Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Among the few groups to play Liszt's music on historical instruments, the durable Orchester Wiener Akademie ("Orchestra of the Vienna Academy") performs music from the Baroque to the late Romantic era. The orchestra has a large catalog of recordings, some of them in its own RESOUND series that seeks to re-create historical sound ambiances.
The Orchester Wiener Akademie was founded in 1985 by conductor Martin Haselböck, who remains its music director as of the early 2020s. It was one of the first wave of historical instrument groups in Austria, and it found success almost immediately, releasing an album of concertos by C.P.E. Bach on the Novalis label in 1988. A distinguishing feature of the orchestra's work has been its flexibility; it includes historical instruments of various periods as well as modern ones, and it has performed music from the Baroque to the late Romantic era. Performing at home in the Musikverein hall in Vienna, the Orchester Wiener Akademie has appeared at more than 100 venues across Europe and North America, as well as in such cities as Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, and Tel Aviv. It is a fixture at such annual events as the Prague Spring Festival, the Frankfurter Fest, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and the Wiener Festwochen. In Vienna, the orchestra has played host to a sequence of world-class vocal and instrumental soloists, including pianist Cyprien Katsaris, mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, and violinist Isabelle Faust.
The Orchester Wiener Akademie is one of the few groups to have performed the music of Liszt on period instruments. The group has served as the resident orchestra of the International Liszt Festival and has made historically oriented Liszt recordings for the Alpha label. The group's recording catalog is unusually large, including releases on the CPO, NCA, and Gramola labels, in addition to longstanding relationships with Novalis and Alpha. On the latter, the orchestra released the collection Resound Beethoven: Complete Symphonies in 2020. The "Resound" designation referred to a series of Orchester Wiener Akademie recordings made in venues where the works performed had been premiered. The orchestra has partnered with several opera companies and choirs, and its future plans include recordings of Haydn's oratorio The Creation and of Schubert's complete masses. It has also developed two music dramas, The Infernal Comedy, and The Giacomo Variations, with actor John Malkovich. In 2022, the orchestra moved to the Aparte label for the album Liszt: Legends of the Saints, Vol. 1.
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Discography
20 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243; Meine Seel erhebt den Herren Cantata, BWV 10 (Elly Ameling – The Bach Edition, Vol. 6)
Elly Ameling, Helen Watts, Werner Krenn, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger
Klassiek - Released by Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd. on 1 jan. 1969
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Bach, J.S.: Magnificat; Cantata No.10
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Hymnuschor Stuttgart, Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Münchinger
Klassiek - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 jan. 2011
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Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (Mono Version)
Hermann Scherchen, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Orchestre de l'opéra d'état de Vienne
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, P. 77
Teresa Stich-Randall, Elisabeth Höngen, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Mario Rossi
Klassiek - Released by Archipel on 1 aug. 2007
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, P. 77
Teresa Stich-Randall, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Elisabeth Höngen, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Mario Rossi
Klassiek - Released by Urania Records on 3 jul. 2020
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Beethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123 (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Otto Klemperer
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1962
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Bach: La Passion selon saint Matthieu, BWV 244 (Mono Version)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Kammerorchester, Ferdinand Grossmann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1954
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Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli (Mono Version)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Günther Theuring
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1958
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Liszt: The Sound of Weimar 4
Klassiek - Released by New Classical Adventure on 3 apr. 2012
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Haydn: Missa in E-Flat Major "Grosse Orgelmesse" (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Ferdinand Grossmann, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1953
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Schütz: Die sieben Worte Jesu Christi am Kreuz & 5 Motets (Mono Version)
Wiener Symphoniker, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Ferdinand Grossmann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Merveilles du chant choral (Mono Version)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Ferdinand Grossmann
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1953
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Polyphonies germaniques (Mono Version)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Ferdinand Grossmann
Klassiek - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1951
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Schütz: Les sept paroles de Jésus en Croix & Cinq motets (Mono Version)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Wiener Symphoniker, Ferdinand Grossmann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1953
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Brahms: Liebeslieder, Op. 52 & Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65 (Mono Version)
Elisabeth Roon, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Ferdinand Grossmann
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1961
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Mozart & Beethoven: Orchestral Works
Wiener Symphoniker, Friedrich Wuhrer, Clemens Krauss, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Klassiek - Released by Archipel on 1 jan. 2003
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Christmas Carols from Austria (Original Christmas Album 1956)
Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Günther Theuring
Kerstmuziek - Released by Christmas Time on 1 jan. 2014
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Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza, potpourri (Mono Version)
Friedl Pöltinger, Gerda Scheyrer, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Große Funkorchester von Radio Wien
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1959
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Brahms: Valses d'amour (Mono Version)
Ferdinand Grossmann, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1957
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Schubert, Berté: Das Dreimäderlhaus, extraits (Mono Version)
Elisabeth Roon, Hugo Meyer-Welfing, Wiener Akademie Kammerchor, Karl Pauspertl
Divers - Released by BNF Collection on 1 jan. 1955
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo