Bruckner Spectrum

As well as reminding us what a superb choral composer Bruckner was, this admirable album places his music alongside Palestrina and the contemporary Burkhard Kinzler to excellent effect. The fresh-sounding... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 7th Oct 2022
Catalogue No: 0302806BC
Label: Berlin Classics

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Choral Music

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Bruckner: Ave Maria

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Virga Jesse, WAB 52

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Tota pulchra es, antiphon, WAB 46

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Ecce sacerdos magnus

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Christus factus est, WAB 11

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Tantum ergo in D major, WAB 32

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Locus iste, WAB 23

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Salvum fac populum tuum, WAB 40

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Libera me, for choir & organ, WAB 21

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

Bruckner: Ave Maria (1861), WAB 6

The Zurich Chamber Singers
Christian Erny

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Renaissance polyphony and contemporary sound clouds orbit around vocal late Romanticist like satellites. The Zurich Chamber Singers, conducted by Christian Erny, unearth a special narrative drama. Starting with Anton Bruckner, they turn their attention to Palestrina as a point of reference. At the same time, they cast a spotlight back on the work of the Austrian vocal innovator through three contemporary works. A comprehensive selection of Bruckner's Latin motets combined with chosen works by Palestrina and three world premiere recordings of the Stuttgart composer Burkhard Kinzler’s commissioned works. The intelligent conceptualisation of the album in combination with the young, outstanding and transparent interpretation of the Zurich Chamber Singers under their director Christian Erny stand in direct succession to the previous release "O Nata Lux".

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December 2022

As well as reminding us what a superb choral composer Bruckner was, this admirable album places his music alongside Palestrina and the contemporary Burkhard Kinzler to excellent effect. The fresh-sounding choir suits the music very well.

May/June 2023

The 24 members of the Zurich Chamber Singers, under Erny’s consistently revelatory direction, impart serenity with an edge to each unique and yet connected piece. Here is an album that invites us to seek a meaning beyond words and dogma and offers an oasis of peace in a fractured world.

Bruckner Spectrum

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