Mertens, Klaus

Musik Aus Der Frauenkirche: 2005-2010

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto d-Moll BWV 596; Markus-Passion BWV 247; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 294; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; J...
Performers: Grünert, Matthias; Johannsen, Kay; Kühmeier, Genia; Kircheis, Friedrich; Korondi, Anna; Kummer, Samuel; Lorenz, Andreas; Markert, Annette; Mertens, Klaus; Rubens, Sibylla; Saelens, Yves; Sc...
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander; Güttler, Ludwig; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McGegan, Nicholas; Immerseel, Jos van; Kreile, Roderich; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Blechbläserensemble; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Carus presents musical highlights from the critically acclaimed 18 Disc series entitled Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden. The recordings in this series not only document...continue...
Recording information: Frauenkirche Dresden....continue...

Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Kantaten I

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Ach, daá du den Himmel zerrissest, cantata, F. 93 (BR F3); Wohl dem, der den Herrn fürchtet, cantata, F. 76 (BR F20); O Wunder, we kann dieses fassen?, cantata, F...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Otto, Ralf

May 12, 1764 Wilhelm Friedemann Bach tended his resignation as Music Director and Organist at Halle. With that, a brilliant musical epoch came to an...continue...
Recording information: St. Kilian, Wiesbaden (05/28/2010-05/31/2010)....continue...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Vergessene Lieder

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2011-03-04

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sicheln schallen, song for voice & piano; Ich denke dein, song for voice & piano; Der Verlassene; Erinnerung; Wiegenlied ("Schlummre sanft"), song for voice & piano; Der Wasserfall...
Performers: Fritz, Burkhard; Mertens, Klaus; Pirner, Gitti; Roth, Detlef; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Nagano, Kent

Recording information: Jesuit church of St Michael in Munich (01/2010); Kupferhaus of the Culture Forum in Planegg (Germany) (01/2010); Jesuit church of St Michael in Munich (05/30/2010); Kupferhaus o...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn; Zadok the Priest; La Resurrezione; Dixit

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; Coronation Anthem; La Resurrezione ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Brett, Charles; Burrowes, Norma; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Maldwyn; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Gordon, Brian; Greene, Daryl; Hicks, Malcolm; Jones, Della; Kendall, William; Knibbs, J...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Buxtehude: Complete Works 11 (Vocal Works 4)

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen, for SSB voices, 2 violins, 2 violas, trombone, 2 cornets, 2 trumpets,; Jesu dulcis memoria, for 2 sopranos, 2 violins, bassoon & continuo, BuxWV...
Performers: Dürmüller, Jörg; Goethem, Patrick van; Karasiak, Andreas; Mertens, Klaus; Meyer, Miriam; Pahn, Bettina; Thornhill, Siri Karoline; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton

The substantial repertoire of Buxtehude's vocal art ranks among the most attractive in the later 17th century, and forms a climactic point in Lutheran church...continue...
Recording information: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006-03-??&2007-05-??&2007-)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Paulus Op. 36 / Hegel, Goetz, Zimmermann, Brutscher, Mertens, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-03-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: How lovely are the messengers
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Goetz, Sabine; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Hagel, Doris

Buxtehude: Opera omnia Vol 7 - Vocal Works Vol 3 / Koopman, et al

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Nichts soll uns Scheiden, for SAB voices, 2 violins, violone & continuo, BuxWV 77; Jesu, meines Lebens Leben, for SATB voices, 2 violins, 2 violas, violone & continuo, BuxWV62 (2 ...
Performers: Bentvelsen, Donald; Dürmüller, Jörg; Karasiak, Andreas; Koopman, Ton; Mertens, Klaus; Meyer, Miriam; Pahn, Bettina; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton

This double album demonstrates Buxtehude's versatility in the composition of vocal works - outside the large scale dimension of the vanished "Abendmusiker" - for an...continue...

