Previous albums from the hilliard ensemble featuring the music j. Bach webern ricercar by munich chamber orchestra on. Johann sebastian bach, hilliard ensemble, christoph poppen. Bach webern, christoph poppen, munchener kammerorchester. Ricercar classical music album play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web. Sitemap contact us distributors faq credits privacy policy terms and conditions facebook twitter newsletter contact us distributors faq. Bach, vor deinen thron tret ich chorale prelude in g major, bwv668a. Ricercar, an album by anton webern, robert craft on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Bachs cantata christ lag in todesbanden grows, as herbert glossner reminds us, from a primordial cell of a single semitone motive. Bachs works and bachinspired works by the composerarranger.
Author whatever posted on march 2, 2020 march 9, 2020 categories classics, ecm new series tags bach, munchener kammerorchester, munich chamber orchestra, poppen, the hilliard ensemble, webern one thought on the hilliard ensemble. Bach webern ricercar by munich chamber orchestra on spotify. Bachs cantata christ lag in todesbanden provided a context for morimur, the celebrated christoph poppenhilliard performance of bachs ciaconna which reveraled hidden chorales. Likewise, webern s string quartet and his five movements also originally scored for string quartet were written when the composer was in his twenties.
In the fourth variation there are constant mirrorings. Find the hilliard ensemble discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Bach s cantata christ lag in todesbanden provided a context for morimur, the celebrated christoph poppen hilliard performance of bach s ciaconna which reveraled hidden chorales. The group was named after the elizabethan miniaturist painter nicholas hilliard. Webern, a vocal and orchestral works 5 pieces 5 sacred songs variations bach musical offering.
Complete your bach webern christoph poppen, munchener kammerorchester, the hilliard ensemble collection. Jesu, meine freude, chorale setting for 4 voices, bwv 358 bc f116 composed by johann sebastian bach with hilliard ensemble 16. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from the hilliard ensemble at the discogs marketplace. Ricercar christoph poppen, the hilliard ensemble, munchener kammerorchester on allmusic 2003 the conceit that informs this disc is that bach. One might question the decision to open and close proceedings with the bachwebern ricercar, but theres little doubt that hearing it for the second time after traversing the musical journey of the other works is both enlightening and immensely rewarding. Johann sebastian bach, the hilliard ensemble, knabenchor hannover, london baroque.
Ricercar christoph poppen munchener kammerorchester the hilliard ensemble ecm new series 1774 recorded. Befiehl du deine wege i, chorale setting for 4 voices, bwv 270 bc 92. Johann sebastian bacho s ricercar a 3 from musikalisches opfer, bwv 1079, and to compose a tuned version for string trio. Dec 17, 20 anton webern s symphony, op 21 for strings without doublebasses, harp, clarinet, bass clarinet, and two horns is a piece that takes the idea of symphonic selfreferentiality to an intensely. Webern, a vocal and orchestral works 5 pieces 5 sacred songs variations bachmusical offering.
Eight stanzas each end with a halleluja, as unalike in shade and meaning as the strands of weberns ricercar, so magnificent is the young bachs handling of the texts. Ricercar a 6 hrsinfonieorchester antonello manacorda youtube. Explore releases from the hilliard ensemble at discogs. Music profile for the hilliard ensemble, formed 1974.
Cd, album, rp ecm records, ecm records, ecm new series, ecm new series. Ancient and beyond the hilliard ensemble discography. The especially chromatic character of the music, as well as the extent and variety of tonal modulations make this piece a particularly challenging test case for applying just intonation. Voice in the leaves the hilliard ensemble ivan monighetti eq ensemble jean thorel lydia kavina. Eight stanzas each end with a halleluja, as unalike in shade and meaning as the strands of webern s ricercar, so magnificent is the young bach s handling of the texts. Its starting point was weberns first published score, an orchestral passacaglia.
Poppen, munchener kammerorchester, the hilliard ensemble. Likewise, weberns string quartet and his five movements also originally scored for string quartet were written when the composer was in his twenties. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. This performance, using the onevoiceperpart ovpp approach, is groundbreaking. Anton weberns symphony, op 21 for strings without doublebasses, harp, clarinet, bass clarinet, and two horns is a piece that takes the idea of symphonic selfreferentiality to an intensely. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. As for the real bach on this disc, the hilliard ensemble realize an interesting interpretation of bach s cantata christ lag in todesbanden. The hilliard ensemble was a british male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. This variation is itself the midpoint of the whole movement, after which everything goes. There are two ways you can listen to this recording. Although most of its work focused on music of the medieval and renaissance periods, the hilliard ensemble also performed contemporary music, working frequently. Ricercar the hilliard ensemble, johann sebastian bach, anton. The hilliard ensemble, munchener kammerorchester, christoph poppen. Bach webern christoph poppen, munchener kammerorchester, the hilliard ensemble.
