Composer: Paul Ignaz Liechtenauer
Performer: Maria Ladurner, Elvira Bill, Georg Poplutz, Johannes Hill
Orchestra: Die Kölner Akademie
Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 5556962
Release: 2025
Size: 798 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Missa II Purificationis B.V.M.
01. I. Kyrie. 2
02. II. Gloria. 3
03. III. Credo. 4
04. IV. Sanctus – Benedictus. 5
05. V. Agnus Dei
Missa III Assumptionis B.V.M.
06. I. Kyrie
07. II. Gloria
08. III. Credo
09. IV. Sanctus – Benedictus
10. V. Agnus Dei
Missa V S. Antonii
11. I. Kyrie
12. II. Gloria
13. III. Credo
14. IV. Sanctus – Benedictus
15. V. Agnus Dei
Missa VI S. Joannis Nepomuceni
16. I. Kyrie
17. II. Gloria
18. III. Credo
19. IV. Sanctus – Benedictus
20. V. Agnus Dei
We know relatively little about the composer and church musician Paul Ignaz Liechtenauer. His father was an organ builder and organist in Vienna, and Liechtenauer himself served as Kapellmeister in Koblenz-Ehrenbreitstein until 1711. By 1715, he had taken up the position of organist at the Cathedral of Osnabrück, soon after assuming the title of “Capellmeister” and gaining a reputation for his liturgical music that was widely acclaimed. Four of the six masses he published in 1741 as Opus 2 are now featured on the latest CD by the Kölner Akademie, which, under the direction of its founder, Michael Alexander Willens, once again astonishes us. There is a touch of local patriotism in this release: classic production osnabrück is located less than ten kilometers from the high church where the composer served for over 40 years.
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