About Faith – A Portrait
‘Voicemade’ from the Renaissance and modern era
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GEN 23798 EAN: 4260036257984
3.2.2023 18.90 €
Über Glaube – Ein Portrait (About Faith – A Portrait): This is the title of the debut CD of voicemade, the outstanding Leipzig a cappella ensemble. With their program, the six young musicians span centuries to combine music of the Renaissance with modern times. The track list includes music by William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, compositions by Volker Bräutigam, Günther Ramin, and Bob Chilcott, as well as works by Robert Pohlers, Damien Kehoe and Paul Heller, the three youngest composers on the CD, all of whom were born in 1990 or later. Their works are heard here as world premiere recordings. Tonal beauty and textual comprehensibility, used in the service of expression and depth of interpretation, are obvious instruments for voicemade. An extraordinary CD in repertoire and programmatic approach!
klassik.com
"Impressive debut. [...] Program and vocal access are equally convincing in the first record of the young Leipzig vocal ensemble voicemade." Review by Matthias Lange, 20 July 2023
American Record Guide
"[...] there is some nice stuff you don’t hear so often." Review in Juli/August 2023 issue
Fono Forum
"[...] The delicate subject of "faith" could hardly be more gripping and vocally experienced. Fantastic!" Review by Burkhard Schäfer, Issue 07/2023
Chorzeit
"This highly inspiring album makes you want to discover the theme of faith in vocal music from 1600 to today in a whole new way." Review by Burkhard Schäfer, April 2023
Südwest-Presse
"ravishingly intimate, skilled and expressive"
Rezension von Burkhard Schäfer, 04.03.2023
Über Glaube – Ein Portrait (About Faith – A Portrait): This is the title of the debut CD of voicemade, the outstanding Leipzig a cappella ensemble. With their program, the six young musicians span centuries to combine music of the Renaissance with modern times. The track list includes music by William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, compositions by Volker Bräutigam, Günther Ramin, and Bob Chilcott, as well as works by Robert Pohlers, Damien Kehoe and Paul Heller, the three youngest composers on the CD, all of whom were born in 1990 or later. Their works are heard here as world premiere recordings. Tonal beauty and textual comprehensibility, used in the service of expression and depth of interpretation, are obvious instruments for voicemade. An extraordinary CD in repertoire and programmatic approach!
klassik.com
"Impressive debut. [...] Program and vocal access are equally convincing in the first record of the young Leipzig vocal ensemble voicemade." Review by Matthias Lange, 20 July 2023
American Record Guide
"[...] there is some nice stuff you don’t hear so often." Review in Juli/August 2023 issue
Fono Forum
"[...] The delicate subject of "faith" could hardly be more gripping and vocally experienced. Fantastic!" Review by Burkhard Schäfer, Issue 07/2023
Chorzeit
"This highly inspiring album makes you want to discover the theme of faith in vocal music from 1600 to today in a whole new way." Review by Burkhard Schäfer, April 2023
Südwest-Presse
"ravishingly intimate, skilled and expressive"
Rezension von Burkhard Schäfer, 04.03.2023
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Tracklist
- William Byrd (1543–1623)
aus „Cathedral Music, Volume 2“
Sing joyfully - Giovanni Gabrieli (1557–1612)
aus „Sacrae symphoniae I“, Nr. 1
Cantate Domino canticum novum (1597) - Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621)
aus „Cantiones sacrae“, Nr. 18, SwWV 168
Gaude et laetare, Jerusalem (1619) - Guillaume Bouzignac (um 1587–nach 1643)
Alleluya, Deus dixit - Johann Philipp Kirnberger (1721–1783)
aus „Oden mit Melodien“
An den Flüssen Babylons (1773) - Kurt Thomas (1904–1973)
aus „Kleine geistliche Chormusik“, op. 25, Nr. 15
Gott wird abwischen alle Tränen (1934/36) - Robert Pohlers (*1994)
Ach Herr, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn (2020) - Wilhelm Weismann (1900–1980)
Psalm 121 (Ich hebe meine Augen auf zu den Bergen) (1955) - Volker Bräutigam (1939–2022)
Gott ist unsre Zuversicht (1976) - Günther Ramin (1898–1956)
us „Herr, höre mein Gebet“, op. 2
Komm, Heiliger Geist - Paul Heller (*1991) / Otto Abel (1905–1977)
Von guten Mächten (2021) - Bob Chilcott (*1955)
Nunc dimittis – Lobgesang des Simeon (2000) - Evert Taube (1890–1976)
Så skimrande var aldrig havet (1946) - Damien Kehoe (*1990)
Flow Water (2012) - Don Macdonald (*1966)
Last Night of Stars (2016) - Schwedische Volksweise
Gammal Fäbodpsalm (2020)
Über Glaube – Ein Portrait (About Faith – A Portrait): This is the title of the debut CD of voicemade, the outstanding Leipzig a cappella ensemble. With their program, the six young musicians span centuries to combine music of the Renaissance with modern times. The track list includes music by William Byrd, Giovanni Gabrieli, and Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, compositions by Volker Bräutigam, Günther Ramin, and Bob Chilcott, as well as works by Robert Pohlers, Damien Kehoe and Paul Heller, the three youngest composers on the CD, all of whom were born in 1990 or later. Their works are heard here as world premiere recordings. Tonal beauty and textual comprehensibility, used in the service of expression and depth of interpretation, are obvious instruments for voicemade. An extraordinary CD in repertoire and programmatic approach!
klassik.com
"Impressive debut. [...] Program and vocal access are equally convincing in the first record of the young Leipzig vocal ensemble voicemade." Review by Matthias Lange, 20 July 2023
American Record Guide
"[...] there is some nice stuff you don’t hear so often." Review in Juli/August 2023 issue
Fono Forum
"[...] The delicate subject of "faith" could hardly be more gripping and vocally experienced. Fantastic!" Review by Burkhard Schäfer, Issue 07/2023
Chorzeit
"This highly inspiring album makes you want to discover the theme of faith in vocal music from 1600 to today in a whole new way." Review by Burkhard Schäfer, April 2023
Südwest-Presse
"ravishingly intimate, skilled and expressive"
Rezension von Burkhard Schäfer, 04.03.2023