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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Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Oct 1998
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Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden. Kirchenwerke VI
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Jul 1999
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Luigi Cherubini: Requiem in C Minor
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Aug 2010
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Bach's Family: Choral Motets
Frieder Bernius, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Sonntraud Engels-Benz, Unknown Artist
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 14 Jun 2019
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Beethoven: Mass in C Major, Op. 86; Cherubini: Sciant gentes
Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Feb 2013
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Barockorchester Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Oct 2014
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Mendelssohn: Te Deum à 8, MWV B 15 & Other Works
Classical - Released by haenssler CLASSIC on 16 Apr 2021
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Rheinberger: Musica Sacra
Classical - Released by Carus on 2 Jun 2015
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Mendelssohn: Paulus, Op. 36
Maria Cristina Kiehr, Werner Güra, Michael Volle, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 May 2007
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Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Cantus Missae. Musica sacra II
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Ensemble Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Feb 1989
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Mendelssohn: Wie der Hirsch schreit. Kirchenwerke IV
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Feb 1997
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Mendelssohn: Geistliches Chorwerk. Motetten, Psalmen, Choralkantaten, Lobgesang
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Mar 2012
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Schütz: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Musica Fiata, Kammerchor Stuttgart
Classical - Released by Sony Classical - Sony Music on 17 Feb 1989
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Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben. Musica sacra
Detlef Bratschke, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Bläser der Deutschen Kammerphilharmonie, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Jul 1996
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Mendelssohn: Hebe deine Augen auf. Kirchenwerke VII
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Apr 2006
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Mendelssohn: Geistliche Chorwerke
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 8 Jul 2022
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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
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Oct 2021
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Mendelssohn: Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen. Kirchenwerke V
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Jan 1997
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Lux aeterna ... for 10-16 parts. Werke von Ligeti, Scarlatti, Boyd und Mahler
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Feb 2001
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Mendelssohn: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt. Geistliche Chormusik
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 17 Aug 2018
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Mendelssohn: Elias, Op. 70
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius
Classical - Released by Carus on 1 Mar 2008
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