Helbich, Wolfgang

Apocryphal Bach Masses, Vol. 2 / Wolfgang Helbich

1 CD / CPO / 2012-03-27

Works: Johann Nicolaus Bach: Mass for chorus, 2 violins, 2 violas, 3 oboes, cor anglais & continuo in G major (formerly attrib. t; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat for chorus, 3 trumpets, timpani, 2 violin...
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Hannover Hofkapelle

After a long pause we are now continuing our distinguished series of Bach's apocryphal works in performances led by Wolfgang Helbich. Like its predecessors, this...continue...
Recording information: Festhalle der Johannischen Kirche, Blandensee (03/2009-05/2009)....continue...

Schumann: Collection of Music

3 CD / CPO / 2010-09-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (2) for voice & piano (Eichendorff); Songs (2); Gondollied, for piano in A major ("Barcarole"); Adolf Henselt: Rhapsody for piano in F minor, Op. 4; Impromptu for piano, Op. ...
Performers: Benfer, Tillmann; Connaire, Michael; Garben, Cord; Grobe, Ralf; Kaufmann, Hans Wilhelm; Kobow, Jan; Pruys, Andreas; Sharoni, Miriam; Sticken, Klaus; Stojkovic, Johanna; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang

Anniversary years often celebrate what we all already know, but sometimes they also serve a useful purpose, especially when they reveal previously unknown facets of...continue...
Recording information: Lutheran City Church, Bückeburg, Germany (05/11/2009); Sendesaal Bremen (05/11/2009); Lutheran City Church, Bückeburg, Germany (2009-09-??_2009-10-??&2010-); Sendesaal...continue...

Discover - Choral Music

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-08-28

Works: Gregorian Chant: Crux fidelis, inter omnes, hymn (GR 182); Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; John Taverner: Missa "Gloria tibi Trinitas"; Christe Jesu, pastor bone; Thoma...
Performers: Bentch, Timothy; Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Drabowicz, Wojciech; Kubiak, Barbara; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Nowacki, Piotr
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang; Antal, Mátyás; Oberfrank, Géza; Christophers, Harry; Halász, Michael; Drahos, Béla; Spering, Andreas; Rilling, Helmuth; Rahbari, Alexander; Talmi, Yoav; Wi...
Ensemble: ; Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra); The Sixteen

Discover Choral Music surveys and explains the development of choral music from medieval plainchant to contemporary favorites like John Rutter and Arvo Part, via Renaissance...continue...

The Very Best of Handel

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Handel - Bourée; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Der Messias; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Rinaldo; Suite for ...
Performers: Camden, Anthony; Cuckston, Alan; Kejmar, Miroslav; Mields, Dorothee; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors: Ward, Nicholas; Helbich, Wolfgang; Mallon, Kevin; Summerly, Jeremy; Kopelman, Jozef
Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; City of London Sinfonia; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Reinthaler: Jephta und seine Tochter / Helbich, et al

2 CD / CPO / 2004-11-16

Works: Karl Reinthaler: Jeptha und seine Tochter, oratorio
Performers: Maxsein, Konstanze; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Sacher, Jurgen; Salter, Richard; Zwarg, Oliver
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

As Bremen's music director and its cathedral organist and conductor, Reinthaler prepared the premiere of Brahms's 'A German Requiem' in 1868, and as a composer,...continue...

Apocryphal Bach Cantatas II / Helbich, Mields, Voss, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2004-07-01

Works: Johann Kuhnau: Uns ist ein Kind geboren, chistmas cantata (formerly BWV 142); Georg Philipp Telemann: Das ist je gewisslich wahr (III), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, strings & continuo (a.k.a. ...
Performers: Grobe, Ralf; Kaiser, Henning; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra)

"The performances here are very fine. The standard may fall just short of the Bach Collegium Japan or the Amsterdam Baroque Soloists, but not by...continue...

Early Music - Schütz: German Requiem, etc / Helbich

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral Music), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 279-281 (Op. 7); Die Sieben Worte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi; Die mit T...
Performers: Grobe, Ralf; Kaiser, Henning; Kobow, Jan; Maier, Ulrich; Pahn, Bettina; Röllecke, Beate; Voss, Henning; Winter, Veronika
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Febi Armonici; Himlische Cantorey

"Wolfgang Helbich's array of singers is impressive, fresh-voiced, and responsive to ever textual nuance: tenors reassuringly lighten the weight of sin; basses stride out across...continue...

Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day / Helbich, Mields, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76
Performers: Mields, Dorothee; Wilde, Mark
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Concerto Polacco

'Ode for St. Cecilia's Day' was first performed in 1739. Although Handel relied to some extent on borrowed material, he incorporates a variety of colourful...continue...

