Missa Sancti Josephi (Bernius)
Sommaire
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Compositeur
Jan Dismas Zelenka
| 1679-1745The Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka was a double bass player and church music composer at the Saxon court of the Elector August the Strong and his son Friedrich August II. In the years after 1721 he composed an extensive repertoire of Catholic church music together with the Kapellmeister Johann David Heinichen. These works, together with the Dresden operas composed by Johann Adolf Hasse in quick succession from 1731 onwards, established the reputation of the Saxon court as one of the most important musical centers of the late Baroque period. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chœur
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. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Orchestre
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. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
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. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - soprano
Julia Lezhneva
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Solist - alto
Daniel Taylor
Daniel Taylor is one of the most sought-after countertenors worldwide. He performs with numerous international ensembles and symphony orchestras. As a recitalist, he has performed in the Konzerthaus Vienna, at the Frick Collection New York, in the Forbidden Concert Hall Beijing, Lufthansa Baroque Festival and Wigmore Hall London. He appeared in Jeremy Podeswa’s prize-winning film Five Senses. As an opera singer he has performed at Glyndebourne (Handel’s Theodora), the Metropolitan Opera New York (Handel’s Giulio Cesare), the Bavarian State Opera (Handel’s Rinaldo), Edinburgh (Gluck’s Orfeo), Welsh National Opera (Handel’s Jephtha) and the Canadian Opera (Handel’s Tolomeo). Daniel Taylor studied literature, music and philosophy before studying completing his exams in music and religious studies at the University of Montreal. Daniel Taylor is a professor at the Conservatoire de musi que in Montreal. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - ténor
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. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - basse
Jonathan Sells
Jonathan Sells is a concert and opera singer, artistic director and conductor. The British-Swiss bassbaritone has performed in some of the world’s most famous concert halls, including the Sydney Opera House, Royal Albert Hall, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, collaborating with, among others, William Christie, John Eliot Gardiner, Ton Koopman, Roger Norrington and Frieder Bernius. He has appeared on the opera stage at the Teatro Real in Madrid, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and Zurich Opera, among others. After studying music and musicology at the University of Cambridge and singing and opera at the Guildhall School in London, Jonathan Sells attended the International Opera Studio in Zurich. In 2008, Sells founded the British collective Solomon’s Knot, a group that performs music from the 17th and 18th centuries with an innovative programming approach. The ensemble does without a conductor and sings from memory in order to communicate the special power of the music as directly as possible. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - basse
Sönke Tams Freier
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Solist - basse
Mathis Koch
Critiques
Samuel Scheidt: Cantiones Sacrae
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... Bernius beweist hier wieder einmal, ein gutes Gefühl für das Idiom von Zelenka zu haben. ... Diese CD ist eine besonders wichtige und fesselnde Erweiterung der Zelenka-Diskographie.
Johan van Veen, Toccata, Mai - Juni 2020
... Neben den bezaubernden Klangfarben des historischen Instrumentariums überzeugt insbesondere die sich stets vom liturgischen Text leitende Dramaturgie der Interpretation Bernius’.
Markus Eberhardt, DIE BESPRECHUNG, 03/2020
... La magni-tude poignante des parties chorales, quand Bernius confie l’entrée aux seuls solistes, et la vélocité des dif-férents solos (hautbois) y demeurent inégalées.
Jérémie Bigorie, Classica, April 2019
... Bernius arbeitete mit exzellenten Solisten zusammen, darunter erstmals mit der jungen Sopranistin Julia Lezhneva.
Tiroler Tageszeitung, 04.03.2019
... Image sonore relativement large, belle cohésion de l’ensemble. Sur le devant de la scène, des solistes en proportions adéquates avec l’orchestre et le choeur, aux timbres plaisants mais moyennement définis.
Gaetan Naulleau, Diapason, 03/2019
... Wie immer besticht der Kammerchor Stuttgart mit seinem sehr homogenen und individuellen Chorklang. Dabei bleibt er uneitel und ist ausschließlich dem Werk verpflichtet. Dazu kommt, dass auch die Solisten und das Orchester sich perfekt einfügen, so dass alles wie aus einem Guss erscheint. ... Eine absolute Empfehlung!
Astrid Belschner, kulturradio, 22.01.2019
... Bernius verfügt wieder über erstklassige musikalische Kräfte, allen voran seinen Stuttgarter Kammerchor, der virtuos und makellos agiert, klanglich schlackenlos und elegant wie eh und je. ... Das Stuttgarter Barockorchester agiert in gleichem Sinn.
Gero Schreier, klassik.com, 01.01.2019
... chef-d’œuvre absolu contrastant avec le geste épique d’In exitu Israel, deux visages de l’art saisissant de ce génie du baroque.
Jean-Charles Hoffelé, Artamag', 30.11.2018
... In der jüngst erschienenen „Missa Sancti Jospehi” zeigt sich die schwäbische Disziplin und Unaufgeregtheit.
Helmut Mauró, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 23.11.2018
... Zusammen mit dem Chor und dem Orchester gelingt eine phasenweise geradezu mitreißende Wiedergabe dieser großartigen, aber immer noch recht unbekannten Musik Zelenkas.
Frank Pommer, Die Rhein-Pfalz, 17.11.2018
... Der Kammerchor Stuttgart und Barockorchester Stuttgart überzeugen einmal mehr durch ihrberedtes, kommunikatives Musizieren. Der Ton bleibt stets schlank, klar mit schönen Tönungen. Dem Chor und dem Orchester steht das ausgezeichnete und vorallem stimmlich schön ausbalancierte Solistenquartett in Nichts nach.
Guy Engels, pizzicato, 31.10.2018
... Meditatives Tänzeln und ein scheinbar benommener, visionärer Stil von milder Begeisterung prägt die Musik - so wie Frieder Bernius sie hier mit Kammerchor und Barockorchester Stuttgart wunderbar umstandslos und leichtgängig präsentiert ... Eine Entdeckung!
Robert Fraunholzer, Rondo, 5/2018