Manfred Cordes
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Manfred Cordes is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is currently professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen.
In preparation:
With the Bremer Barock Consort:
Publications
- Die lateinischen Motetten des Iacobus Regnart im Spiegel der Tonarten- und Affektenlehre des 16. Jahrhunderts. University of Bremen 1991 (Dissertation)
- Pian e forte. Hauschild, Bremen 1998; ISBN 3-931785-78-5
- Nicola Vicentinos Enharmonik. (Book+CD), Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz/Austria; ISBN 978-3-201-01884-5
Discography
Extensive discography with his ensemble Weser-Renaissance on the CPO label.- The Spirit of the Renaissance Works from Josquin des PrezJosquin Des PrezJosquin des Prez [Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez] , often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance...
to Hans Leo HasslerHans Leo HasslerHans Leo Hassler was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of the less-famous Jakob Hassler...
cpo 999 294-2 (1993) - Thomas StoltzerThomas StoltzerThomas Stoltzer, also Stolczer, Scholczer was a German composer of the Renaissance.-Life:...
(1480–1526) Missa duplex per totum annum; 3 Psalm Motets cpo 999 295-2 (1994) - Hanseatische Festmusiken um 1600 - Wedding motets by Julius Johannes Weiland, Julius Ernst RautensteinJulius Ernst RautensteinJulius Ernst Rautenstein was a German composer.He was organist in Halberstadt. His dialogue motet Ich schlafe, aber mein Herz wachet, for 4 voices is recorded on Hanseatic Wedding music. Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes. cpo-References:...
, Heinrich AlbertHeinrich AlbertHeinrich Friedrich Albert was a German lawyer who served as commercial attaché to the Imperial German Ambassador to the United States Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff during World War I. He was also the paymaster for German espionage and sabotage operations in the United States...
, Andreas HakenbergerAndreas HakenbergerAndreas Hakenberger was a German composer.A motet Beati omnes, qui timent Dominum à 12 is recorded on Hanseatic Wedding music. Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir. Manfred Cordes. cpo-References:...
, Philipp DulichiusPhilipp DulichiusPhilipp Dulichius was a German composer.-Life:Dulichius Philip was born in Chemnitz, where his father, Caspar Deulich, was a clothier, councellor and mayor. Of his student days it is only known for certain that he was enrolled in the University of Leipzig in 1579...
, Christoph BernhardChristoph BernhardChristoph Bernhard was born in Kolberg, Pomerania, and died in Dresden. He studied with former Sweelinck-pupil Paul Siefert in Danzig and in Warsaw By the age of 20 he was singing at the electoral court in Dresden under Heinrich Schütz...
, Dietrich BeckerDietrich BeckerDietrich Becker was a German Baroque violinist and composer.Little is known about Becker's musical education. His first position was as organist at Ahrensberg. In his second position, in the service of the Chapelle Ducale of the Duke Christian-Ludwig at Celle, he mainly devoted himself to the...
, Matthias WeckmannMatthias WeckmannMatthias Weckmann was a German musician and composer of the Baroque period. He was born in Niederdorla and died in Hamburg.- Life :...
, ObrechtObrechtObrecht is the name of:* Jacob Obrecht , Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance* Hermann Obrecht , Swiss politician...
, Lassus, Andries PevernageAndreas PevernageAndreas Pevernage or Andries Pevernage was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was one of the minority of composers from the Low Countries who stayed in his native land throughout the turbulent period of religious conflict in the late 16th century, and was a skilled composer of...
, Clemens non Papa. cpo 999 396-2 (1995) - Leonhard LechnerLeonhard LechnerLeonard Lechner was a German composer and music editor who worked with Orlando de Lassus.-Life:Lechner's exact place of birth is unknown. The by-name he occasionally used, "Athesinus", refers to origins in the Adige Valley in what is now the Italian province of South Tyrol....
(1553–1606) Newe Teutsche Lieder (1577) cpo 999 370-2 (1995) - Jacob Praetorius II (1586–1651) Motets and Organ Works cpo 999 215-2 (1995)
- Camilla de RossiCamilla de RossiCamilla de Rossi was an Italian composer. Several women are known to have composed music in Northern Italy and Austria during the period 1670-1725. Of those women, though there is no remaining biographical information, Camilla de Rossi by far has the most surviving works. The only known...
(fl.1700) Il Sacrifizio di Abramo - The Sacrifice of Abraham, Oratorio cpo 999 371-2 (1995) leider zur Zeit vergriffen - Heinrich SchützHeinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
- Cantiones Sacrae 1625 op. 4 Complete 40 Motets SWV 53-93 cpo 999 405-2 (1995) 2CD - Cipriano de RoreCipriano de RoreCipriano de Rore was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance, active in Italy...
- Sacred and Secular Motets from the Munich Codex cpo 999 506-2 (1996) - Johann TheileJohann TheileJohann Theile was a German composer of the Baroque era, famous for the opera Adam und Eva, Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch, first performed in Hamburg on January 2, 1678.- Life :...
