OPUS KLASSIK award for Choral Recording of the Year 2019
The first joint project of the internationally renowned Leipzig vocal ensembles amarcord and Calmus: The centerpiece is the splendid sonority of the twelve-part Mass by Antoine Brumel, which is said to have been performed on the occasion of the famous disputation between Martin Luther and theologian Johannes Eck 1519 at St. Thomas’s Church. A highlight of musical life in Leipzig and, at the same time, a milestone in polyphonic vocal music. The mass is complemented by compositions by Josquin des Préz, Johann Walter, Thomas Stoltzer and others.
Calmus:
Anja Pöche, soprano
Sebastian Krause, alto
Tobias Pöche, tenor
Ludwig Böhme, baritone
Manuel Helmeke, bass
amarcord:
Wolfram Lattke, tenor
Robert Pohler, tenor
Frank Ozimek, baritone
Daniel Knauft, bass
Holger Krause, bass
Our guests:
Isabel Schicketanz, soprano*
Anna Kellnhofer, soprano*
CV 83.497