Composer: Anton Bruckner, Michaël Haydn
Performer: Leipzig Radio Choir, Sebastian Krause, Eckart Wiegräbe, Uwe Gebel
Conductor: Philipp Ahmann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186868
Release: 2021
Size: 967 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23
02. Bruckner: Inveni David, offertorium for male chorus & 4 trombones,WAB 19
03. Bruckner: Christus factus est, WAB 11
04. Bruckner: Offertorium: Afferentur regi
05. Bruckner: Pange lingua
06. Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam
07. Bruckner: Ave Maria (1861), WAB 6
08. Bruckner: Vexilla regis
09. Bruckner: Virga Jesse floruit
Haydn: In coena Domini ad missam, MH 628
10. No. 2, Christus factus est
Haydn: Responsoria in sabbato sancto, MH 278
11. No. 5, O vos omnes
12. No. 6, Ecce quomodo moritur justus
13. Haydn: Christus factus est, MH 38
14. Haydn: Salve Regina in C Major (Attrib. F. Morlacchi)
15. Haydn: Tenebrae factae sunt
The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and its chief conductor Philipp Ahmann present motets by Anton Bruckner and Michael Haydn. While Bruckner’s Locus iste, Christus factus est and Ave Maria enjoy great popularity and can be heard frequently in concerts, Michael Haydn’s contributions to the same genre are far less known. The younger brother of Joseph and successor of Mozart as Salzburg organist has, however, had a huge impact on religious composition in the German-speaking world, and particularly in Austria. As such, Bruckner’s Motets, composed about a century later, are still firmly grounded in the tradition of Michael Haydn. By combining their motets, this album allows the listener to discover this uniquely Austrian church-musical style, while simultaneously showing how both composers’ gave a highly personal substance to it.