Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Sonntraud Engels-Benz, Franziska Bobe, Katharina Eberl, Maria Kalmbach, Sigrun Bornträger, Oliver Kringel, Daniel Schmid, Johannes Hill, Felix Rathgeber, Anna-Sophie Brosig, Maria Bernius, Tobias Mäthger, Katharina Guglhör, Jo Holzwarth, Jens Hamann, Kammerchor Stuttgart
Conductor: Frieder Bernius
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Haenssler
Release: 2021
Size: 438 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Te Deum à 8, MWV B 15
01. I. Te Deum Laudamus
02. II. Te Aeternum Patrem
03. III. Tibi Omnes Angeli
04. IV. Tibi Cherubim et Seraphim
05. V. Te Gloriosus Apostolorum
06. VI. Patrem Immensae Majestatis
07. VII. Tu Rex Gloriae
08. VIII. Te Ergo Quaesumus
09. IX. Salvum Fac
10. X. Per Singulos Dies
11. XI. Dignare Domine
12. XII. Fiat Misericordia Tua
Hora Est, MWV B 18
Frieder Bernius
13. I.
14. II. Vivace
Kirchenmusik, Op. 23
15. No. 2, Ave Maria, MWV B 19 (Arr. for Choir & Organ)
“My commitment to the present new recording is not only important because of advanced ensemble techniques, but also because I believe that with a cast of soloists, as in the sixteen-part Hora est, transparency of the polyphonic movement can be achieved that is not so readily feasible with larger forces. A prerequisite here is the existence of ensemble capabilities among vocal soloists, as we also need it for earlier music. In any case, the vocal works which are also particularly interesting to me among those Mendelssohn composed for the Sing-Akademie are those of stylistically ambiguous definition, in which the composer, inspired by the example of the old masters, looks for – and finds – his own path. Our conception of being able to cast soloists from a chorus, as in the Te Deum, is also influenced by this model“.
(Frieder Bernius)