Vitzthum, Franz

Volkslieder, Vol. 1

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wenn alle Brunnlein Flieáen; Frisch gesungen ("Hab oft im Kreis der Lieben"), for chorus; German Traditional: Horch, was kommt von drauáen rein; Nun will der lenz uns...
Performers: Bär, Olaf; Banse, Juliane; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bozec, Anne Le; Busch, Christine; Deutsch, Helmut; Doufexis, Stella; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulin...
Conductors: ; Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: ; Les Escapades (Ensemble)

In 2008 the concert and opera singer Cornelius Hauptmann initiated the charitable "The Lieder project" to further singing with children. The following year the "Wiegenlieder"...continue...

Volkslieder, Vol. 2

1 CD / Carus / 2011-05-31

Works: Anonymous, German: Die Gedanken sind frei, song; Wie schön blüht uns der Maien; German Traditional: Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein, folk song; Als wir jüngst in Regensburg waren, folks...
Performers: Armbruster, Frank; Banse, Juliane; Becker, Konstantin; Busch, Christine; Gees, Michael; Genz, Stephan; Holscher, Anne-Maria; Irmer, Stefan; Joswig, Margarete; Kaleschke, Johannes; Kallisch, Cornelia;...
Conductors: ; Rademann, Hans-Christoph; Speck, Holger
Ensemble: ; Les Escapades (Ensemble); Licht und Schatten

"The songs are performed in quite a wide variety of styles. The disc opens with Jonas Kaufmann on top form in ‘Die Gedanken sind frei’......continue...

The St. Emmeram Mensural Codex

1 Super Audio CD / Aeolus / 2011-01-11

Works: Johannes Brassart: Christi nutu sublimato, motet; Johannes Roullet: Sanctus, trope (Crux columpna preelecta); Reginaldus Liebert: Agnus dei, fauxbourdon for vocal ensemble; Gilles de Bins dit Binchoi...
Performers: Berben, Leon; Burchards, Edzard; Hartkopf, Christof; Holzle, Gerhard; Rumbold, Ian; Schmidl, Marcus; Vitzthum, Franz; Wenk, Klaus
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Ensemble: Stimmwerck

The St. Emmeram Codex is one of the very few large manuscripts of polyphonic music to have survived in Western Europe from the late Middle...continue...
Recording information: Klosterkirche Windberg / Bogen (08/2007)....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
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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...

Baroque In Hanover Court Music / ensemble Alla Polacca

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2010-08-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Italian Duets; Solitudini care, amata libertà, cantata for soprano & continuo, HWV 163; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Char...
Performers: Kilarska, Paulina [Harpsichord]; Lesniowska-Lubowicz, Iwona [Soprano]; Vitzthum, Franz; Wagner, Petr
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Ensemble: Ensemble Alla Polacca

Recording information: Immanuelskirche Wuppertal (12/13/2009-12/17/2009)....continue...

Steffani: Orlando Generoso / Bernward Lohr, Musica Alta Ripa

3 CD / MD&G / 2009-08-11

Works: Agostino Steffani: Orlando generoso, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Friedrich, Wolf Matthias; Invernizzi, Roberta; Lager, Daniel; Rydén, Susanne; Vitzthum, Franz; Waschinski, Jorg; Wessel, Kai [Countertenor Vocal]
Conductors: Lohr, Bernward
Ensemble: Musica Alta Ripa

At the end of the seventeenth century the rulers of the Duchy of Hanover, the Welph family, launched a cultural offensive and obtained the services...continue...

Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, Vol. 2: The Cantatas for Middle Voice, Violin and Basso Continuo I / Bergen Barokk

1 CD / Toccata / 2009-07-14

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: First Sunday of Advent; Erquickendes Wunder, sacred cantata for vioce, violin & continuo (HGD), TWV 1; Jauchzet, frohlocket, sacred cantata for voice, violin & continuo (HGD),...
Performers: Eike, Bjarte [Violin]; Sveen, Hans Knut; Vitzthum, Franz
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Ensemble: Bergen Barokk

The second CD of the first complete recording of the 72 cantatas from Georg Philipp Telemann's collection Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst, published in Hamburg in 1726....continue...

Handel: O praise the Lord HWV 254, etc / Arnold, Deckert, Eitrich, Vitzthum, Wagner, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Nisi Dominus, HWV 238; Laudate pueri Dominum in D major, HWV 237; Chandos Anthems
Performers: Deckert, Iris-Anna; Eitrich, Susan; Hamann, Jens; Vitzthum, Franz; Wagner, Dieter; Weller, Andreas
Conductors: Arnold, Jochen;
Ensemble: Capella Principale; Gli Scarlattisti

The ensemble Gli Scarlattissti was founded by Jochen Arnold in 1995 and consists of professional singers. They are accompanied by a four-piece continuo group called...continue...

Ich Will in Friede Fahren - Scared Music for Countertenor & Viol Consort in 17th century Germany / Franz Vitzthum, Les Escapades

1 CD / Christophorus / 2009-03-10

Works: Giovanni Antonio Rigatti: Ave Regina caelorum, antiphon; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Balletti Lamentabili à 4, suite for violin, 2 violas & continuo in E minor, C. 59; Kaiser Ferdinand III: ...
Performers: Hoffmann, Swantje; Vitzthum, Franz; Weidanz, Wiebke
Conductors:
Ensemble: Les Escapades (Ensemble)

In 2009 Christophorus starts a new cooperation with the young German countertenor Franz Vitzthum. He is just starting his career and the German press is...continue...
Recording information: Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Ignatius, Malsch/Sulzbach (10/01/2008-10/04/2008)....continue...

Handel: Hercules, HWV 60 / Martini, Wemyss, Sämann, Schoch, Kühn, Schneider, Junge Kantorei, Frankfurt Baroque Orchestra

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules
Performers: Kühn, Liselotte; Kooij, Peter; Sämann, Gerlinde; Schneider, Frank; Schoch, Knut; Vitzthum, Franz; Wemyss, Nicola
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Handel composed 'Hercules' for his 1744-45 oratorio season as the secular foil to one of his most ambitious sacred dramas, 'Belshazzar', hoping to repeat the...continue...

Gottfried August Homilius: St. John Passion / Kreile, et al

2 CD / Carus / 2007-10-01

Works: Gottfried August Homilius: St. John Passion
Performers: Fischer, Katja; Heidrich, Clemens; Keucher, Stephan; Kobow, Jan; Lutz, Christian; Reiner, Jana; Vitzthum, Franz
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Orchestra; Dresden Kreuz Choir

The son of a clergyman and one of J.S. Bach's pupils, Homilus primarily performed his musical duties at the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The connections between...continue...