(1646–1724) Psalm Motets (Psalm 111, 6 & 4) Missa (Kyrie, Gloria), Sonata duplex à 3 Cpo 999 489-2 (1996) - Jacob RegnartJacob RegnartJacob Regnart was a Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer. He spent most of his career in Austria and Bohemia, where he wrote both sacred and secular music.-Biography:Regnart was born at Douai...
- Mariale 1588 Fifteen Marian Motets cpo 999 507-2 (1996) - Heinrich SchützHeinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
- Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 SWV 369-397 Complete recording of the 29 motets, 116. Psalm SWV 51 Litania SWV 458 cpo 999 546-2 (1997) 2CD - Heinrich Schütz - Secular Works cpo 999 518-2 (1997)
- Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey - Musik für Den Westfälischen Frieden. Johannes Schop, Heinrich AlbertHeinrich AlbertHeinrich Friedrich Albert was a German lawyer who served as commercial attaché to the Imperial German Ambassador to the United States Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff during World War I. He was also the paymaster for German espionage and sabotage operations in the United States...
, Johann Andreas HerbstJohann Andreas HerbstJohann Andreas Herbst was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand Venetian style and the other features of the early Baroque into Protestant Germany.- Life :He...
, Michael JacobiMichael JacobiMichael Jacobi was a North German composer and kantor.He studied law at Strasbourg and travelled widely before taking employment as kantor first at Kiel then at Lüneburg . Under his supervision the first passions were performed at Lüneburg...
, Andreas HammerschmidtAndreas HammerschmidtAndreas Hammerschmidt , the "Orpheus of Zittau," was a German composer and organist, of Bohemian birth, of the early to middle Baroque era...
, Schütz, Sophie-Elisabeth von Braunschweig-WolfenbüttelSophie Elisabeth, Duchess of Brunswick-LüneburgElisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg was a German poet and composer. She began studying music at the court of her father, Duke Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, where there was an orchestra known for its use of fine English musicians, such as William Brade...
(1613–1676), Johann StobäusJohann StobäusJohann Stobäus was a North German composer.Stobäus was born at Graudenz. From 1599 to 1608 he was a pupil of Johann Eccard, the Kapellmeister of Königsberg. Then from 1601 a bassist in the princely Kapelle from 1602 Kantor at Königsberg Cathedral. Then in 1626 he succeeded Eccard as...
, Johann Erasmus KindermannJohann Erasmus KindermannJohann Erasmus Kindermann was a German Baroque organist and composer. He was the most important composer of the Nuremberg school in the first half of the 17th century.-Life:...
, Johann WerlinJohann Werlin-Works:* Werlin, Johannes: »Irenodiae, Oder Friedens-Gesäng, Das ist: Neue Geistliche Concert ... Auff jetzo gebräuchliche Italiänische Invention«. Ulm: Johann Görlin , 1643/1644. on Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey - Music for the Peace of Westphalia. Weser-Renaissance Ensemble Bremen dir....
, Johann StadenJohann StadenJohann Staden was a German Baroque organist and composer. He is best known for establishing the so-called Nuremberg school.-Life:He was the son of Hans Staden and Elisabeth Löbelle...
, Sigmund Theophil StadenSigmund Theophil StadenSigmund Theophil Staden was an important early German composer.Staden was born in Kulmbach, son of Johann Staden, the founder of the so-called Nuremberg school...
, Vicentz RupffenbartVicentz RupffenbartVicentz Rupffenbart was a Calvinist schoolmaster in Purla, Laussnitz and an amateur composer.His best known work is the "Calvinist dance" »Calvinistischer Vortantz, welcher in Ober Oesterreich geschmittet, zu Prag in Böhaim angefangen, und wider die Papisten allenthalben gehalten worden ist«....
, Melchior FranckMelchior FranckMelchior Franck was a German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Protestant church music, especially motets, and assisted in bringing the stylistic innovations of the Venetian School north across the Alps into Germany.-Life:Details of his...
, Adam DreseAdam DreseAdam Drese was a German composer and bass viol player. He was appointed Kapellmeister to Duke Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar in 1652, but in 1662, after the death of the duke, the Capelle was disbanded and Drese sought a similar position with Duke Bernhard at Jena...
, Johann Müller (composer)Johann Müller (composer)Johann Müller was a German composer and organist.He worked for the Elector of Saxony, and was a pupil of Marco Giuseppe Peranda.-Recordings:...
, Johann HildebrandJohann HildebrandJohann Hildebrand, also Hildebrandt was a German composer, organist, and poet.He became organist of St Nikolai in Eilenburg in 1637, a post he held until his death...
, Erasmus WidmannErasmus WidmannErasmus Widmann was a South German composer.Widmann studied in Tübingen. His first musical positions were in Eisenerz , Graz , Schwäbisch Hall, and from 1602 Kapellmeister to Count Wolfgang von Hohenlohe-Weikersheim till the count's death in 1610...
