Christus factus est (Carus Classics)
The Carus Classics series features outstanding CD productions from Carus’ past library of recordings. The series has been designed exclusively by the well-known graphic artists Friedrich Forssman und Cornelia Feyll.
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger’s well-loved and often performed masses Missa St. Crucis op. 151 and the Missa in A op. 126 for women’s choir, in addition to other works, have been recorded on this CD. Once again, the Vocalensemble Rastatt conducted by Holger Speck, with its highly refined sound, technical brilliance and lively musicality, delivers a convincing performance on this CD.
“… it’s hard to imagine a finer advocate for Rheinberger’s work, nor is it possible to
offer anything but praise …” Classics Today 4/2000
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger’s well-loved and often performed masses Missa St. Crucis op. 151 and the Missa in A op. 126 for women’s choir, in addition to other works, have been recorded on this CD. Once again, the Vocalensemble Rastatt conducted by Holger Speck, with its highly refined sound, technical brilliance and lively musicality, delivers a convincing performance on this CD.
“… it’s hard to imagine a finer advocate for Rheinberger’s work, nor is it possible to
offer anything but praise …” Classics Today 4/2000
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Compositeur
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
| 1839-1901Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, né en 1839 à Vaduz, mort en 1901 à Munich. Élève de J.G. Herzog, J.J. Maier et Fr. Lachner. Considéré comme l'une des personnalités les plus importantes de l'enseignement du 19e siècle ; a travaillé à partir de 1859 comme professeur à l'école royale de musique de Munich, puis comme professeur de composition et d'orgue ; maître de chapelle de la cour en 1877. De son vaste opus se distinguent les 20 sonates pour orgue ; outre ses œuvres de musique de chambre, ses œuvres chorales sacrées et profanes sont également précieuses. Plus d'information sur la personne
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L'auteur de l'avant-propos
Barbara Mohn
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Chœur
Vocalensemble Rastatt
Alongside its dedication to a core repertoire of composers such as Monteverdi, Schütz, Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, and Brahms, the Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites frequently explore new terrain with premiere performances. On the heels of its successes in national and international choir competitions, the ensemble has taken part in numerous internationally acclaimed CD recordings as well as radio, and television productions for SWR, Radio France, Deutschlandradio Kultur, and Deutschlandfunk. The Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites have performed in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, the Musikfest Bremen, the Kölner Philharmonie, the SWR RheinVokal Festival, the Europäisches Musikfest Stuttgart, the Schwetzinger Festspiele, the Deutschlandradio Kultur Wartburgkonzerte, the Internationale Musiktage im Dom zu Speyer, the Philharmonie in Mulhouse, and the Centre de Musique “Les Dominicains” in Guebwiller, France, among other venues. The flexible choir does not shy away from excursions into the world of opera, having performed Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor and Bellini’s Norma with Edita Gruberova, and Mozart’s Don Giovanni and Così fan tutte with Rolando Villazón. Together with Klaus Maria Brandauer and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the choir also performed Mendelssohn’s Sommernachtstraum at the Musikfest Bremen. The ensemble is sponsored by the German state of Baden-Württemberg in co-operation with its “Kunst 2020” program, as well as by its home city of Rastatt. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Holger Speck
Holger Speck enjoys an international reputation as a charismatic conductor who succeeds both in realizing stylistic characteristics in an innovative manner and in conveying emotional content. Fanfare magazine from the USA attests to his “undeniable authority.” With his distinctive sense of sound and compelling, lively and authentic interpretations, he shapes the image of his own ensembles as well as the choirs and orchestras with which he works as a guest conductor. The president of the German Bundestag Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble engaged him and his Vocalensemble Rastatt for a concert during the G20 summit. Speck established the Grammy-nominated Vocalensemble Rastatt and the Baroque orchestra Les Favorites internationally with exciting concert programs and outstanding CD recordings on the Carus label containing music by Buxtehude, Telemann, Handel and Brahms, among others. For Deutsche Grammophon productions, he was responsible for the choral sections of the Mozart operas “Die Entführung aus dem Serail,” “Le nozze di Figaro,” “Così fan tutte,” and “Don Giovanni.” Holger Speck teaches at the University of Music in Karlsruhe; in addition to being the artistic director of Vocalensemble Rastatt & Les Favorites, he works as a guest conductor with the NDR Vokalensemble, the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, and the choir and orchestra of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in Ljubljana, among others. The ballet director John Neumeier engaged Speck to conduct his last major creation “Dona nobis pacem” with Bach’s Mass in B minor at the Hamburg State Opera and the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. . Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - orgue
Thomas Berning