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Several of Germany's leading boys' choirs have recorded the big choral works of Heinrich Schütz. Members of Windsbacher Knabenchor, creators of a recent group with conductor Karl-Friedrich Beringer, are not the best-known or most sonically flawless among them, but their talents are peculiarly well suited to the music of the seventeenth century master. Schütz had a way of entering into sacred texts musically, producing not personal responses but emotional fervor that seems universal, that was matched in the history of German music only by Johann Sebastian Bach. Several of the psalms among the Psalmen David heard here are familiar from Bach's settings, but the Schütz versions have their own profundity. The Windsbacher youths sound like they understand what they're singing about; they articulate the words beautifully and expressively. The result is that a psalm like the final An den Wassern zu Babel sassen wir und weineten (By the waters of Babylon we sat and wept) has a strong emotional impact even if you can get more chillingly perfect soprano lines from the likes of the Regensburger Domspatzen. This is the disc to buy if you want just one of the Windsbachers' releases; the more Olympian discourse of the Geistliche Chormusik of Schütz's late life is less suited to their direct approach although still well worth hearing. The booklet, explaining the issues of Schütz's early career in terms anybody can understand, is a good fit with the music, and the engineering passes one of the sound recordist's toughest tests -- working with children -- beautifully. Texts are only in German, but any Bible, dusty as it may be, will furnish English translations.
© TiVo
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Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Lochner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Rudolf Zartner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Rudolf Zartner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Vilmar Herden, Artist, Soprano, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher - Armin Hofmockel, Artist, Soprano, MainArtist
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Rudolf Zartner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Vilmar Herden, Artist, Soprano, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher - Jakob Astel, Artist, Alto, MainArtist - Robert Eller, Artist, Tenor, MainArtist - Frank Preißer, Bass, Artist, MainArtist
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Lochner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Matthias Bauer, Artist, Alto, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher - Armin Hofmockel, Artist, Soprano, MainArtist - Robert Eller, Artist, Tenor, MainArtist - Frank Preißer, Bass, Artist, MainArtist
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Lochner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Rudolf Zartner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Windsbacher Knabenchor, Choir, Artist, MainArtist - Traditional, Lyricist - Karl-Friedrich Beringer, Conductor, Artist, MainArtist - Heinrich Schütz, Composer - Wolfgang Wagner, Double Bass, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Lochner, Organ, Artist, MainArtist - Dieter Kirsch, Artist, MainArtist, Other instrument - Gisela Reith, Cello, Artist, MainArtist - Rondeau Production, MusicPublisher
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
Album review
Several of Germany's leading boys' choirs have recorded the big choral works of Heinrich Schütz. Members of Windsbacher Knabenchor, creators of a recent group with conductor Karl-Friedrich Beringer, are not the best-known or most sonically flawless among them, but their talents are peculiarly well suited to the music of the seventeenth century master. Schütz had a way of entering into sacred texts musically, producing not personal responses but emotional fervor that seems universal, that was matched in the history of German music only by Johann Sebastian Bach. Several of the psalms among the Psalmen David heard here are familiar from Bach's settings, but the Schütz versions have their own profundity. The Windsbacher youths sound like they understand what they're singing about; they articulate the words beautifully and expressively. The result is that a psalm like the final An den Wassern zu Babel sassen wir und weineten (By the waters of Babylon we sat and wept) has a strong emotional impact even if you can get more chillingly perfect soprano lines from the likes of the Regensburger Domspatzen. This is the disc to buy if you want just one of the Windsbachers' releases; the more Olympian discourse of the Geistliche Chormusik of Schütz's late life is less suited to their direct approach although still well worth hearing. The booklet, explaining the issues of Schütz's early career in terms anybody can understand, is a good fit with the music, and the engineering passes one of the sound recordist's toughest tests -- working with children -- beautifully. Texts are only in German, but any Bible, dusty as it may be, will furnish English translations.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 01:00:10
- Main artists: Windsbacher Knabenchor Karl Friedrich Beringer
- Composer: Heinrich Schütz
- Label: Rondeau Production
- Genre: Classical
2014 Rondeau Production GmbH 2014 Rondeau Production GmbH
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