Apocryphal Bach Masses / Helbich, Febi Armonici, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2003-06-01

Works: Johann Ludwig Bach: Mass, for chorus, 2 trumpets, 2 violins & organ in C major (formerly attributed to J.S. Bach, BWV An; Melchior Hoffmann: German Magnificat in A minor (formerly attributed to J.S. ...
Performers: Grobe, Ralf; Kaiser, Henning; Mields, Dorothee
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: I Febiarmonici (Baroque Orchestra)

"The performances are uniformly beautiful tasteful, light, clear, and quite reminiscent of the style in Koopman's Bach Cantatas. The soloists are accomplished and do not...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Helbich, Thornhill, et al

1 CD / MD&G / 2003-02-25

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Mertens, Klaus; Thornhill, Siri Karoline
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen

Handel: Dettingen Te Deum, etc / Helbich, Mields, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Te Deum in D major, HWV 283 "Dettingen"; Te Deum in A major, canticle, HWV 282
Performers: Andersen, Ulrike; Dixon, Chris; Mields, Dorothee; Wilde, Mark
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Concerto Polacco

The victory at Dettingen in 1743 called for celebrations in London and Handel accordingly composed the Dettingen Te Deum and the anthem The King Shall...continue...

Eybler: Christmas Oratorio / Helbich, Ritterbusch, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1999-11-01

Works: Joseph Leopold Eybler: Die Hirten bei der Krippe zu Bethlehem (Christmas Oratorio)
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Draijer, Jelle; Ritterbusch, Sabine
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfelder Vokalensemble

"This work is subtitled 'The Shepherds at the Crib in Bethlehem'. It was his first oratorio and was written in 1784 when he was only...continue...

Stamitz: Missa Solemnis, etc / Helbich, Frimmer, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1998-04-01

Works: Johann Stamitz: Missa Solemnis for soloists, chorus & orchestra in D major; O salutaris hostia, communion motet for soprano voice, chorus & orchestra; Litaniæ Lauretan, for soloists, chorus & or...
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Frimmer, Monika; Sol, Tom
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfeld Vocal Ensemble; Bremen Baroque Orchestra

Bach: Apocryphal St. Luke Passion / Helbich, et al

2 CD / CPO / 1997-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Luke Passion, BWV 246
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Muller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Sandmann, Marcus; Schreckenberger, Stephan; Spagele, Mona
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bremen Baroque Orchestra

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Though it isn't a genuine Bach work, those who love his music will want to investigate the St Luke Passion. In terms...continue...

Telemann: Hamburger Admiralitätsmusik 1723, etc / Helbich

2 CD / CPO / 1996-09-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Wasser Overture, for 2 recorders, flute, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in C major ("Hamburger; Music for the Admiralty jubilee, TV 24 no 1
Performers: Müller, Rufus [Tenor Vocals]; Mertens, Klaus; Pushee, Graham; Schopper, Michael; Sluis, Mieke van der; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bremen Baroque Orchestra

"...For all its civic fustian, it is an endearing and quite satisfying assemblage, done to an absolute fare-thee-well by this fine roster of soloists, chorus,...continue...

Händel: Funeral Anthem, Caroline Te Deum / Helbich, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1995-04-18

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; Te Deum (Queen Caroline) in D major, HWV 280
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Sluis, Mieke van der; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bremen Baroque Orchestra

The Apocryphal Bach Cantatas, BWV 217-222

2 CD / CPO / 1995-01-25

Works: Johann Christoph Altnickol: Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet, sacred cantata for 4 solo voices, chorus, flute, strings & continuo; Georg Philipp Telemann: Gott der Hoffnung erfülle Euch, sacred c...
Performers: Geraerts, Harry; Koslowsky, Johanna; Langshaw, Philip
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Steintor Barock Bremen

The Apocryphal Bach Motets BWV Anh. 159-165 / Helbich

1 CD / CPO / 1994-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt, motet for double chorus (by Telemann, TWV 8; Ich lasse dich nicht, motet for double chorus (after Johann Christoph Bach), BWV Anh. 159 (BC C9); J...
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Alsfelder Vokalensemble

"This release offers four works [by] Johann Ernst Bach (1722-77), Johann Christoph Altnikol (1719-59), Johann Bernhard Bach (1676-1749), and Georg Gottfried Wagner (1698-1756)...The level of...continue...

Eybler: Requiem / Wolfgang Helbich, et al

1 CD / CPO / 1993-11-01

Works: Marc Eychenne: Requiem
Performers: Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; van der Kamp, Harry; Verne, Harry van
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Steintor Barock Bremen

Telemann: Magnificat in C, etc / Helbich

1 CD / CPO / 1993-08-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Magnificat anima mea, for chorus, 3 trumpets, orchestra & continuo in C major, TWV 9; Jauchze, jubilier und singe, secular oratorio for 6-part chorus, strings & continuo, TWV ...
Performers: Jochens, Wilfried; Langshaw, Philip; Skuplik, Veronika; Sluis, Mieke van der; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Helbich, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bremen Baroque Orchestra