Reger: Drei Motetten Op. 110 for 7-8 part mixed choir

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The singers betray no lack of sympathy or stamina. Without pushing on the tempo or whipping up fake pathos, Frieder Bernius extracts every last drop of juice from Reger’s word-setting...For those... — Gramophone Magazine, July 2016 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2016
Catalogue No: CAR83288
Label: Carus
Length: 58 minutes

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July 2016

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Reger: Geistliche Gesange, Op. 110

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SWR Vokalensemble
Frieder Bernius
Recorded: 2016-03-01

Ia. Mein Odem ist schwach

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Ib. Fürwahr, Gespött umgibt mich

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Ic. Sei du selbst mein Bürge bei dir

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Id. Aber ich weiß, dass mein Erlöser lebt

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IIa. Ach, Herr, strafe mich nicht

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IIb. Ich liege und schlafe

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IIc. Herzlich lieb hab ich dich

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III. O Tod, wie bitter bist du (I)

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III. O Tod, wie bitter bist du (II)

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Reger: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden WoO IV / 13

Work length17:44

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Sabine Czinczel (alto), Martin Kaleschke (tenor), Natalie Chee (violin), Anne Angerer (oboe), Andreas Rothkopf (organ)
SWR Vokalensemble
Frieder Bernius
Recorded: 2016-03-01

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Max Reger’s large choral motets, op. 110 are great spiritual representations of the human soul – fashioned during the last days of tonality. The spiritual abyss, anxiety and doubt lead to a tonal ordeal, as emotionally-charged counterpoint becomes paralyzed in a dense, complex texture – and suddenly the knots are disentangled in a tenderness of unison phrases hardly to be surpassed, and Reger comes very close to his model, J. S. Bach. In addition to the three choral motets, for this CD the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, under the direction of Frieder Bernius, also performs Reger's seldom recorded chorale cantata "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden," based on the Passion hymn by Paul Gerhardt – a true feast for all friends of choral music.

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July 2016

The singers betray no lack of sympathy or stamina. Without pushing on the tempo or whipping up fake pathos, Frieder Bernius extracts every last drop of juice from Reger’s word-setting...For those who associate Reger with brain-melting contrapuntal intricacy, the disc will come as a surprise, and maybe a pleasant one.

Reger: Drei Motetten Op. 110 for 7-8 part mixed choir

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