Christoph Spering
Conductor Christoph Spering applies his knowledge of authentic performance practice to the music of the early 18th to the mid-19th centuries, in all genres. With several groups he founded, he has made innovative recordings of Classical and early Romantic choral and symphonic repertory.
Spering was born June 23, 1959, in the small town of Simmern in West Germany's Rhineland-Palatinate state. His younger brother Andreas is also a conductor. Spering attended the Musikhochschule Köln, studying church music and earning the title of Kirchenmusikdirektor or Church Music Director. He has continued to work as the Protestant parish of Cologne-Mülheim. In 1983, in Cologne, he formed the Mülheimer Kantorei Köln, the first of several groups of his own. He followed that up by establishing the Chorus Musicus Köln, and in 1988, Das Neue Orchester (The New Orchestra). With the latter two groups, in 1992, he made the first recording of Mendelssohn's 1841 version of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244. That gained Spering wide attention, and he began to find bookings not only for his own ensembles but also as a guest conductor of major orchestras. He has appeared with the Gürzenich Philharmonic Orchestra in Cologne, the Halle City Symphony Orchestra, and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Lille in France, among others. Building on the success of the Mendelssohn recording, he has performed other unusual late Classical and early Romantic works, including the oratorio Columbus by J.S. Bach's grandson Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Antonio Salieri's Requiem, and Robert Schumann's oratorio Der Rose Pilgerfahrt. Spering has also performed music by composers dating back to Bach and as far forward as Berlioz, often applying historical-performance principles.
Spering is especially notable for his large catalog of recordings, made for the Opus 111, Naïve, and Deutsche Harmonia Mundi labels, among other top imprints. His recorded repertory focuses on the music of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, including such rare works as the Christmas Oratorio of the composer Antonio Cartellieri (1772-1807), as well as neglected works by famous composers. He has issued recordings of Mendelssohn's lesser-known incidental music for the plays Antigone, Oedipus Rex, and Athalia. In 2020, Spering led the Chorus Musicus Köln and Das Neue Orchester in a new recording of six Bach cantatas on Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
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Reger & Mahler: Works
Christoph Spering, Chorus Musicus Köln, Anke Vondung, Tobias Berndt, Das Neue Orchester
Klassiek - Released by Capriccio on 6 okt. 2023
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Bach: Was mein Gott will - Cantatas BWV 5, 33, 94, 111, 113, 135, 178
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 17 nov. 2023
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Kalliwoda: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7 & Overture No. 16
Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering
Klassiek - Released by CPO on 1 aug. 2006
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Cherubini: Requiem - In Paradisum
Christoph Spering, Das Neue Orchester, Chorus Musicus
Klassiek - Released by naïve classique on 1 jan. 1994
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Gluck: Iphigenia in Aulis (Arr. R. Wagner)
Opera - Released by Oehms Classics on 3 mrt. 2014
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Bach Cantatas
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 19 aug. 2022
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Bach. Praise : Cantatas BWV 26, 41, 95, 115, 137, 140
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 14 feb. 2020
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Bach: Eternity (Cantatas BWV 20, 93, 3, 10, 116, 124)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 26 okt. 2018
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Bach: Eternity (Cantatas BWV 20, 93, 3, 10, 116, 124)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 26 okt. 2018
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 1 (BWV 62, 36, 91)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 28 okt. 2016
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 3 (BWV 126, 4, 2, 7)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 28 okt. 2016
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Bach: Praise - Cantatas BWV 26, 41, 95, 115, 137, 140
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 14 feb. 2020
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Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140/IV. Zion hört die Wächter singen (Chorale)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 10 jan. 2020
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Cantates pour basse
Thomas E. Bauer, Das Neue Orchester, Elisa Rabanus, Christoph Spering, Chorus Musicus Köln
Vocale muziek (wereldlijk en religieus) - Released by Oehms Classics on 14 okt. 2013
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Le Sueur: Ceremonial Music
Christoph Spering, Chorus Musicus Das Neue Orchester
Klassiek - Released by naïve classique on 1 jan. 1993
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 2 (BVW 121, 125, 14)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 28 okt. 2016
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Bach : Cantata BWV 80 "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott"
Religieuze cantates - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 27 nov. 2015
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 4 (BWV 38, 80, 61)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 28 okt. 2016
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Concertos pour violon n°3 et n°6
Anton Steck, L'arpa Festante, Christoph Spering
Klassiek - Released by Accent on 26 dec. 2012
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I. Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit (Chorus)
Klassiek - Released by Deutsche Harmonia Mundi on 20 okt. 2023
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Mozart: Requiem
Religieuze vocale muziek - Released by naïve classique on 23 okt. 2001
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