Reger: Du höchstes Licht

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Release Date: 22nd Jan 2016
Catalogue No: VKJK1528
Label: Querstand
Length: 28 minutes

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Reger: Vier Kirchgesänge

Work length4:30

Isura Madrigal Chor
Johannes Buxbaum

No. 1, Treuer Heiland, habe Dank

Track length2:08

No. 2, Gehe hin in deine Kammer

Track length2:22

Reger: Vier Kirchengesänge

Work length4:31

Isura Madrigal Chor
Johannes Buxbaum

No. 3, Lass mich dein sein und bleiben

Track length2:00

No. 4, Tretet her zum Tisch des Herrn

Track length2:31

Reger: Acht geistliche Gesänge, Op. 138

Work length17:42

Isura Madrigal Chor
Johannes Buxbaum

No. 1, Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit

Track length2:40

No. 2, Morgengesang

Track length2:18

No. 3, Nachtlied

Track length3:19

No. 4, Unser lieben Frauen Traum

Track length2:22

No. 5, Kreuzfahrerlied

Track length2:17

No. 6, Schlachtgesang

Track length2:27

No. 8, Wir glauben an einen Gott

Track length2:19

Reger: Drei Motetten, Op. 110: No. 3, O Tod, wie bitter bist du

Work length2:12

Isura Madrigal Chor
Johannes Buxbaum

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“Du höchstes Licht” [You the highest light]: The second of the Acht geistliche Gesänge [Eight Sacred Songs] op. 138 by Max Reger begins with these words and expresses the composer’s religiousness in word and tone. This is focused on the afterlife. Reger, Catholic himself, who was excommunicated because of his marriage to the Protestant Elsa Reger, is also someone who thinks like a Protestant in his constant existential struggle. His life was interspersed with many crises, through his entire life he had to face many kinds of physical and mental illnesses. The choral works from the final period of Reger’s life which are interpreted on this CD are “rays of hope” against this personal-existential background, mirroring his religious approach as well. He thus fell back on liturgical texts which correspond to everyday worship in their usage in the Vier Kirchengesänge [Four Hymns] (WoO VI/20). In the motet O Tod, wie bitter bist du [O Death, How Bitter Art Thou] which Reger dedicated to his role model J. S. Bach, he expressed a resistance against death.

The Isura Madrigal Chor founded in 1986 unites singers from across Upper Bavaria. Like the water of the river Isar, which is what the Celtic name Isura (“the torrent”) stands for, singing should carry you away and bring changes, whereas the term Madrigal underlines the a cappella focus of the ensemble. The CD at hand was produced in co-operation with Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation).

Reger: Du höchstes Licht

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