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Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem

4/14/2023, 13 Tracks, 1:18:54

Featuring

  • Lionel Meunier
  • Erika Tandiono
  • Jan Kullmann
  • Philippe Froeliger
  • Jacob Lawrence
  • Sebastian Myrus
  • Zsuzsi Tóth
  • Alexander Chance
  • Raphael Höhn
  • Viola Blache
  • Tessa Roos
  • Vox Luminis
  • Andreas Scharmann
  • Thomas Selle
  • Johann Hermann Schein
  • Christian Geist
  • Tobias Michael
  • Wolfgang Carl Briegel
  • Andreas Hammerschmidt
  • Heinrich Schwemmer
  • Johann Philipp Förtsch

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Composition History

The album's program follows the order of texts used in Brahms's Deutsches Requiem, but uses 17th-century German compositions.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Johann Philipp Förtsch, a composer featured on this album, was a talented musician who eventually renounced music to practice medicine.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The term 'Requiem' was not used in Lutheran liturgy, unlike the Roman Catholic liturgy, and Brahms's use of it for his Deutsches Requiem was unusual.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Covid-19 pandemic provided the curators, Jérôme Lejeune and Lionel Meunier, with extra time to explore 17th-century German composers' catalogues for this project.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recording was made in June 2021 and July 2022 at the Notre-Dame church in Gedinne, with Jérôme Lejeune handling artistic direction, recording, and editing.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

This album is a reconstruction of an imagined German Baroque Requiem, inspired by Brahms's Deutsches Requiem.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Vox Luminis, the ensemble performing on this album, is supported by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles and the city of Namur, and is a resident artist of Concertgebouw Brugge.

Source: Booklet

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