Konrad Ruhland
A student of Greek-German medievalist Thrasybulos Georgiadis and Renaissance music specialist Marie-Louise Göllner, musicologist and conductor Konrad Ruhland is a pioneering German figure in the field of early music performance, something of a Continental counterpart to Noah Greenberg in the U.S. or the similarly academically influenced David Munrow in Britain. He was born in Landau, Germany, and obtained his earliest musical training as a chorister in the cathedral choir of Passau. He then studied history, medieval Latin, theology, and liturgical history, all of which he has applied to his performance practice research. In 1956, he founded the Capella Antiqua München, bringing together a group of young vocal students in Munich. This became one of the first ensembles to apply a historical approach to Renaissance and early Baroque music.
Many of the large number of albums he made contain choral music that had never been recorded before, and his interests as a performer ranged from the earliest music of the Christian era up to the 17th century. In line with Ruhland's academic interests, some of his recordings (such as The Moosburg Gradual of 1360) are devoted to specific manuscripts or settings. Though his style lacks the expression that later performers have brought to much of the music he unearthed, his music making is never pedantic or dull. His 1966 recording Gregorian Chant is considered a classic and has been reissued on CD by Sony Classical; Ruhland's notes offer a straightforward introduction to the music, free of the pop mysticism that has attended many chant releases. Through the 1960s and 1970s Ruhland led the group in recordings for a number of labels, including Telefunken, Seon, Christophorus, and Sony. After the Capella disbanded, he conducted recordings by the Niederaltaicher Scholaren. Still active as a choral conductor and educator in both Europe and the U.S., he is notable for his vast expertise on diverse repertories of music.
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Discography
12 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Isaac: Missa super "O praeclara", Motets & Songs
Konrad Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 16 Jul 2021
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Konrad Ruhland Conducts Gregorian Chant
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 15 Apr 2016
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Dez Prez: Motets, 1490-1520
Konrad Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 27 Aug 2021
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Gregorian Chant - Sequences
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 20 Aug 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
GREGORIAN CHANT II - HYMNS
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 30 Apr 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
De la Rue: Requiem - Elegies and Occasional Motets
Konrad Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 20 Aug 2021
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo -
The Quintessence of Chant (Gregorianische Gesänge I & II)
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 16 Dec 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gregorian Chant - Cantus Selecti
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 14 Jan 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Canto Gregoriano 2 (Inspiration)
Konrad Ruhland, Capella Antiqua München
Classical - Released by Warner Classics International on 20 Mar 2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Gregorian Chant - Sequences
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 20 Aug 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Resonet in laudibus - Legend of a Christmas Song
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 15 Nov 1994
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Moosburg Gradual of 1360
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on 29 Aug 1997
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo