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The venerable Kammerchor Stuttgart and Barockorchester Stuttgart under their conductor Frieder Bernius have generally been oriented toward historically informed performances of unusual Baroque and Classical repertory. Handel's Messiah is anything but unusual, but doing only the choruses qualifies: part of why the large-scale architecture of Messiah is so compelling involves the balance between chorus and solos. Would an audience of Handel's time have valued a collection of the choruses? It's possible. At any rate, it's refreshing to hear a performance of Messiah that's devoid of the longstanding British and American traditions associated with the work. There is just a slight German accent in the choir's diction, but it doesn't detract from the overall effect; Handel himself had a considerably heavier one. The light touch of the choir is entirely divorced from the work's tradition of mighty sounds, but it succeeds on its own terms: if you want a completely different kind of "Hallelujah Chorus", sample the smooth-sounding track 16 and listen to the way Bernius' performance catches the chains of motives that form the substructure of the weighty edifice. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has been honed over several decades into a virtuoso ensemble. They do best in the pieces where Handel writes Bachian melodies, but they are also formidable in dense counterpoint. Certainly qualifying as offbeat, this recording is recommended to fans of Bernius' choir and is worth the sampling time of others.
© TiVo
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Messiah, HWV 56
Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Kammerchor Stuttgart, Choir - Barockorchester Stuttgart, Orchestra - Frieder Bernius, Conductor - George Frideric Handel, Composer - Bible, Lyricist
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
Album review
The venerable Kammerchor Stuttgart and Barockorchester Stuttgart under their conductor Frieder Bernius have generally been oriented toward historically informed performances of unusual Baroque and Classical repertory. Handel's Messiah is anything but unusual, but doing only the choruses qualifies: part of why the large-scale architecture of Messiah is so compelling involves the balance between chorus and solos. Would an audience of Handel's time have valued a collection of the choruses? It's possible. At any rate, it's refreshing to hear a performance of Messiah that's devoid of the longstanding British and American traditions associated with the work. There is just a slight German accent in the choir's diction, but it doesn't detract from the overall effect; Handel himself had a considerably heavier one. The light touch of the choir is entirely divorced from the work's tradition of mighty sounds, but it succeeds on its own terms: if you want a completely different kind of "Hallelujah Chorus", sample the smooth-sounding track 16 and listen to the way Bernius' performance catches the chains of motives that form the substructure of the weighty edifice. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has been honed over several decades into a virtuoso ensemble. They do best in the pieces where Handel writes Bachian melodies, but they are also formidable in dense counterpoint. Certainly qualifying as offbeat, this recording is recommended to fans of Bernius' choir and is worth the sampling time of others.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:24
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Frieder Bernius
- Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel
- Label: Carus
- Genre: Classical
2016 Carus 2016 Carus
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