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 Biber: Litaniae Sancto Josepho; Muffat / Junghänel
Release Date: 08/14/2007 
Label:  Harmonia Mundi   Catalog #: 1951667   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Heinrich Ignaz BiberGeorg MuffatAntonio Bertali
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto PalatinoCantus Cölln

Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 9 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Picture it: Salzburg Cathedral, Whitsunday, 1690. For the consecration of Johann Philipp Count Lamberg as Bishop of Passau, this grand space will be filled with the music of Georg Muffat. His 'Missa In labore requies' provides the Mass ordinary for the day, supplemented by instrumental compositions by Heinrich Ignaz Biber and Antonio Bertali. The musicians--double chorus, soloists, and brass--are spread among the cathedral's four choir lofts for the occasion.
This is, of course, somewhat hypothetical. Muffat's Mass may well have been composed for this feast in Salzburg, but its actual purpose is unclear from the manuscript. The work is, however, a shining example of the late 17th-century Salzburg Mass, presented here with instrumental interjections as it would have been in its actual church use. The recording is given a further dose of authenticity of sound by the Abbey of Melk, a large, resonant space which lends some of the aura of majesty this music would certainly have in the Salzburg Cathedral.
The performances here are excellent--Cantus Cölln's singers move easily between solo singing and well-blended ensemble singing; Concerto Palatino provides robust accompaniment for the choral works and brilliant brass utterances in the instrumental pieces.
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Litaniae Sancto Josepho by Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino,  Cantus Cölln
Period: Baroque 
Written: Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 13 Minutes 16 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
2.  Missa in labore requies by Georg Muffat
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino,  Cantus Cölln
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 40 Minutes 11 Secs. 
Language: Latin 
3.  Sonata for 8 Trumpets and Timpani "Sancti Polycarpi" by Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 33 Secs. 
4.  Sonata ā 13 by Antonio Bertali
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 12 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is performed between the Gloria and Credo of Muffat's 'Missa in labore requies.' 
5.  Fidicinium sacroprofanum: Sonata no 9 by Heinrich Ignaz Biber
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino
Period: Baroque 
Written: by 1683; Salzburg, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 4 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is performed between the Credo and Sanctus of Muffat's 'Missa in labore requies.' 
6.  Sonata Placidi ā 14 by Antonio Bertali
Conductor:  Konrad Junghänel
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Concerto Palatino
Period: Baroque 
Written: 17th Century; Vienna, Austria 
Date of Recording: 05/1998 
Venue:  Abbey of Melk, Austria 
Length: 3 Minutes 27 Secs. 
Notes: This selection is performed between the Sanctus and Agnus Dei of Muffat's 'Missa in labore requies.' 
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