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Mozart: Masonic Works - Cantatas & Funeral Music / Willens, Die Kolner Akademie

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Composer
MOZART. W.A.
Artist
Willens, Heuzenroeder, Borgioni, Puliaev, Kronenberg
Format
SACD
Discs
1
Label
BIS
Released
Mar 02, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2294
UPC
7318599922942

About

Following their 11-album cycle of Mozart’s piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released an album with two of Mozart’s best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine Nachtmusik. The result was warmly received, for instance in the French magazine Classica where it was described as ‘a truly attractive disc to chase away the gloom’ and on MusicWeb-International.com: ‘Die Kölner Akademie … demonstrate once again that they are amongst the best groups in the world of period performance’. Joined by the tenor John Heuzenroeder and the male voices of the Kölner Akademie Choir, the team has now recorded the music that Mozart wrote for performance at Masonic gatherings. Mozart was himself a Mason during the last seven years of his life, and composed a number of songs and cantatas for various occasions. Best-known is probably the Masonic Funeral Music, K477, heard here in a version – ‘Meistermusik’ – devised by the Mozart scholar Philippe Autexier in an attempt to reconstruct the original performance of the piece. Also included are the four orchestral interludes to the play Thamos, König in Ägypten, fine examples of Mozart’s music in the ‘Sturm und Drang’ tradition. Thamos was written by the poet and Mason Tobias von Gebler, and parallels have frequently been drawn between it and the more overtly Masonic Magic Flute.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Laut verkünde unsre Freude (Chorus) 03:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Laut verkünde unsre Freude (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, David Geier, Mauro Borgioni
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  2. 2 Aria: Dieser Gottheit Allmacht ruhet (Tenor, Bass) 04:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    Aria: Dieser Gottheit Allmacht ruhet (Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Mauro Borgioni
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  3. 3 Duet: Lange sollen diese Mauern (Tenor, Bass) 03:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Duet: Lange sollen diese Mauern (Tenor, Bass)
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Mauro Borgioni
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  4. 4 Laut verkünde unsre Freude (Chorus) 01:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    Laut verkünde unsre Freude (Chorus)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, David Geier, Mauro Borgioni
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  5. 5 Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K. 619 06:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K. 619
    Duration
    06:41
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Alexander Puliaev
  6. 6 Die Maurerfreude, K. 471 06:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    Die Maurerfreude, K. 471
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  7. 7 Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468 03:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    Lied zur Gesellenreise, K. 468
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Willi Kronenberg
  8. 8 Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge, K. 148, "O heiliges Band der Freundschaft" (version for voice, chorus and piano) 04:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Lobegesang auf die feierliche Johannisloge, K. 148, "O heiliges Band der Freundschaft" (version for voice, chorus and piano)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Alexander Puliaev
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  9. 9 II. Maestoso - Allegro 06:59
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Maestoso - Allegro
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  10. 10 III. Andante 06:09
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    06:09
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  11. 11 IV. Allegro 02:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  12. 12 V. Allegro vivace assai 03:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Allegro vivace assai
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  13. 13 Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429 (completed by F. Beyer) 09:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429 (completed by F. Beyer)
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Willi Kronenberg
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  14. 14 Ihr unsre neuen Leiter, K. 484 03:08
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ihr unsre neuen Leiter, K. 484
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Willi Kronenberg
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  15. 15 Zerfliesset heut', geliebte Brüder, K. 483 02:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    Zerfliesset heut', geliebte Brüder, K. 483
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    John Heuzenroeder, Willi Kronenberg
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens
  16. 16 Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477 (reconstructed by P.A. Autexier as Meistermusik) 04:10
    Track
    16
    Title
    Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music), K. 477 (reconstructed by P.A. Autexier as Meistermusik)
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    male section Kölner Akademie Choir, Orchester der Kölner Akademie
    Conductor
    Michael Alexander Willens