Eccard: Mit Freude musizieren
Sacred & Secular Works
Opella Musica & Ensemble NOEMA, Gregor Meyer
As an introduction to a very fine composer this is hard to beat, one of this year's discoveries so far.
Eccard: Mit Freude musizieren
Sacred & Secular Works
Opella Musica & Ensemble NOEMA, Gregor Meyer
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As an introduction to a very fine composer this is hard to beat, one of this year's discoveries so far.
About
Johannes Eccard of Mühlhausen is regarded as one of the founding fathers of Protestant church music. Brahms placed his works on par with those of Gabrieli and Schütz and even today his works are found in well-known collections of Protestant church music.
This new cpo recording presents a portrait of this multi-faceted composer shedding light on the contrasting genres of his output – from the marvellous five-voice Mass to popular song collection the Preussische Festlieder.
Contents and tracklist
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
- Opella Musica, Ensemble Noema Leipzig
- Gregor Meyer
Awards and reviews
September 2012
As an introduction to a very fine composer this is hard to beat, one of this year's discoveries so far.
May 2012
It is as if Eccard's gentle contours needed no spotlight. [The ensemble] work on the basis that the great benefit of our appreciation will come from slow and paced familiarity - which is best served by equilibrium and gravitas; not by ostentation...On the other hand the singers never underplay nor hide the strengths of this music.
