Composer: Andreas Hofer
Performer: Manfred Bittner, Anabelle Hund, Franz Vitzthum, Hans-Jörg Mammel, Daniel Schrieber, Capella Spirensis
Orchestra: L’Arpa festante
Conductor: Markus Melchiori
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Christophorus
Catalogue: CHR77461
Release: 2022
Size: 751 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Salmi con una voce e doi violini, e motetti con, e senza violini
01. Cum iucunditate cantemus
02. Lauda JerusalemManfred Bittner
Psalmi brevi
03. Dixit dominus
04. Confitebor tibi domine
05. Beatus vir
06. Laudate pueri dominum
07. Laudate dominum
08. Magnificat
Salmi con una voce e doi violini, e motetti con, e senza violini
09. Confitebor tibi domine
10. Laudate dominum
11. Laudate pueri dominum (Arr. for Tenor, Violas & Basso continuo)
Missa valete
12. Kyrie
13. Gloria
Salmi con una voce e doi violini, e motetti con, e senza violini
14. Beatus vir
Missa valete
15. Credo
Salmi con una voce e doi violini, e motetti con, e senza violini
16. Laudate pueri dominum (Arr. for Bass, Violins & Basso continuo)
Missa valete
17. Sanctus
18. Agnus Dei
The composer Andreas Hofer (1628 to 1684) is probably hardly known even by music connoisseurs yet he was Cathedral and Court Kapellmeister in Salzburg at a time when the prince-archbishopric was considered one of the most important centres of Western music. Hofer was in charge of all the music of the prince-archbishopric, both in the great Baroque cathedral and at court, and he brought the most accomplished musicians to Salzburg.
Among them none other than Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber as Vice-Kapellmeister and Georg Muffat as cathedral organist!
This programme presents seven psalm concertos by Hofer for one or two solo voices, strings and basso continuo. They are composed in the style of Monteverdi’s seconda prattica, virtuosic and bursting with melodic ideas.
In contrast, the collection of Psalmi brevi and his Missa Valete, for five voices and strings, show Hofer’s great skill in vocal polyphony.
Performers are the vocal ensemble Capella Spirensis of the Dommusik Speyer and the orchestra L’arpa festante conducted by the Domkapellmeister Markus Melchiori.