Backes, Constanze

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 'Choral'; Choral Fantasy / Orgonasova, von Otter, Rolfe Johnson, Cachemaille - Gardiner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Clarkson, Julian; Johnston, Robert; Levin, Robert D. [American Pianist]; Podger, Julian
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger: I Pastori de Bettelemme

1 Super Audio CD / Accent / 2010-11-05

Works: Giovanni Lorenzo Baldano: Paso e mezzo, for sordellina (from Libro per scriver l'intavolatura per sonare sopra le sodelline); La Bergamasca, for ensemble; Fantasia pastorale for ensemble; Johannes Hi...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Dietz, Christian; Flaig, Markus; Jesdinsky, Clementine; Okamura, Chiyuki; Vitzthum, Franz
Conductors:
Ensemble: Echo du Danube

Kapsberger’s Shepherds of Bethlehem at the Birth of Our Savior Jesus Christ was published in 1630, when the sacred dialogue madrigal enjoyed high popularity in...continue...
Recording information: Melanchthon-Kirche, Cologne, Germany (08/12/2009-08/15/2009)....continue...

Scheidt: The Great Sacred Concertos / Musica Fiata, et al

1 CD / CPO / 2007-03-27

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Wies Gott gefällt, for choir & orchestra, SSWV 188-190; Kommt her, ihr gesegneten, dialogus for 3 voices & orchestra, SSWV 220; Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend, for 4 voices,...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Brutscher, Markus; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Jochens, Wilfried; Mauch, Monika; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

"This excellent CD offers us a chance to hear some of Scheidt's less well-known compositions performed with elegance and passion under the rubric of sacred...continue...

Victorian Christmas for Brass

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-11-21

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells of St. Andrew's Church - Christmas Bells at Sea; Arthur Sullivan: Hearken unto me, anthem for chorus & organ; It came upon the midnight clear, for chorus (NOT a setting of "Noel...
Performers: Backes, Constanze
Conductors:
Ensemble: Passion des Cuivres

Carissimi: Oratorios / Wilson, Musica Fiata, Capella Ducale

1 CD / CPO / 2005-04-19

Works: Giacomo Carissimi: Regina Hester; Dialogo del Gigante Golia, oratorio for soprano, bass & continuo; Interfecto Sisara, oratorio for 6 voices, 2 violins & continuo; Diluvium universale
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Jochens, Wilfried; Mauch, Monika; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

Carissimi is known as the first great master of the oratorio. These oratorios are important rediscoveries and welcome additions to the repertoire. Carissimi was a...continue...

Musik am Müncher Hof: Kapar Kerll, Agostino Steffani

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-03-22

Works: Johann Kaspar Kerll: Missa Nigra, for 6 voices, strings & continuo; Plorate, ululate mortales (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. 1); Alma redemptoris mater (from Delectus Sacrarum Cantionum, Op. ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Hamberger, Thomas; Oswald, Hermann; Robert Sellier; Sämann, Gerlinde
Conductors: Guglhör, Gerd

From the Music Lbrary of Bach, Vol 2 / Hengelbrock, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2005-01-11

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Christ lag in Todesbanden, sacred concerto for 4 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon & continuo, T.; Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Johann Kaspar...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Giebelhausen, Nils; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mields, Dorothee; Oswald, Hermann; Spaltner, Beate
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

An exciting program of the music 'Father Bach' himself performed, and which often provided his musical inspiration, including a side-by-side comparision of his own famous...continue...

Pachelbel: Easter Cantatas / Roland Wilson, Capella Ducale

1 CD / CPO / 2004-04-01

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Ingressus; Christ lag in Todesbanden, sacred concerto for 4 voices, 2 violins, 3 violas, bassoon & continuo, T.; Lobet den Herrn, sacred concerto for 5-part chorus, 2 flutes, bassoo...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Mauch, Monika
Conductors: Wilson, Roland
Ensemble: Musica Fiata

"Collectors of early-music recordings will recognize the names of a few singers, but they are really team personnel rather than stars, and they blend beautifully,...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / John Eliot Gardiner

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge IV (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 96; Nachtlied, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 108; Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus &...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Backes, Constanze; Bonney, Barbara; Coku, Alexandra; Dazeley, William; Deam, Donna; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fuge, Katharine; Hauptm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Hanover Boys Choir Members; Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

"...[This] music is absolutely glorious - if you haven't heard it you don't know Schumann. Just about every number is a lyric gem: try the...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

Schütz: Secular Works / Manfred Cordes, Weser-Renaissance

1 CD / CPO / 1998-01-01

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Freue dich des Weibes deiner Jugend, for soloists, trumpet, cornet, 3 trombones ad lib & continuo, S; Liebster, sagt in süssen Schmerzen, for 2 sopranos, 2 violins & contin...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Cornwell, Joseph; Geraerts, Harry; Schwarz, Gotthold; Spagele, Mona
Conductors: Cordes, Manfred
Ensemble: Weser-Renaissance

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...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Gardiner, Oelze, Schade, Sieden

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Burt, Robert; Dieterich, Andreas; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Guber, Carola; Johnston, Robert; Jonas, Maria; Knauer, Wolfgang; Mann, Noel; Mendel, Jan Andreas; Oelze, Ch...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"...disciplined, ordered playing and singing, buoyant rhythms, tellingly balanced sonorities, attention to every detail of color and counterpoint allowing for pellucid textures...these, allied to the...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Gardiner, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Clarkson, Julian; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Hanchard, Dana; Holman, Peter; Mann, Noel; McNair, Sylvia; Tu...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"In the title role Sylvia McNair is quite simply sensational. Her come-to-bed voice-sexy and alluring-invokes a sultry Marilyn Monroe one moment, but encapsulates all the...continue...

Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe / Gardiner, Studer, Skovhus, Terfel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1995-02-14

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonney, Barbara; Deam, Donna; Flowers, Suzanne; Fredriksson, Karl Magnus; Houghton, Lucinda; Jenkin, Nicola [Soprano Vocals]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Peper, Uwe; Skovhus, Bo [Bariton...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Martin Luther: Christum wir sollen loben schon, processional; Wir glauben all an eine Gott, credo; Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Der Herr ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Devaere, Hannelore; Engberg-Pederson, Anders; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Greig, Donald; Horn, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Susan Hemington; Le...
Conductors: ; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir

Personnel: Constanze Backes, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Tusa, Sarah Pendlebury, Tessa Bonner (soprano); Tom Phillips , Robert Horn , Angus Smith (tenor); Donald Greig (baritone); Raimund Nolte, Stephen C...continue...