Vanitas Vanitatum
Kaspar Förster, La Capella Ducale, Musica Fiata, Roland Wilson (2)
- Label
- cpo
- Catalog number
- 999 584-2
- Released
- 1999
- Country
- Germany
- Format
- Album · Stereo
- Barcode
- 761203958429
What’s on it
Vanitas Vanitatum has 8 tracks, about 1:14:22 of music.
- 1Domine, Dominus Noster À 10
- 2Vanitas Vanitatum (Dialogo De Divite Et Paupere Lazaro)
- 3Sonata À 7 (2 Cornettini E Fagotto, 2 Violini, Viola E Violone)
- 4Viri Israelite Audite (Dialogus De Juditha E Holoferne)
- 5Sonata À 3 "La Pazza" (Due Violini E Violone)
- 6Repleta Est Malis À 6 (Alto, Tenore, Basso, 2 Violini E Viola)
- 7Sonata À 3 (Due Violini E Fagotto)
- 8Congregantes Philistei (Dialogi Davidis Cum Philisteo)
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Where it came from
Released in 1999 by the German classical label cpo, Vanitas Vanitatum serves as a significant archival project dedicated to the sacred vocal works of Kaspar Förster. Förster was a seventeenth-century German composer who spent much of his career in the royal court of Poland, blending the emerging Italian operatic style with traditional German counterpoint. This recording was produced to bring these largely overlooked Baroque compositions back into the contemporary concert repertoire.
The album features performances by La Capella Ducale and Musica Fiata, under the direction of Roland Wilson. The ensemble is recognized for their historically informed performance practice, utilizing period instruments to capture the distinct sonic texture of the seventeenth century. The project was conceived as an exploration of the 'vanitas' theme prevalent in Baroque art—the fleeting nature of life and worldly pleasures—and was critically received for its academic rigor and the technical precision of the vocalists.
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