Founded 1965 (1965) Active from 1965 | Location Stuttgart Genre Classical | |
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Website www.bachakademie.de/de/bach-collegium.html Albums Mass in B minor BWV 232 Record labels Deutsche Grammophon, SCM Hänssler Principal conductors Helmuth Rilling, Hans-Christoph Rademann Similar Helmuth Rilling, Gächinger Kantorei, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arleen Auger, Adalbert Kraus | ||
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart is an internationally known German instrumental ensemble, founded by Helmuth Rilling in 1965 to accompany the Gächinger Kantorei in choral music with orchestra. Its members are mostly orchestra musicians from Germany and Switzerland who get together for projects associated with the choir and also instrumental programs of their own.
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The ensemble has performed at festivals such as the "Musikfest Stuttgart" of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Salzburg Festival, Lucerne Festival, Prague Spring or Rheingau Musik Festival.
Gächinger Kantorei and Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, conducted by Rilling, completed a first recording worldwide of Bach's cantatas and oratorios, a project of 15 years in collaboration with Hänssler Classic, in 1985 on the occasion of the composer's 300th birthday. The recording was awarded a Grand Prix du Disque.
The Bach-Collegium Stuttgart has been instrumental in premieres of works such as Wolfgang Rihm's Deus Passus (Passionsstücke nach Lukas) in 2000 and new versions of works such as Mozart's Great Mass completed by Robert D. Levin.
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Songs
Können Tränen meiner WangenMatthäus-Passion · 1985
Matthäus-Passion - BWV 244: Part I - XII Aria "Blute nur - du liebes Herz"Matthäus-Passion · 1985
Erkenne mich - mein HüterMatthäus-Passion · 1985