Hermann Max
A pioneer in the German historical performance movement, choral conductor Hermann Max is especially noted for performances of music by the Bach family. He was the longtime conductor of the Rheinische Kantorei choir and the Baroque orchestra Das Kleine Konzert.
Max was born in Goslar, in Germany's Lower Saxony state, in 1941. Early in life, he studied the organ with Karl Straube and Günther Ramin, placing him in a tradition leading all the way back to J.S. Bach's tenure as music director at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. Max studied at the Musikhochschule Berlin and the University of Cologne, taking not only music courses but also those in art history, archaeology, and musicology. He went on for further studies in contemporary church music at the Folkwang-Hochschule in the city of Essen. In 1977, Max founded the Jugendkantorei Dormagen, a youth choir. He became church music director at the Christuskirche in Dormagen, remaining in that post until 2006. The Rheinische Kantorei choir evolved out of the Jugendkantorei Dormagen by 1985, and he later founded the Baroque orchestra Das Kleine Konzert.
With those groups, Max launched a recording career that grew to encompass more than 100 albums. In 1994, he released a series of albums devoted to J.S. Bach's sons Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, and from then on, his recorded output often featured choral music of Bach's lesser-known sons as well as those whose music is frequently recorded. He also recorded music by Johann Michael Bach (1745-1820), J.S. Bach's nephew, and by Georg Philipp Telemann. Max established the Knechtsteden Early Music Festival at a church near Düsseldorf in 1992, remaining its director until 2023. He also edited early music publications and led seminars on early music performance. In 2004, Max directed a performance of Bach's St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, at the Israel Festival in Jerusalem and conducted the Israel Camerata in Bach's St. John Passion there two years later. He has continued to record prolifically, mostly for the Capriccio and CPO labels, and for the latter, he led soloists from the Rheinische Kantorei and Das Kleine Konzert in a 2024 album, Georg Philipp Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio Pasticcio.
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Artistas semelhantes
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Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio
Kleine Konzert, Das, Rheinische Kantorei Soloists, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 11/11/2023
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Graupner: Christmas Cantatas
Veronika Winter, Franz Vitzthum, Jan Kobow, Markus Flaig, Kleine Konzert, Das, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 20/09/2010
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Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243 - Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589
Sir Neville Marriner, Hermann Max
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por Warner Classics em 25/11/2005
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Bach, Caldara & Kuhnau: Magnificat
Hermann Max, Kleine Konzert, Das, Rheinische Kantorei
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 03/06/2022
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Bach, J.L.: Motets
Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 01/01/1998
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Graupner: 2 Overtures & Cantata
Kleine Konzert, Das, Hein Meens, Stephen Varcoe, Barbara Schlick, Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 01/05/1999
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Eybler: Die vier letzten Dinge
Kleine Konzert, Das, Rheinische Kantorei, Peter Kooij, Elisabeth Scholl, Markus Schäfer, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 01/04/2005
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Concerti
Rheinische Kantorei, Kleine Konzert, Das, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 28/03/2023
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Händel/arr.Mozart: Der Messias KV 572
Classical - Lançado por Warner Classics em 31/01/2014
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Bach, J.S.: St. John Passion (Arr. R. Schumann)
Sacred Vocal Music - Lançado por CPO em 01/01/2007
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Lukas Passion (1748)
Sacred Oratorios - Lançado por CPO em 01/05/2011
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Bach: Motets, BWV 225-230 & Anh. 159
Rheinische Kantorei, Hermann Max
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por CPO em 24/09/2013
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Bruch, M.: Arminius [Oratorio]
Choral Music (Choirs) - Lançado por CPO em 25/08/2009
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W.F.E. Bach: Columbus, Cantatas & Sinfonias
Kleine Konzert, Das, Ursula Bundies, Hermann Max, Unknown Artist
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 14/11/2000
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Telemann & C. P. E Bach: Festive Cantatas
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 20/01/2017
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Graun, C.H.: Kommt Her Und Schaut
Sacred Oratorios - Lançado por CPO em 01/01/2009
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Bach: Cassandra, W. XVIII/1, G. 46
Lena Susanne Norin, Kleine Konzert, Das, Hermann Max
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 17/10/2000
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Melani, A.: Europa (L') / Beatus Vir / Magnificat
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Lançado por CPO em 18/11/2008
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ROMBERG, A.J.: Messias (Der) (Max)
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 01/01/2008
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Cantates profanes
Harry Van Der Kamp, Barbara Schlick, Kleine Konzert, Das, Hermann Max
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Lançado por CapriccioNR em 05/04/1994
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Telemann: Kapitansmusik 1738 (Georg Philipp Telemann - Johnny Lamprecht)
Classical - Lançado por CPO em 22/02/2011
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