Pater noster: Geisitliche Chormusik aus Fünf Jahrhunderten

Featuring

Alois Glassner
Bachchor Salzburg
Jacobus Gallus
Heinrich Schütz
Francis Poulenc
Giuseppe Verdi

Franz Liszt
Anton Bruckner
Alfred Schnittke
Edvard Grieg
Wolfram Wagner
Maurice Duruflé
Gustav Holst
Herwig Reiter
Benjamin Britten
Anonymous (Traditional)

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Alois Glaßner, the director of the Salzburg Bach Choir, believes that the Lord's Prayer has not been set to music often because of the respect for the direct speech of God.

Recording & Production

The recording was made in a modern church in Abersee with wooden ceilings and walls, which created a special acoustic quality.

Performer Biography

Alois Glaßner, the director of the Salzburg Bach Choir since 2003, also teaches choral conducting at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna and founded the Vienna Choir School.

Performer Biography

The Salzburg Bach Choir, founded in 1984, is one of Austria's leading vocal ensembles and is known for its flexibility in both its cast and overall choral sound.

Recording & Production

During the recording, soft birdsong from outside was captured and intentionally left in the final production, as the director felt these 'heavenly singers' belonged to the music.

Interpretation

The album includes compositions on Marian texts alongside Lord's Prayer settings to explore a more subjective and intimate approach to prayer settings.

Interpretation

The album aims to create a complete listening experience, almost like a liturgy, by presenting a variety of textual and stylistic components of the Lord's Prayer settings.