MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn: Motets (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Philipp Ahmann – Anton Bruckner & Michael Haydn: Motets (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:01:50 minutes | 957 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © PentaTone

The MDR Leipzig Radio Choir and its chief conductor Philipp Ahmann present motets by Anton Bruckner and Michael Haydn. While Bruckner’s Locus iste, Christus factus est and Ave Maria enjoy great popularity and can be heard frequently in concerts, Michael Haydn’s contributions to the same genre are far less known. The younger brother of Joseph and successor of Mozart as Salzburg organist has, however, had a huge impact on religious composition in the German-speaking world, and particularly in Austria. As such, Bruckner’s Motets, composed about a century later, are still firmly grounded in the tradition of Michael Haydn. By combining their motets, this album allows the listener to discover this uniquely Austrian church-musical style, while simultaneously showing how both composers’ gave a highly personal substance to it.

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MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig – Brahms: Lieder und Romanzen I (2020) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig – Brahms: Lieder und Romanzen I (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 45:18 minutes | 763 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Eterna

Wolf-Dieter Hauschild (born 6 September 1937 in Greiz) is a German conductor, choirmaster, artistic director, composer, harpsichordist and university teacher.

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