Kommt ihr Stunden, macht mich frei: Sacred Songs of the German Baroque
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Label: Christophorus
Cat No: CHR77468
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 24th February 2023
Contents
Works
Jesu dulcis memoriaAch, dass ich Wassers gnug hatte
Mein Herz tichtet ein feines Lied
Pater noster
Kommt, ihr Stunden, macht mich frei
Lass, O Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen
Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel
Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer
Ich furchte keinen Tod auf Erden (Cantata)
Hier lieg in der Noth
Ich will in Friede fahren
Ave Regina caelorum
Artists
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)Capricornus Consort Basel
Les Escapades
Works
Jesu dulcis memoriaAch, dass ich Wassers gnug hatte
Mein Herz tichtet ein feines Lied
Pater noster
Kommt, ihr Stunden, macht mich frei
Lass, O Herr, dein Ohr sich neigen
Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel
Krieges-Angst-Seufftzer
Ich furchte keinen Tod auf Erden (Cantata)
Hier lieg in der Noth
Ich will in Friede fahren
Ave Regina caelorum
Artists
Franz Vitzthum (countertenor)Capricornus Consort Basel
Les Escapades
About
As a soloist, the singer is much in demand and can be heard on countless recordings - his solo recitals have all been released by Christophorus. His vocal qualities come into their own particularly well in German baroque song, which is why his first two (and most successful) solo CDs are devoted to sacred song at the time of the Thirty Years' War: "Ich will in Friede fahren" with the viol consort Les Escapades, (released in 2009) and the "Himmels-Lieder" with the Capricornus Consort Basel (released in 2012).
Under the new title "Kommt ihr Stunden, macht mich frei", these two wonderful recordings are now finally available again as a double CD.
Franz Vitzthum studtied at the Cologne University of Music, under Kai Wessel, receiving his degree in 2007. While there, he already won numerous prizes and earned scholarships. The critics praise Franz Vitzthum's countertenor voice for its precision in intonation and flexibility. It effortlessly reaches up into the mezzo range, and delights with an extraordinary beauty.
He has been invited to give recitals at the Rheingau Musik Festival, at the Handel Festivals in Halle, Karlsruhe and Göttingen, at La Folle Journée de Nantes, and at the Bach Festival of Philadelphia. He has worked with the conductors Nicholas McGegan, Andrew Parrott, Hermann Max, Peter Neumann, and Christoph Poppen, among others.
He has also taken part in various operas and oratorio productions, for example, in Scherz, Satire, Ironie und tiefere Bedeutung (Glanert), Jephtha and Solomon (Handel), Orfeo (Gluck), Orlando generoso (Steffani), and most recently in Spartaco (Porsile) at Winter in Schwetzingen. Chamber music is also one of Franz Vitzthum's passions.
He regularly gives concerts with the lutist Julian Behr and the Ensemble Capricornus from Basel, as well as with his own vocal ensemble Stimmwerck, which he founded.
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