Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Missa Salisburgensis and Sacred Works by Claudio Monteverdi

From the Salzburg Cathedral Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Missa Salisburgensis and Sacred Works by Claudio Monteverdi

Collegium 1704 · Collegium Vocale 1704 conducted by Václav Luks Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber Missa Salisburgensis and Sacred Works by Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi “Dixit Dominus” (Psalm 110), SV 264 from Selva morale e spirituale “Beatus vir” (Psalm 112), SV 268 from Selva morale e spirituale Sonata sopra “Sancta Maria Ora pro nobis”, SV 206:11 from Vespro della Beata Vergine “Laudate pueri” primo (Psalm 113), SV 270 from Selva morale e spirituale “Laudate pueri” primo (Psalm 113), SV 270 from Selva morale e spirituale

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber “An extravagant but joyous enterprise, a real festival event. Long will this spectacular Mass continue to resound in my memory” (Salzburger “Missa Salisburgensis” Nachtrichten).

Orchestra Collegium 1704 One of the supreme masterworks of Baroque polyphony, the Missa Salisburgensis by the brilliant Bohemian-born composer-violinist Chorus Collegium Vocale 1704 Heinrich Biber is here performed in the Salzburg Cathedral – the very Conductor Václav Luks building where it was first heard – as part of the Festival’s celebrations for the bicentenary of the former prince-bishopric’s union with Soprano 1 Silvia Frigato, Miriam Austria. Feuersinger Soprano 2 Franscesca Cassinari, Barbora Originally performed in 1682 to mark the 1.100th anniversary of Kabátková the founding of the Salzburg archdiocese, and only rediscovered Alto 1 Terry Wey, Kamila Mazalová by chance in a Salzburg greengrocer’s shop some 200 years later. Alto 2 Julia Böhme, Aneta Petrasová Biber’s Mass was specifically designed to exploit the acoustics and architecture of the Cathedral and is here presented in authentic Tenor 1 Václav Čížek, David Hernández 360º surround sound, with the contributions of its two choirs and Tenor 2 Alessio Tosi, Robert Buckland multiple instrumental ensembles – divided into a staggering total of Baritone 1 Tomáš Král, Stephan MacLeod 53 individual parts – ricocheting around the building in all directions Baritone 2 Lisandro Abadie, Jaromír Nosek from both the platform and the four raised galleries at each corner of the central crossing. Video Director Sébastien Glas Performed by the renowned Prague-based period ensembles Collegium 1704 and Collegium Vocale 1704 under their founder- Length: approx. 110' director Václav Luks, and bringing into play all four of the Cathedral’s organs, Biber’s Mass is prefaced by a selection of sacred choral works Shot in HDTV 1080/50i composed by Monteverdi during his time as choirmaster at St Mark’s, Cat. no. A 045 50064X Venice – masterpieces whose polyphonic richness served as a model for Biber and is equally suited to the Italianate splendour of Salzburg’s A co-production Cathedral. of Ozango, Collegium 1704 and UNITEL with the support of CNC “As a listener, one could believe that, for once, one was actually with the participation of M_Media - Classicall TV and SZENIK experiencing in real life the fabled Music of the Spheres which people in cooperation with ORF/3sat and Salzburg Festival have talked about since Antiquity” (Süddeutsche Zeitung).

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