Joachim Raff: Te Deum & De Profundis
Susanna Andersson (soprano)
Karlstad Kammerchor, Stockholm Singers, Goteborgs Operaorkester, Bo Aurehl, Henrik Schaefer
The Swedish voices heard here are of a decent quality, with few real weaknesses, especially in the unaccompanied works. It is a surprise to read that the majority of Karlstads Kammarkör's singers...
Joachim Raff: Te Deum & De Profundis
Susanna Andersson (soprano)
Karlstad Kammerchor, Stockholm Singers, Goteborgs Operaorkester, Bo Aurehl, Henrik Schaefer
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The Swedish voices heard here are of a decent quality, with few real weaknesses, especially in the unaccompanied works. It is a surprise to read that the majority of Karlstads Kammarkör's singers...
About
While Joachim Raff was in Liszt's employ, the older composer encouraged his younger colleague to devote his efforts to creating religous music literature. Raff was rather more interested in keyboard and vocal music in general and the theatre in particular. In July 1853, Raff composed his setting of the Te Deum, a rare consession to Liszt's encouragement on a commission from the Roman Catholic Church in Weimar.
In Roman Catholic liturgy, psalm 130 occurs in the Liber Usualis. Raff's setting of this text could be interpreted as his sole effort at the composition of a Requiem Mass
Contents and tracklist
- Karlstad Kammarkor
- Goteborgs Operaorkester, Stockholm Singers
- Henrik Schaefer
- Karlstad Kammarkor, Susanna Andersson
- Goteborgs Operaorkester, Stockholm Singers
- Henrik Schaefer
- Karlstad Kammarkor, Bo Aurehl
- Stockholm Singers, Goteborgs Operaorkester
- Anders Horngren
- Karlstad Kammarkor, Bo Aurehl
- Stockholm Singers, Goteborgs Operaorkester
- Anders Horngren
- Karlstad Kammarkor, Bo Aurehl
- Stockholm Singers, Goteborgs Operaorkester
- Anders Horngren
Awards and reviews
10th July 2013
The Swedish voices heard here are of a decent quality, with few real weaknesses, especially in the unaccompanied works. It is a surprise to read that the majority of Karlstads Kammarkör's singers are amateurs. Choirmaster Anders Hörngren does a good job of maintaining discipline and togetherness, with individual voices only rarely standing out where they ought not.
