SWR Vokalensemble
The SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble (aka the Vocal Ensemble of Southwest German Radio Stuttgart or, in German, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart) is one of the high-quality choirs connected with German state radio broadcasters and has worked with top German broadcast orchestras in Stuttgart and beyond, attracting an international roster of guest conductors and soloists. The ensemble was founded in 1946, with Otto-Werner Mueller as conductor. At the beginning, with Germany's musical life devastated, they furnished the bulk of the station's musical programming, which at the time operated as Radio Stuttgart under American administration. The choir began with 13 singers, expanding to a current total of 36. The choir changed its name to Choir of South German Radio in 1949, to Südfunk (Southern Radio) Choir in 1959, and to Südfunk Choir Stuttgart in 1992 before assuming its current name in 1998. From the beginning, the choir gave independent concerts as well as performing on the radio, and it made an appearance at the Donaueschingen Musiktage, a key event in the rebuilding of German musical life, in 1947, giving a world premiere performance of Hugo Herrmann's Des Friedens Geburt (The Birth of Peace). In its early years the choir gave varied programs of religious music, folk songs, operas, operettas, and music for radio plays, but as its career developed it has tended to specialize in modern compositions and has commissioned many works for world premieres. In addition to Mueller, the choir's conductors have been Hermann Josef Dahmen (1951-1975), Marinus Voorberg (1975-1981), Klaus Martin Ziegler (1981-1987), Rupert Huber (1990-2000), and (since 2003) the English-born Marcus Creed. The choir has teamed with the SWR orchestras of Freiburg, Stuttgart, and Baden-Baden, joining with such conductors as Georg Solti, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Neville Marriner, John Eliot Gardiner, Pierre Boulez, Michael Gielen, Péter Eötvös, and Roger Norrington. The results have often been recorded and released on the SWR's own label as well as on the Haenssler Classic, Carus, and Wergo labels; on the latter they released the album Heinz Holliger: Choral Utopia in 2018. The choir's recordings have won the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik and ECHO Klassik awards. The choir is noted for its work with young people under the auspices of its VE Young Classix program of youth concerts and school visits.
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16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Ligeti: Complete Works for a cappella Choir
SWR Vokalensemble, Yuval Weinberg
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 10, 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Glass: Three Songs for Mixed Choir A Cappella
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by SWR Classic on Apr 8, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
In dulci jubilo
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Ambient/New Age - Released by SWR Classic on Sep 10, 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Christmas Carols
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by SWR Classic on Sep 11, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wolfgang Rihm: Sieben Passions-Texte für sechs Stimmen
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by SWR Classic on Oct 14, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Nunc dimittis
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed, Kirsten Drope
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on May 20, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Baltikum
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jun 12, 2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Velouria: Madrigalbuch für 24 Singstimmen a cappela
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 11, 2022
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Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 "Vespers"
Alexander Yudenkov, Ulrike Koch, Mikhail Nikiforov, SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 17, 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Holliger: Die Jahreszeiten
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by SWR Classic on Jan 14, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Orphic Songs
SWR Vokalensemble, Yuval Weinberg
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Apr 14, 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Beat Furrer: Enigma (Excerpts)
SWR Vokalensemble, Marcus Creed
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Feb 10, 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Emmanuel Nunes: Minnesang | Musivus
SWR Vokalensemble, WDR Sinfonieorchester
Classical - Released by wergo on Feb 8, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Die kleine Meerjungfrau. SWR Young CLASSIX
Hanna Plaß, Villa Berg Quartett, SWR Vokalensemble
Children - Released by Helbling Verlag GmbH on Sep 6, 2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
2 Nocturnes: No. 1, Summer's Sleep (Sung in English)
SWR Vokalensemble, Ole Sarvig, Marcus Creed
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Jun 17, 2022
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Nana Forte: Libera Me (For Two Mixed Choirs a Cappella)
SWR Vokalensemble, Yuval Weinberg
Classical - Released by SWR Classic on Mar 10, 2023
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo