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A good new recording of Bruckner's Mass in E minor is always welcome. Scored for mixed choir accompanied sparingly but effectively by winds and brass, the work is the devoutly Catholic Austrian Romantic composer's purest and most inward mass setting, and for those who revere his deeply spiritualized symphonies, the work has long been a favorite. It is also one of the composer's most difficult masses to bring off in performance; long stretches of it are unaccompanied, thereby testing a choir's intonation, and all of it is technically demanding. Fortunately, the KammerChor Saarbrücken is a superbly polished group with a warmly glowing tone, a seemingly effortless technique, a sense of intonation that never wavers and a real feel for the music's austere idiom. Accompanied by the Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim directed by Georg Grün, the KammerChor turns in a performance of Bruckner's E minor Mass, which can stand comparison with the best of earlier recordings, including its own 1991 recording with Frieder Bernius. As couplings, Carus provides Bruckner's radiant motet Libera me, Domine (WAB 22) and Rheinberger's hitherto unrecorded a cappella Requiem, and while the later work cannot hold a candle to the intensity of Bruckner's sacred music, it is nevertheless a well written piece that deserves to be heard by listeners dedicated to nineteenth century German sacred music. Carus' digital sound is cool, but deep, and surprisingly atmospheric.
© TiVo
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Mass No. 2, WAB 27 (Anton Bruckner)
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Anonymous, Author - Anton BRUCKNER, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Requiem in E Flat Major, Op. 84 (Josef Rheinberger)
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Traditional, Author - Josef Rheinberger, Composer - Georg Grun, Conductor, MainArtist - KammerChor Saarbrücken, Choir, MainArtist - Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 2008 Carus
Album review
A good new recording of Bruckner's Mass in E minor is always welcome. Scored for mixed choir accompanied sparingly but effectively by winds and brass, the work is the devoutly Catholic Austrian Romantic composer's purest and most inward mass setting, and for those who revere his deeply spiritualized symphonies, the work has long been a favorite. It is also one of the composer's most difficult masses to bring off in performance; long stretches of it are unaccompanied, thereby testing a choir's intonation, and all of it is technically demanding. Fortunately, the KammerChor Saarbrücken is a superbly polished group with a warmly glowing tone, a seemingly effortless technique, a sense of intonation that never wavers and a real feel for the music's austere idiom. Accompanied by the Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim directed by Georg Grün, the KammerChor turns in a performance of Bruckner's E minor Mass, which can stand comparison with the best of earlier recordings, including its own 1991 recording with Frieder Bernius. As couplings, Carus provides Bruckner's radiant motet Libera me, Domine (WAB 22) and Rheinberger's hitherto unrecorded a cappella Requiem, and while the later work cannot hold a candle to the intensity of Bruckner's sacred music, it is nevertheless a well written piece that deserves to be heard by listeners dedicated to nineteenth century German sacred music. Carus' digital sound is cool, but deep, and surprisingly atmospheric.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:19
- Main artists: Bläser der Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim KammerChor Saarbrücken Georg Grun
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Carus
- Genre: Classical
© 2008 Carus ℗ 2008 Carus
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