IDAGIO | Gottfried Müller - Motetten und Orgelwerke (Gottfried Müller

Featuring

Michael Lochner
Karl-Friedrich Beringer
Windsbacher Knabenchor
Joachim Gottfried Müller
Georg Gottfried Müller

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Gottfried Müller's music was deeply rooted in his personal piety and aimed to balance polyphony and homophony, drawing inspiration from Johann Sebastian Bach.

Composer Biography

Gottfried Müller taught theory and harmony at the Nuremberg Conservatory, where he met Michael Lochner, the organist on this recording, in 1969.

Composer Biography

Gottfried Müller, the composer featured on this album, was born in Dresden in 1914 and came from a Saxon parsonage, with his early life strongly shaped by his ecclesiastical and cultural background.

Recording & Production

This album features recordings made between 1981 and 1989 by Sender Freies Berlin and Hessischer Rundfunk.

Performer Biography

Michael Lochner, the organist on this album, is the Musical Director of the Protestant Church in Bavaria and was a student of Gottfried Müller at the Nuremberg Conservatory.

Critical Reception

In the early 1930s, renowned conductor Fritz Busch praised Gottfried Müller's '90th Psalm', predicting he would play a decisive role in shaping the music of the coming years.

Performer Biography

Karl-Friedrich Beringer, the conductor of the Windsbacher Knabenchor, has led the choir to international fame since 1978, making it one of the leading ensembles of its kind.