„STILLE NACHT! HEILIGE NACHT!“
Es ist eines der berühmtesten Lieder der Welt. Es wird als „Weltfriedenslied“ bezeichnet. „Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!“ ist jedoch kein Volkslied, sondern ein solches geworden. Der im Salz- burger Land als Lehrer und Musiker wirkende Oberösterreicher Franz Xaver Gruber (25.11.1787 Hochburg-Ach – 7.6.1863 Hallein), ein Komponist geistlicher Werke zwischen Klassik und Romantik, hat den innigen Text des Salzburger Priesters Joseph Mohr (11.12.1792 Salzburg – 4.12.1848 Wagrain) in Töne gesetzt. Das Lied erklang am Heiligen Abend des Jahres 1818 in Oberndorf an der Salzach zum ersten Mal und ist zur Legende geworden.
Diese CD enthält weihnachtliche Stücke Grubers und die einmalige Aufnahme der Ur-Originalversion mit 6 Strophen: Die Oberndorfer Urfassung1818 (Mohr-Autograph) für zwei Männerstimmen und zweistimmigen Chor, begleitet auf der Original-Gitarre von Josef Mohr (1818).
SILENT NIGHT, HOLY NIGHT
One of the best-known melodies worldwide, it has been called the “song of world peace“. Silent night, holy night is not a folk-song, although it has almost become one. Franz Xaver Gruber (b Hochburg-Ach, Upper Austria, 25 December 1787; d Hallein, 7 June 1863), worked in the Province of Salzburg as a teacher and musician, composing sacred works in a style somewhere between Classical and Romantic. He set to music the heartfelt poem written by Salzburg priest Joseph Mohr (b Salzburg, 11 December 1792; d Wagrain, 4 December 1848). The song was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 in Oberndorf on the River Salzach, and has become legendary.
The CD includes pieces composed by Gruber for the Christmas period and the first-ever recording of the 6-verse version: the original 1818 Oberndorf version (Mohr autograph) for two male voices and two-part choir, accompanied on the guitar played by Josef Mohr on that Christmas Eve.
[01] Bells / SALZBURG, Cathedral
[02] Stille Nacht** – Oberndorfer original version / 6 verses / Mohr autograph
for two male voices, 2-part choir, accompanied on the guitar played by Josef Mohr in 1818
[3-9] German Mass* with horn accompaniment in D major for 3 solo voices, 3-part choir, 2 horns, organ
[3] Kyrie – [4] Gloria – [5] Credo – [6] Offertorium – [7] Sanctus – [8] Benedictus – [9] Communion
[10] Stille Nacht – original text – Joseph Mohr (1816, Mariapfarr)
[11] StilleNacht-soprano,alto,chorus,orchestra,organ/Halleinversion/verses1-3/ Gruberautograph IV
[12] Stille Nacht – soprano, alto, chorus, strings, organ/Horn version/verses 4-6/ Gruber autograph V
[13] Heiligste Nacht – Christmas song / choir, orchestra, organ / GWV 170
[14] Zur Mutter Gottes* – hymn to the Virgin Mary / soprano, alto, organ
[15] Engel Gottes künden – FRANZ XAVER MOZART – Christmas song for 2 sopranos, flute, strings
[16] Cantabile* – organ solo – FRANZ XAVER GRUBER jr.
[17] Prayer* – (1813) JOSEPH MOHR / WAGRAIN, parish church
[18] Zum Heiligen Segen* – organ prelude, chorus, cello
[19] Stille Nacht* – choir / verses 1- 6 -2 / Salzburg version
[20] Bells – LAIMACH-ZILLERTAL, chapel
*World premiere recording **First ever recording featuring the original guitar/ 2019 remastered version
Julia Arsentjeva, Siglinde Damisch, soprano · Magdalena Rüker, Ingrid Mayr, mezzo-soprano Michael Roider, tenor · Josef Habringer, baritone · Hartmut Müller, bass · Alexander Fussek, speaker Franz Voggenberger, guitar · Matthias Michael Beckmann, cello · Josef Mayr, Dieter Binniker, horn Michael M. Kofler, flute · Virgil Steindlmüller OSB, Alexander Steinbacher, Robert Kuppelwieser, organ Salzburg Mozart Quartet · Salzburg Cathedral Youth Choir, conductor Gerrit Stadlbauer Salzburger Mozartspieler · Salzburger Rundfunk – Mozarteum-Chor, conductor Ernst Hinreiner
Label: Mozartiana Classics · ISRC-Code: AT-B73 19 24 1 01 (…02 – 20 Tracks) (12 Digits total)
Katalognummer: MCS 024/19 · Labelcode 29708 · EAN-Code: 9 120008 210 551 · Made in Austria