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CPE Bach - Magnificat | Harmonia Mundi HMC902167

CPE Bach - Magnificat

Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMC902167

Barcode: 3149020216729

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 10th February 2014

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Gramophone Editor's Choice Gramophone Award Winner

Contents

Artists

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto)
Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Markus Eiche (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Conductor

Hans-Christoph Rademann

Works

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel

Heilig, Wq217 H778
Magnificat, Wq215 H772
Symphonies (4), Wq183 (H663-666) 'Hamburg'
» no.1 in D major, H663

Artists

Elizabeth Watts (soprano)
Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto)
Lothar Odinius (tenor)
Markus Eiche (bass)
RIAS Kammerchor
Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin

Conductor

Hans-Christoph Rademann

About

On April 9, 1786, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach conducted a charity concert in Hamburg featuring three of his finest and most representative works: the Symphony Wq183/1, the Magnificat (written in 1749 in the hope of succeeding his father as Cantor in Leipzig) and his stupendous 'Heilig' for double choir, of which he wrote, "It will be my swan song of this kind, and will serve to ensure that I shall not soon be forgotten after my death."

Released to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the composer's birth, this recording, recreating the programme of this historic concert, confirms the prophetic nature of the composer's words.

Hans-Christoph Rademann leads the RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin and a stellar cast of soloists (including soprano Elizabeth Watts) in definitive recordings of these fascinating and innovative works.

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