Composer: Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer, Johann Christoph Pez
Performer: Newton Baroque, Exsultemus
Conductor: Andrus Madsen, Shannon Canavin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0364
Release: 2016
Size: 617 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Fischer: Praeludia et Fugae per 8 tonos ecclesiasticos (Blumen-Strauss)
01. Suite No. 1: Preludium VIII
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
02. Domine ad adjuvandum
03. Beatus vir
Fischer: Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Op. 4
04. No. 4. Prelude and Fugue in D Major
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
05. Confitebor
Fischer: Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Op. 4
06. No. 18. Prelude and Fugue in B Minor
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
07. Credidi
Fischer: Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Op. 4
08. No. 8. Prelude and Fugue in E Major
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
09. Nisi Dominus
Fischer: Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Op. 4
10. No. 3. Prelude and Fugue in D Minor
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
11. Lauda Jerusalem
Fischer: Ariadne musica neo-organoedum, Op. 4
12. No. 17. Prelude and Fugue in B-Flat Major
Pez: Violin Sonata in G minor
13. I. Adagio
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Adagio
16. IV. Allegro
17. V. Adagio
18. VI. Gigue
Fischer: Vesperae, seu Psalmi vespertini, Op. 3
19. Magnificat
Pez: Duplex genius, Op. 1, Sonata No. 5 in C Minor
20. I. Adagio
21. II. Allegro
22. III. Adagio
23. IV. Vivace
Fischer: Lytaniae lauretanae, Op. 5
24. Salve Regina
In his day Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer (1656–1746) was renowned as one of the major musicians in southern Germany, especially for his distinctly French music for harpsichord and organ, on which instruments he was an outstanding performer.
His vocal music, by contrast, which has been far less thoroughly explored, looked to Italy for its models, as his captivating 1701 setting of the Vespers reveals.
In keeping with the practice of the time, this first recording of Fischer’s Vespers includes music from elsewhere in his output, chiefly a series of organ preludes and fugues from his Ariadne Musica of 1702.
This Vespers setting also includes two outstanding sonatas by another forgotten composer, the Munich-based Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716).
This recording is the result of a collaboration of two of the finest early-music groups in North America, both based in Boston, Mass. Exsultemus was founded by soprano Shannon Canavin in 2003 to explore remarkable but seldom-performed Renaissance and Baroque vocal works. Newton Baroque, founded by keyboard specialist Andrus Madse, is likewise committed to calling attention to fine music outside the Baroque canon. Andrus Madsen is an active performer on the organ, harpsichord clavichord and fortepiano.