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enjott schneider - LAUDATO SI’ - Musik aus Regensburg

8/25/2023, 10 Tracks, 1:01:43

Featuring

  • Roland Büchner
  • Franz Josef Stoiber
  • Stefan Baier
  • Regensburger Domspatzen
  • Enjott Schneider

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Composer Biography

Enjott Schneider is also a prolific film composer, having scored approximately 600 films and winning awards like an Emmy and the Bavarian Film Prize.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Toms Spogis of Ambiente Audio, the sound engineer for this album, specializes in recording organs and capturing their spatial acoustics.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's title, "Laudato si'", is inspired by Pope Francis's 2015 encyclical, which itself references Saint Francis of Assisi's Canticle of the Sun.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Regensburger Domspatzen, a boys' choir featured on this album, have been in existence for over a thousand years, founded in 975 by Bishop Wolfgang.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Franz Josef Stoiber, one of the organists, performs on the new Regensburg Cathedral Organ, which is the world's largest free-hanging organ with 80 registers.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Enjott Schneider, the composer, has written eight full-length operas, numerous orchestral and chamber works, and 14 organ symphonies, with his work documented on over 40 CDs.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The album's program explores themes of nature, creation, mystical admiration, and praise, drawing inspiration from the Canticle of the Sun and other spiritual concepts.

Source: Booklet

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