The outstanding musical significance of Johann Rosenmüller, who was
said to be able to merge Italian sensuality and German “gravitas” in his
compositions in the most harmonious way, was already undisputed among
his contemporaries. He studied in Leipzig, and quite soon the town
council realized that he was a musician of an immense talent.
Rosenmüller therefore received a position at the famous Leipzig
Thomasschule, and was considered as the future successor of the ill
Thomaskantor, Tobias Michael. His future would actually have been
secured at that point if a scandal had not shaken the Leipzig music
scene in the spring of 1655: Johann Rosenmüller was imprisoned due to
alleged homosexual activities. But he could escape from prison and flee
to Italy; he lived in Venice for 25 years before he could return to
Germany. But also during the time of his exile he went on composing for
German courts; Rosenmüller’s music was so highly esteemed that hardly
any court orchestra in the German-speaking countries could afford to
neglect his works in their repertoire selection.
The Rosenmüller sacred concertos recorded on this album are combined
with equally fine compositions of less-known German contemporaries such
as Johann Balthasar Erben, Augustin Pfleger, Christian Flor and others.
The soprano Miriam Feuersinger is a specialist for sacred music of the
German Baroque and was awarded with the famous German “Echo Klassik” in
2014 for her album with cantatas by Graupner. Nearly all the sacred
concertos by Rosenmüller and his contemporaries chosen for her new CD
are world premiere recordings.
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