Bach s cantata christ lag in todesbanden grows, as herbert glossner reminds us, from a primordial cell of a single semitone motive. Webern doesnt seem to want the listener to follow the individual voices of the fugues. It displays, to be sure, the tradi tional fastslowfast organization of the classical three movements, and other barely functional remnants of classical sonata forms. But texturally, few of the classical devices remain. Strozzi, monteverdi, sances, dindia the torrents of love maria cristina kiehr. The ensemble, initially comprising david james, rogers coveycrump, steven harrold and gordon jones, first recorded bachs motets in the 1980s, but with this album it expands its customary quartet format to incorporate another four voices to form a soloist double choir. Apr 08, 2014 johann sebastian bach anton webern ricercar the hilliard ensemble monika mauch soprano david james countertenor rogers coveycrump tenor gordon jones baritone munchener kammerorchester christoph poppen recorded january 2001, himmelfahrtskirche, sendling, munchen engineer. The morgan library manuscript seems to be a manuscript copy made for. Concerning orchestration in weberns konzert, opus 241. Ricercar a 6 hrsinfonieorchester antonello manacorda. Bach ricercare a 6 for 14part brass ensemble cherry. Peter laenger produced by manfred eicher it was during a concert given by the tallinn. So this disc is a natural successor to the hilliards previous excursions into.
Bach johann sebastian motetten the hilliard ensemble. Webern, a vocal and orchestral works 5 pieces 5 sacred. The blend between the voices is finely controlled, the tone mellow and the tuning spectacularly accurate, giving rise to an organlike sonority that is genuinely thrilling, wrote gramophone magazine, praising the hilliard ensembles four singers, who excelled in an extraordinary variety of music over a 40year career. The cantata is now at the centre of a new recording focussed. Bach, ricercar and the hit recording morimur, have sold incredibly well. Jun 01, 2015 hrsinfonieorchester frankfurt radio symphony orchestra antonello manacorda, dirigent alte oper frankfurt, 22. Eicher extends the idea in other dimensions, however. Holdreith plays a number of different recordings of the work, including versions arranged for harpsichord, piano, small ensemble, and, perhaps the best known, anton weberns arrangement for chamber orchestra. Is weberns arrangement of bachs ricercar a 6 from the musical offering in the public domain.
Bach s works and bach inspired works by the composerarranger. One might question the decision to open and close proceedings with the bachwebern ricercar, but theres little doubt that hearing it for the second time. Andreas neubronner produced by manfred eicher with ricercar christoph. But the performance is as compelling as others on the disc.
Officium novum completes a stunning trilogy that began back in 1993 when norwegian saxophonist jan garbarek and british vocal quartet the hilliard ensemble first collaborated on the original. Popular music from the time of henry viii the hilliard ensemble with the members of the new london consort. Johann sebastian bach motetten the hilliard ensemble joanne lunn soprano rebecca outram soprano david james countertenor david gould countertenor rogers coveycrump tenor, organ steven harrold tenor gordon jones baritone robert macdonald bass recorded november 2003, propstei st. Andreas neubronner produced by manfred eicher with ricercar christoph poppen continues. Download ancient and beyond the hilliard ensemble discography torrent or any other torrent from audio other direct download via magnet link. As such, the ricercar a 6 serves as a perfect example for this discussion on polyphonic music and its perception. Bach webern ricercar, an album by munich chamber orchestra on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Biography, bach discography and photos of the artist. Is webern s arrangement of bach s ricercar a 6 from the musical offering in the public domain.
It is 25 years since boulez recorded the complete works of webern for cbs a pioneering threedisc set still available from sony. On this album, the four core hilliard members james, harrold, covey crump and jones are joined by four longstanding musical partners for a perfectly balanced and transparent interpretation. The moldenhauer and morgan manuscripts are definitely not the same simple example at the beginning. Find the hilliard ensemble discography, albums and singles on allmusic allmusic. In the bach, the hilliard ensemble provides marvellously understated singing even though diction is not always ideally clear. Today, we look at the composers whose music inspired the musicians who came after them.
Sauer has brilliantly scored bachs fugue for 14 piece brass ensemble. Bachwebern ricercare a 6 from musical offering jonathan nott, 2006. Id like to note that, in general, this is something that is totally out of a composers control how can they possibly know if their musical language will be absorbed by anyone following them. The ricercar a 6, a sixvoice fugue which is regarded as the high point of the. Ricercar by christoph poppen, hi from the story mosquito by graduand1930 with 0 reads. The ricercar a 6 is a sixvoice fugue considered to be the highlight of the entire work. Concerning orchestration in weberns konzert, opus 24 1. Bachs ricercare a 6, a musical offering, bwv 1079, is a collection of canons and fugues based on a single musical theme given to bach by frederick the great of prussia. Ricercar the hilliard ensemble, johann sebastian bach, anton webern. Composed by johann sebastian bach with hilliard ensemble 14.