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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Mozart: Requiem
Música vocal sacra - Editado por naïve classique el 23 oct. 2001
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C.P.E. Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 20 mar. 2015
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I. Herr Jesu Christ, Du höchstes Gut (Chorus)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 3 nov. 2023
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I. Schmücke Dich, o liebe Seele (Chorus)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 22 jul. 2022
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J.S. Bach: Cantatas for Soprano and Bass
Thomas E. Bauer, Johanna Winkel, Chorus Musicus Köln, Das Neue Orchester, Christoph Spering
Clásica - Editado por Oehms Classics el 27 nov. 2015
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Symphonie n°9 & Missa Solemnis (Extraits) (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Clásica - Editado por Phoenix Edition el 2 jun. 2008
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Cherubini: Les Deux Journées
Clásica - Editado por naïve classique el 1 may. 2001
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Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig, BWV 26/I. Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig (Chorale)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 17 ene. 2020
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Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König, BWV 137/III. Lobe den Herren, der künstlich und fein dich bereitet (Aria)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 3 ene. 2020
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Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115/IV. Bete aber auch dabei (Aria)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 31 ene. 2020
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Bach: Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 27 nov. 2015
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Jesu, nun sei gepreiset, BWV 41/II. Lass uns, o höchster Gott das Jahr vollbringen (Aria)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 24 ene. 2020
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C.P.E. Bach: Die Israeliten in der Wüste
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 20 mar. 2015
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I. Herr Jesu Christ, wahr' Mensch und Gott (Chorus)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 5 ago. 2022
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I. Ich freue mich in dir (Chorus)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 10 may. 2024
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 3 (BWV 126, 4, 2, 7)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 28 oct. 2016
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O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20/I. O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort (Chor)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 5 oct. 2018
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 2 (BVW 121, 125, 14)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 28 oct. 2016
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Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 116/I. Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ (Chor)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 19 oct. 2018
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Christus, der ist mein Leben, BWV 95/III. Valet will ich dir geben (Chorale)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 7 feb. 2020
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Bach: Lutherkantaten, Vol. 4 (BWV 38, 80, 61)
Clásica - Editado por Deutsche Harmonia Mundi el 28 oct. 2016
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