Frieder Bernius

This batch of CDs is massive. Many of the individual disks are reprints of older recordings. Works by Bach, Vivaldi, Buxtehude, Corelli, Handel, Monteverdi, Schutz, Scarlatti, ecc. Performers the like of: Kuijken, Leonhardt, Sempè, McGegan, Rilling, Lawrence-King…

Following his much acclaimed recording of the opera “Die Aeolsharfe” by Knecht, Frieder Bernius has once again dedicated himself to works by this contemporary of Mozart. “Knecht’s colourful score is performed with tremendous vitality by the period instrument Hofkapelle Stuttgart…” Gramophone .

Beethoven repeatedly described the Missa solemnis as his greatest work, intended to affect and move people. His labour on the composition was long and intense; the work is not regarded as the most important mass setting of the 19th century in vain. In terms of its scope and musical demands, it reaches far beyond what is liturgically usual - not without reason did the premiere take place in a concert hall. The Kammerchor Stuttgart and the Hofkapelle Stuttgart under the leadership of Frieder Bernius master the challenges of the Missa with bravura. All the sonorous groups work together intensively, creating an organic and homogeneous flow of interpretation. The young quartet of soloists Johanna Winkel, Sophie Harmsen, Sebastian Kohlhepp and Arttu Kataja complement the ensembles.

Artists Donna Brown, Gilles Cachemaille, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Südfunk-Chor, Lioba Braun, Carsten Süß, Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart Des Swr, Jürgen Uhde, Renate Werner, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Andreas Rothkopf, Hertha Klust, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Almut Eckels, Ingeborg Danz, Helmuth Rilling, Rupert Huber, Frieder Bernius