Mayr, R.I.: Confitebor Tibi / Psalms / Motets

Featuring

Doris Hagel
Mechthild Bach
Elisabeth Popien
Hans Jörg Mammel
Gotthold Schwarz
L'Arpa festante

Capella Weilburgensis Vocale
Rupert Ignaz Mayr

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Composer Biography

Mayr spent most of his life as a violinist and was only appointed Hofkapellmeister at the age of sixty.

Composer Biography

Rupert Ignaz Mayr, the composer, was born around 1646 in Schärding, a town that was then part of Bavaria but is now in Austria.

Interpretation

The Capella Weilburgensis vocale, a chamber choir on this album, specializes in performing choral works that are best suited for a smaller group of singers.

Critical Reception

Rupert Ignaz Mayr's work was highly regarded by his contemporaries, as evidenced by its inclusion in Johann Gottfried Walther's famous Musicalisches Lexicon in 1732, just 20 years after Mayr's death.

Compositional Technique

Mayr's compositional style, like that of J.C. Kerll, features rapid alternation between solo and tutti sections, with a more imitative and spontaneous character rather than strict counterpoint.

Recording & Production

This album features movements from Rupert Ignaz Mayr's "Gazophylacium musico-sacrum" collection, five concerti from "Sacri concentus," and two psalm settings from "Psalmodia brevis."

Historical Context

The War of Spanish Succession, which forced Elector Max Emanuel to implement austerity measures, led to the closure of the Munich court chapel where Mayr worked for 21 years.