Description
Johann Sebastian Bach:Cantata BWV21 'Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis'
Franz Joseph Haydn:The Creation (Die Schöpfung)
George Frideric Handel:Messiah
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass' (Krönungsmesse)Requiem in D minor, K626
Artists
Christian Bauer (Tenor)Max Emanuel Cenčić (Counter-Tenor)Charles Humphries (Tenor)Ernst Jankowitsch (Bass)Michael Knapp (Tenor)Derek Lee Ragin (Counter-Tenor)Gotthold Schwarz (Bass)Ivan Sharpe (Tenor)Robert Torday (Bass)
Academy of London (Ensemble)
The Vienna Boys Choir (Chorus)
Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart (Orchestra)Symphonieorchester der Volksoper Wien (Orchestra)Peter Marschik (Conductor)
|
The Vienna Boys’ Choir is one of the oldest boys’ choirs in the world and still a living tradition after more than 500 years. Even Haydn sang there and Schubert also commenced his musical career there. Antonio Salieri was a member of the admissions jury. What is captivating about these recordings is, on the one hand, the clarity of the textual and musical declamation and, on the other, a very special authentic charm deriving from the slight Viennese accent. In the performance by the Vienna Boys’ Choir, it is a question not just of perfect pronunciation and intonation, but also of a sensual musical element that is frequently overlooked in Mozart and Haydn, but that is absolutely vital. |
