Sonate e Concerti / Güttler

The chamber music of the 18th century is impressive, due to its stylistic and formal variety. Ludwig Güttler’s recording Sonate e Concerti, featuring works from Bach to Vivaldi, offers insight into this fascinating diversity. Such a wide-ranging repertoire calls for an outstanding artist such as Ludwig Güttler, who for many years has immersed himself intensely in this music. With this CD together with the Leipzig Bach-Collegium he once again underscores his outstanding reputation as a virtuoso soloist on the trumpet and corno da caccia.

Flauto e voce V

In the opera and cantata orchestra of the baroque the sound and gentle timbre of the recorder had a special significance. It served pre-eminently to represent the emotional states of love, pain and sorrow. Many arias with obbligato recorder which have survived are still unknown today, despite the diligent efforts of “early music” enthusiasts to uncover these treasures. Through the “Flauto e voce” series this repertoire, for both study and concert use, is experiencing an interesting expansion and enrichment. The present new issue offers three arias from Bach Cantatas BWV 103 and 182 [the latter in two versions], 2 arias from Vivaldi’s operas as well as a graceful Italiancantata from the historically, practically unknown composer Jakob Greber [ca. 1710]. The Greber piece is in a style similar to Vivaldi. In this collection the Soprano, Sopranino and Alto recorders are employed.

Messe in e, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger : Requiem in Es op. 84 Musica Sacra VIII

In his well-known “Mass in E minor” Anton Bruckner combined the vocal style of the Palestrina period with the musical resources of his own time. Along with its austere sound picture and its powerful dynamic contrasts, this Mass differs from Bruckner's other orchestral masses above all by reason of its uncommon accompaniment of wind instruments alone. In addition to Bruckner's demanding funeral motet "Libera me", Josef Gabriel Rheinberger's "Requiem in E flat" op. 84 is here recorded for the first time. In a masterful a cappella structure Rheinberger created, with straightforward resources, wide areas of tension and extremely effective musical highlights. The KammerChorSaarbrücken again demonstrates its supreme quality, convincing especially in the absolutely homogeneously sung a cappella passages and by its fine dynamic shading.

Mass In E Minor : 2nd Version 1882 - WAB 27

In 1866 Anton Bruckner composed his solemn Mass in E minor, which he revised extensively in 1876–1882. Composed for a performance in the open air, the work stands out among Bruckner’s Masses and those of his contemporaries because of its scoring, omitting strings and organ in favor of an accompaniment for wind and brass instruments alone (“Harmoniemusik”). This scholarly-critical new edition of this second version takes into consideration for the first time the surviving parts from the Bruckner Archive at the St. Florian Monastery and the choral parts rediscovered in 2016 in the Linz Cathedral Choir Archive. These have enabled more precise editorial decisions to be made regarding thescoring of individual passages as well as articulation and dynamics.

Mass in E minor : WAB 27 - 2nd version 1882

In 1866 Anton Bruckner composed his solemn Mass in E minor, which he revised extensively in 1876–1882. Composed for a performance in the open air, the work stands out among Bruckner’s Masses and those of his contemporaries because of its scoring, omitting strings and organ in favor of an accompaniment for wind and brass instruments alone (“Harmoniemusik”). This scholarly-critical new edition of this second version takes into consideration for the first time the surviving parts from the Bruckner Archive at the St. Florian Monastery and the choral parts rediscovered in 2016 in the Linz Cathedral Choir Archive. These have enabled more precise editorial decisions to be made regarding thescoring of individual passages as well as articulation and dynamics.

Mass in E minor : E minor - WAB 27

Madrigali e Motetti

Harbour : E major

Magnificat : E minor

Sonaten(2) E

Es Geht Ein Dunkle Wolk Herein : E Minor / E Major

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Missa sancta No. 1 E-flat major : WeV A.2

Carl Maria von Weber wrote his Missa sancta no. 1 in E flat major in just two months, despite his heavy workload as Kapellmeister at the Dresden court. The work acquired the nickname “Freischütz Mass” because the composer interrupted work on his opera of the same name in January and February 1818 to compose the mass. And so Weber presented himself to his new employer King Friedrich August I of Saxony as a versatile composer, for as well as his main task of developing a German opera alongside the existing Italian opera at court, his duties also included writing church music. In the Mass Weber responded to the local conditions in a particular way: he took into accountliturgical practice at the Dresden court by adding an Offertorium to the sections of the mass ordinary, setting this as a bravura aria specially written for the Dresden star soprano Filippo Sassaroli. Because of the reverberant acoustics in the Hofkirche, he avoided rapid changes of harmony. Although the Mass was perceived as too “operatic” by critics, it was very well received by audiences and also pleased the King. • Practically oriented edition based on the sources, performance material available on sale for the first time • Easy to medium difficulty level • Text of the Mass includes an Offertorium in accordance with liturgical practice at the Dresden court at the time

Flauto e voce III

original compositions for soprano, recorder, and basso continuo

Flauto e voce X

Flauto e voce XI

Reger: 20 Responsories [E]

Flauto e voce VIII