MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann - Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn: Motets (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and its chief conductor Philipp Ahmann present motets by Anton Bruckner and Michael Haydn. While Bruckner’s Locus iste, Christus factus est and Ave Maria enjoy great popularity and can be heard frequently in concerts, Michael Haydn’s contributions to the same genre are far less known. The younger brother of Joseph and successor of Mozart as Salzburg organist has, however, had a huge impact on religious composition in the German-speaking world, and particularly in Austria. As such, Bruckner’s motets, composed about a century later, are still firmly grounded in the tradition of Michael Haydn. By combining their motets, this album allows the listener to discover this uniquely Austrian church-musical style, while simultaneously showing how both composers’ gave a highly personal substance to it.

The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir is the largest German radio choir with the richest tradition. Since 2020, Philipp Ahmann serves as its chief conductor. After having featured on several PENTATONE recordings, including Il Tabarro, Cavalleria rusticana (both 2020), Der Freischütz (2019) and Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis (2017), the choir now presents its first solo album with the label.

Tracklist:
1. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Locus iste, WAB 23 (03:07)
2. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Philipp Ahmann, Sebastian Krause, Eckart Wiegräbe, Uwe Gebel & Fernando Gunther – Inveni David, WAB 19 (02:42)
3. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Christus factus est, WAB 11 (05:39)
4. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Philipp Ahmann, Sebastian Krause, Eckart Wiegräbe & Fernando Gunther – Afferentur regi, WAB 1 (01:55)
5. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Pange lingua et tantum ergo, WAB 33 (05:02)
6. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Os justi, WAB 30 (04:23)
7. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Ave Maria, WAB 6 (03:33)
8. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Vexilla regis, WAB 51 (04:47)
9. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Virga Jesse, WAB 52 (04:12)
10. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – In coena Domini ad missam, MH 628: No. 2, Christus factus est (04:26)
11. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Responsoria in sabbato sancto, MH 278 (Excerpts): No. 5, O vos omnes (02:39)
12. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Responsoria in sabbato sancto, MH 278 (Excerpts): No. 6, Ecce quomodo moritur justus (06:56)
13. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Christus factus est, MH 38 (04:43)
14. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Salve Regina in C Major (Attrib. F. Morlacchi) (03:35)
15. MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Tenebrae factae sunt, MH 162 (04:02)


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