Handel: Semele / Martini, Scholl, Schmidt, Popken, Frankfurt Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-07-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Popken, Ralf [Countertenor]; Schmidt, Julla; Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel's oratorio 'Semele' was composed in 1743 and tells of a beautiful mortal (Semele), whose short but spectacular love affair with Jupiter, King of the...continue...

Stoltzel: Christmas Oratorio, et al / Handel's Company

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2007-10-09

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Te Deum, for 4 voices, choir & orchestra; Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), for 4 voices, choir & orchestra; Gehet zu seinen Toren ein, cantata for 2 voices, ...
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Post, Andreas; Schulze, Ute
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes

Buxtehude: Opera omnia Vol 2 - Vocal Works Vol 1

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2007-03-13

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Das Jüngste Gericht, oratorio ("Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht"), BuxWV Anh. A3 (doubtful)
Performers: Bentvelsen, Donald; Blaze, Robin; Isidro, Orlanda Velez; Karasiak, Andreas; Mertens, Klaus; Stam, Caroline; Steur, Rene; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton

"Assuming [the oratorio is] the real McCoy, it represents a major, heretofore unknown vocal work by this great North German composer that all baroque fans...continue...

Dvorák: Requiem; Brahms / Mertens, Hagel, et al

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2006-10-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Requiem for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, B. 165 (Op. 89); Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121
Performers: Bach, Mechthild; Mertens, Klaus; Schafer, Markus
Conductors: Hagel, Doris

Telemann: Serenata Eroica / Max, Rheinishe Kantorei

2 CD / Capriccio / 2002-01-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: In dunkler Angst, bestürzt und bange, funeral cantata for chorus, orchestra & continuo ("Serenata er
Performers: Abele, Ekkehard; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mertens, Klaus; Post, Andreas; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Max, Hermann

Telemann: Der Tod Jesu / Rémy, Mertens, Mields, Kobow, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2000-05-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Der Tod Jesu (Du, dessen Augen flossen), passion oratorio for solo voices, chorus, orchestra & conti
Performers: Kobow, Jan; Mertens, Klaus
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"Der Tod Jesu" numbers among the masterpieces of Georg Philipp Telemann's old age. Never achieving the fame of Carl Heinrich Graun's oratorio to the very...continue...

Glory: Famous Bach Arias

1 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 8...
Performers: Basch, Wolfgang; Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Frimmer, Monika; Gruberova, Edita; Jankowitsch, Ernst; Mertens, Klaus; Prégardien, Christoph; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: ; Sillito, Kenneth; Otto, Ralf; Winschermann, Helmut; Max, Hermann; Marschik, Peter; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Budapest Strings; German Bach Soloists

Telemann: Die Auferstehung, etc / Rémy, Mields, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1999-06-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Die Auferstehung, sacred oratorio for chorus & orchestra ("Easter Oratorio"), TWV 6; De Danske, Norske og tydske, birthday cantata for 2 solo voices, chorus, strings & continu...
Performers: Decker, Reinhard; Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee; Post, Andreas
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"The Resurrection", of 1761, is one of Telemans last oratorios and exhibits how innovative his art could be. The remainder of the program includes one...continue...

Stolzel: Brockes Passion / Remy, Telemann Chamber Orchestra

2 CD / CPO / 1998-04-01

Works: Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Brockes Passion
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mehltretter, Florian; Mertens, Klaus; Mields, Dorothee; Post, Andreas; Schoch, Knut
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

Telemann: Christmas Oratorio & Cantatas / Ludger Rémy

1 CD / CPO / 1996-10-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Hier schläft es, sacred cantata for chorus, 2 recorder, 2 oboes, 2 horns, 3 trumpets, timpani, strin; Siehe, ich verkündige euch grosse (II), sacred cantata for chor...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mertens, Klaus; Post, Andreas
Conductors: Remy, Ludger

"More wonders from Telemann's unbelievably fecund old age...Conductor Remy responds to these life-enhancing works by inspiring his forces to performances that are alive to every...continue...