, Andreas Berger (composer)Andreas Berger (composer)Andreas Berger was a German composer whose works featured in the collection of J. S. Bach. He was son-in-law of the English emigre musician William Brade.-Works, editions, and recordings:...
. cpo 999 571-2 (1997) - Andrea GabrieliAndrea GabrieliAndrea Gabrieli was an Italian composer and organist of the late Renaissance. The uncle of the somewhat more famous Giovanni Gabrieli, he was the first internationally renowned member of the Venetian School of composers, and was extremely influential in spreading the Venetian style in Italy as...
- Madrigali e Canzoni cpo 999 642-2 (1998) - Hieronymus PraetoriusHieronymus PraetoriusHieronymus Praetorius was a north German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras. He was not related to the much more famous Michael Praetorius, though the Praetorius family had many distinguished musicians throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.-Life:He was born...
- Vesper for St.Michael's Day cpo 999 649-2 (1999) - Heinrich Schütz - Kleine geistliche Konzerte cpo 999 675-2 (1999) 3CD
- Ludwig SenflLudwig SenflLudwig Senfl was a Swiss composer of the Renaissance, active in Germany. He was the most famous pupil of Heinrich Isaac, was music director to the court of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, and was an influential figure in the development of the Franco-Flemish polyphonic style in...
- Deutsche Lieder, Carmina cpo 999 648-2 (1999) - Hans Leo HasslerHans Leo HasslerHans Leo Hassler was a German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras, elder brother of the less-famous Jakob Hassler...
- Cantate Domino Motetten und Orgelwerke cpo 999 723-2 (2000) - Andreas HammerschmidtAndreas HammerschmidtAndreas Hammerschmidt , the "Orpheus of Zittau," was a German composer and organist, of Bohemian birth, of the early to middle Baroque era...
- Kirchen und Tafelmusik 1662 cpo 999 846-2 (2003) - Johann Hermann Schein - Israelsbrünnlein cpo 999 959-2 (2004) 2CD
- Heinrich Schütz - Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi cpo 777 027-2 (2005)
- Lassus - Vesperae Beatae Mariae Virginis cpo 777 182-2 (2006)
- Dietrich Buxtehude - Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht” Jüngstes Gericht cpo 777 197-2 (2007) excerpts
- Melchior FranckMelchior FranckMelchior Franck was a German composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. He was a hugely prolific composer of Protestant church music, especially motets, and assisted in bringing the stylistic innovations of the Venetian School north across the Alps into Germany.-Life:Details of his...
- Psalmi poenitentiales Deutsche Bußpsalmen 1615 cpo 777 181-2 (2007) - Hieronymus PraetoriusHieronymus PraetoriusHieronymus Praetorius was a north German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and very early Baroque eras. He was not related to the much more famous Michael Praetorius, though the Praetorius family had many distinguished musicians throughout the 16th and 17th centuries.-Life:He was born...
- San Marco in Hamburg cpo 777 245-2 (2007) - Telemann - Bürger-Capitäns-Musik 1744 cpo 777 390-2 (2008) 2CD
- Thomas SelleThomas SelleThomas Selle was a German baroque composer.- Life :Selle was born in Zörbig but received his first instruction in Leipzig where he was probably a pupil of the Thomaskantor Sethus Calvisius. He was cantor in Heide in 1624 and in 1625 in the nearby Wesselburen...
- Die Auferstehung Christi. Ostermusik cpo 777 396-2 (2008) - Heinrich SchützHeinrich SchützHeinrich Schütz was a German composer and organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and often considered to be one of the most important composers of the 17th century along with Claudio Monteverdi...
- Musicalische Exequien, Psalmen SWV 24, 25, 148, 200, 248 (Bußpsalmen) from the Beckerpsalter. cpo 2521641 (2010) - Lassus - Prophetiae Sibyllarum and Christmas motets. cpo 2247016 (2010)
- Josquin des PrezJosquin Des PrezJosquin des Prez [Josquin Lebloitte dit Desprez] , often referred to simply as Josquin, was a Franco-Flemish composer of the Renaissance...
- Missa Ave maris stella, Marian motets (2011)
In preparation:
- Philipp DulichiusPhilipp DulichiusPhilipp Dulichius was a German composer.-Life:Dulichius Philip was born in Chemnitz, where his father, Caspar Deulich, was a clothier, councellor and mayor. Of his student days it is only known for certain that he was enrolled in the University of Leipzig in 1579...
- Motets - Josquin des Prez - Psalm motets
- Giacomo CarissimiGiacomo CarissimiGiacomo Carissimi was an Italian composer, one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque, or, more accurately, the Roman School of music.-Biography:...
- Oratorios
With the Bremer Barock Consort:
- Baroque Christmas in Hamburg - H. Praetorius, Thomas Selle, Scheidemann, Weckmann, Scheidt, Förtsch, Bernhard CPO 2010