius and Malcolm Goldring. The ensemble is also distinguished by its work with various composers and conductors such as U?is Prauli?š, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjeilo and Christoph Eschenbach. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Hans-Joachim Lustig
Hans-Joachim Lustig is the founder and director of I Vocalisti. After completing his degree in Music Education, he has spent his career working as a freelance director and conductor in Lübeck, Germany. In 1994/95 he was the recipient of a fellowship awarded by the Deutsche Musikrat (German Music Council). He conducts seminars for choirs and choral directors both nationally and internationally. Lustig is also artistic director of the successful German boys’ choir, the Chorknaben Uetersen, whose male voices won 1st Prize at the 6th German Choir Competition in 2002. In addition, he is a sought-after adjudicator at choral competitions and frequently serves as a guest conductor for various choirs, including the Belgrade Radio Television Choir, the Philharmonia Chorus in London and the Ankara State Choir. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Hans-Joachim Lustig
Hans-Joachim Lustig is the founder and director of I Vocalisti. After completing his degree in Music Education, he has spent his career working as a freelance director and conductor in Lübeck, Germany. In 1994/95 he was the recipient of a fellowship awarded by the Deutsche Musikrat (German Music Council). He conducts seminars for choirs and choral directors both nationally and internationally. Lustig is also artistic director of the successful German boys’ choir, the Chorknaben Uetersen, whose male voices won 1st Prize at the 6th German Choir Competition in 2002. In addition, he is a sought-after adjudicator at choral competitions and frequently serves as a guest conductor for various choirs, including the Belgrade Radio Television Choir, the Philharmonia Chorus in London and the Ankara State Choir. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - orgue
Tobias Götting
Critiques
Boulanger: Hymne au Soleil. Chorwerke
... in der Interpretation durch einen der besten deutschen Kammerchöre gewinnt sie [Gounods geistliche Musik] zusätzlich an Intensität und auch Intimität. Nicht populär - aber sehr gut!
Chorzeit, 02/2019
... Eine unbestechlich reine Intonation in allen Lagen, ein gut ausbalancierter Ensembleklang, große dynamische Möglichkeiten, eine bewegliche Stimmführung - für einen solchen Chor hätte Gounod sicher gerne mehr komponiert!
Antje Wissemann, Musik & Kirche, 2018
... Bei aller Schlichtheit verflachen sie die stets dem Wort dienliche Satzkunst nie ins Simple, und die Stimmen tönen so jung wie ausgereift.
Michael Thumser, Frankenpost, Oktober 2018
... Die ausgezeichnet interpretierten Aufnahmen ... wurden nun anlässlich der 200. Wiederkehr des Geburtstags von Gounod neu aufgelegt - sie sei allen Chorleitern warm empfohlen!
Gustav Danzinger, CHOR aktuell, 3/2018
... Eine lohnende Wiedervorlage mit geistlicher Musik von Gounod, gesungen vom Kammerchor I Vocalisti – lohnend vor allem wegen 'Le sept paroles du Christ sur la croix' und manch köstlicher Kleinigkeit.
Dr. Matthias Lange, klassik.com, 06.07.2018
... In allen Registern ausgewogen besetzt überzeugen die Stimmen durch schöne Transparenz und grandiose Szenen...
...schlichtweg Musik für die Seele.
Jan-Geert Wolff, Pizzicato, 30.05.2018