Composer: Gregor Joseph Werner
Performer: Magdalene Harer, Anne Bierwirth, Tobias Hunger, Markus Flaig, Voktett Hannover, la festa musicale
Conductor: Lajos Ravatkay
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Audite
Catalogue: AUDITE97808
Release: 2022
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Der verlorene Sohn III/6, Introductio
01. I. Grave
02. II. Allegro
03. In monte Oliveti
Absalon III/3, Introductio
04. I. Largo
05. II. Allegro
06. Ecce vidimus Eium
Job III/7, Introductio
07. I. Adagioso
08. II. Vivace Passato
Requiem in C Minor III/37
09. I. Requiem Aeternam
10. II. Kyrie
11. III. Dies Irae
12. IV. Lachrymosa
13. V. Homo Natus
14. VI. Sanctus
15. VII. Osanna
16. VIII. Benedictus
17. IX. Osanna at Supra
18. X. Agnus Dei
19. XI. Lux Aeterna
20. XII. Cum Sanctis Tuis
21. XIII. Requiem Aeternam
22. XIV. Cum Sanctis ut Sopra
Sonatina in G Minor III/272
23. I. Larghetto
24. II. Vivace
25. Miserere mei Deus III/264
Once again la festa musicale focuses on the music of Gregor Joseph Werner, Kapellmeister and Joseph Haydn’s immediate predecessor at the Esterházy court. This album illustrates Werner’s creative and artistic treatment of the themes of mourning and penance. In three introductions to Holy Week oratorios, he displays astonishing fugal sophistication, and in the two Holy Week motets he opts for an exciting combination of sixteenth century compositional techniques with bold, progressive harmony. Contrapuntal finesse is also revealed in the dramatic Requiem with soloists, choir and trombones. Finally, the polyphonic Sonatina leads to what is probably his last work, the a cappella setting of the penitential psalm Miserere mei Deus, written by Gregor Joseph Werner in the style of the famous Miserere by Gregorio Allegri. With his second album, Lajos Rovatkay continues the highly acclaimed series featuring the music of Gregor Joseph Werner.