Kammerchor Stuttgart
Germany is dense with high-quality local chamber choirs, but the Kammerchor Stuttgart or Stuttgart Chamber Choir is of a specific kind: it reflects the artistic vision of a single individual, conductor Frieder Bernius, who founded the group when he was a student and has continued to lead it. Moreover, the choir is specifically identified with the historical-performance movement and for much of its career has cultivated repertory from the Baroque era.
Born in 1947, Bernius studied at the University of Tübingen and the Musikhochschule Stuttgart. While enrolled at the latter institution in 1968, Bernius founded the Kammerchor, whose activities have expanded ever since. The choir is considered one of the leading ensembles of its kind in Germany, and it was honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1993.
The Kammerchor Stuttgart has performed widely at European festivals, and in 1987 Bernius founded his own Internationale Festtage Alter Musik or International Festival Days of Early Music, now known as Stuttgart Barock. It was at about this time that the ensemble began to devote itself predominantly to early music (the group has also always included premieres of new compositions in its programming).
The Kammerchor Stuttgart has a core of 16 professional singers, but has expanded to groups as large as 80 for oratorio performances. The choir has made several tours each of Asia, North America, and South America, and has also toured Israel biannually, appearing there in 2015 in observance of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Israel and Germany.
The choir's catalog of recordings is unusually large, comprising some 70 CDs, often in association with the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart and/or other groups created by Bernius. These recordings have won the German Record Critics' Prize, the Edison Award (Netherlands, 1990), and the Diapason d'Or (France).
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Mendelssohn: Magnificat. Kirchenwerke VIII
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.10.2008
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Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch. Kirchenwerke II
Krisztina Laki, Berthold Possemeyer, Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.10.1985
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Mendelssohn: Hör mein Bitten. Kirchenwerke I
Julia Hamari, Ensemble '76 Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.03.1983
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Mendelssohn: Lieder im Freien zu singen
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Chorwerk (für den Chor) - Erschienen bei Carus am 28.01.2017
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Johann Sebastian Bach: Motetten
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Mendelssohn: Oratorien
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.03.2012
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Bach, J.S.: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244
Barockorchester Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 08.04.2016
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Gottfried August Homilius: Sehet, welch eine Liebe. Motetten
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.09.2004
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Mendelssohn: Christus. Kirchenwerke III
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.10.1987
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a cappella
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.07.2008
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Otto Nicolai: Herr, auf dich traue ich. Psalmen
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.04.2012
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Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 08.04.2016
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Mendelssohn: Herr Gott, dich loben wir. Kirchenwerke IX
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.11.2008
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Fasch: Missa à 16 voci; Scarlatti: Stabat Mater
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 28.10.2019
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Klassische Musik in Baden-Württemberg, Vol. 2
Klassik - Erschienen bei haenssler CLASSIC am 25.09.2020
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Hohes Lied
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.01.2004
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Messiaen: Cinq rechants, O sacrum convivium & A-cappella-Werke von Debussy, Ravel und Mahler (Arr. Clytus Gottwald)
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.10.2021
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Messiah. The Choruses
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.12.2015
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Mendelssohn: Lieder im Freien zu singen
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 28.01.2017
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Danzi: Der Berggeist
Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Klassik - Erschienen bei Carus am 01.03.2013
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Zelenka: Missa Omnium Sanctorum (Music from the Dresden Hofkirche)
Frieder Bernius, Barockorchester Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart
Klassik - Erschienen bei Sony Classical - Sony Music am 22.04.1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo