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The conceit that informs this disc is that Bach and Webern's meditations of life, death, and eternity are essentially complementary, that Bach's Lutheran faith and Baroque aesthetic and Webern's Catholic faith and Modernist aesthetic speak of a shared belief in the luminous and the numinous. Indeed, so pervasive is the conceit that complementary performances of Webern's orchestration of Bach's Ricercata in six voices from The Musical Offering opens and closes the disc. And so successful is the conceit that this otherwise tired trick is incredibly effective. The credit for this success must go to conductor Christoph Poppen, whose conceit it is that informs the disc. From the first notes of the ethereal Ricercata through the spirituality of Webern's string quartet (1905), the dreadful mystery of Bach's Cantata No. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden," the sublime transcendence of Webern's Satze (5) für Streichquartett, and back to the ethereal Ricercata, Poppen's interpretation makes a whole aesthetic experience of these seemingly disparate pieces. The singing of the Hilliard Ensemble is powerfully affecting in the cantata and the playing of the Kammerorchester München is superb throughout. ECM's sound is first rate. This is a great spiritual experience and a very great recording.
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Musical Offering, BWV 1079 - Transcription: Anton Webern (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Anton Webern, Contributor, Transcription - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
String Quartet (1905) - Orchestrated by Christoph Poppen (Anton Webern)
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, Arranger, Orchestrator, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Cantata "Christ lag in Todesbanden", BWV 4 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - David James, Counter-Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Rogers Covey-Crump, Tenor, AssociatedPerformer - Gordon Jones, Baritone, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - The Hilliard Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Monika Mauch, Soprano, AssociatedPerformer - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
5 Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (Anton Webern)
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Anton Webern, Composer - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Musical Offering, BWV 1079 - Transcription: Anton Webern (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Anton Webern, Contributor, Transcription - Christoph Poppen, Conductor, MainArtist - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Münchener Kammerorchester, Orchestra, MainArtist - Andreas Neubronner, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH, under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics & Jazz - a division of Universal Music GmbH
Album review
The conceit that informs this disc is that Bach and Webern's meditations of life, death, and eternity are essentially complementary, that Bach's Lutheran faith and Baroque aesthetic and Webern's Catholic faith and Modernist aesthetic speak of a shared belief in the luminous and the numinous. Indeed, so pervasive is the conceit that complementary performances of Webern's orchestration of Bach's Ricercata in six voices from The Musical Offering opens and closes the disc. And so successful is the conceit that this otherwise tired trick is incredibly effective. The credit for this success must go to conductor Christoph Poppen, whose conceit it is that informs the disc. From the first notes of the ethereal Ricercata through the spirituality of Webern's string quartet (1905), the dreadful mystery of Bach's Cantata No. 4 "Christ lag in Todesbanden," the sublime transcendence of Webern's Satze (5) für Streichquartett, and back to the ethereal Ricercata, Poppen's interpretation makes a whole aesthetic experience of these seemingly disparate pieces. The singing of the Hilliard Ensemble is powerfully affecting in the cantata and the playing of the Kammerorchester München is superb throughout. ECM's sound is first rate. This is a great spiritual experience and a very great recording.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:40
- Main artists: The Hilliard Ensemble Münchener Kammerorchester Christoph Poppen
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2003 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2003 ECM Records GmbH
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