HELMUT RILLING: PERSONAL SELECTION - RILLING; GACHINGER KANTOREI STUTTGART; BACH-COLLEGIUM STUTTGART (10 CDS)

On May 29th 2018, Helmuth Rilling, the founder and artistic director of the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, will celebrate his 85th Birthday.

The spiritual father of the complete edition of the works of J.S. Bach on 172 CDs, a distinguished guest conductor, who has performed with leading orchestras world-wide, has put together for this occasion a special collection documenting his recorded legacy with Haenssler Classics over the past decades, featuring the recordings of his most admired and critically acclaimed works.

Ten CDs, focusing on central moments of Helmuth Rilling’s artistic growth are presented; many of them have received international awards. They show the conductor not only for his profound understanding of J. S. Bach, but as equally familiar with masterpieces of Romantic era.

Artists
Michael Schade (Evangelist), Matthias Goerne (Christus), Juliane Banse (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), James Taylor (tenor), Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Arleen Augér (soprano), Doris Soffel (alto), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Christine Schafer (soprano), Thomas Quasthoff (bass), Scot Weir (tenor), Reinhard Hagen (bass), Gilles Cachemaille (baritone - Christus), Keith Lewis (tenor), Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Ingeborg Danz (mezzo), Diana Montague (mezzo), John Cheek (bass - Satan), Juan Vasle (bass), Annette Dasch (soprano), Christian Gerhaher (bass), Simona Saturova (soprano), Daniela Sindram (alto), Michael Nagy (bass), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Christan Elsner (tenor), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Iris Vermillion (alto), Carsten Suss (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Stefan Muller-Ruppert (bass)

Stuttgart Bach Collegium, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Festivalensemble Stuttgart, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, Helmuth Rilling

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV26 'Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig'
Bach, J S: Cantata BWV212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' (Peasant Cantata)
Bach, J S: Motet BWV225 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'
Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Brahms: Gesänge (4), Op. 17
Brahms: Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, für Chor und Orchester, Op. 82
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Franck, C: Les Béatitudes, M53
Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse'
Mendelssohn: Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89
Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714

Bach, J S: St John Passion, BWV245
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling
Ingeborg Danz (alto), Matthias Goerne (baritone), Juliane Banse (soprano), Andreas Schmidt (bass), Michael Schade (tenor), James Taylor (tenor)

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV26 'Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig'
Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling
Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Adalbert Kraus (tenor), Arleen Auger (soprano), Doris Soffel (contralto)

Bach, J S: Motet BWV225 'Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied'
Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling

Bach, J S: Cantata BWV212 'Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet' (Peasant Cantata)
Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling
Thomas Quasthoff (bass), Christine Schäfer (soprano)

Franck, C: Les Béatitudes, M53
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling
Gilles Cachemaille (baritone), Diana Montague (mezzo-soprano), Scot Weir (tenor), Juan Vasle (bass), Cornelia Kallisch (alto), Ingeborg Danz (mezzo-soprano), Keith Lewis (tenor), Reinhard Hagen (bass), John Cheek (bass)

Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, Stuttgart Festival Ensemble
Helmuth Rilling
James Taylor (tenor), Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Annette Dasch (soprano)

Haydn: Mass, Hob. XXII:14 in B flat major 'Harmoniemesse'
Gächinger Kantorei, Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Helmuth Rilling
Simona Saturova (soprano), Daniela Sindram (alto), James Taylor (tenor), Michael Nagy (bass)

Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling
Christian Elsner (tenor), Pamela Coburn (soprano), Franz-Josef Selig (bass), Ingeborg Danz (alto)

Brahms: Nänie von Friedrich Schiller, für Chor und Orchester, Op. 82
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling

Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54
Gächinger Kantorei, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart
Helmuth Rilling

Brahms: Gesänge (4), Op. 17
Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling

Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D714
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling

Mendelssohn: Heimkehr aus der Fremde, Op. 89
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, Gächinger Kantorei
Helmuth Rilling
Christian Gerhaher (bass), Carsten Suss (tenor), Iris Vermillion (alto), Stefan Muller-Ruppert (reciter), Juliane Banse (soprano)