Hermann Scherchen – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 by Hermann Scherchen (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Hermann Scherchen – Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232 by Hermann Scherchen (2023)
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Scherchen was born in Berlin. Originally a violist, he played among the violas of the Bluthner Orchestra of Berlin while still in his teens. He conducted in Riga from 1914 to 1916 and in Königsberg from 1928 to 1933, after which he left Germany in protest of the new Nazi regime and worked in Switzerland. Along with the philanthropist Werner Reinhart, Scherchen played a leading role in shaping the musical life of Winterthur for many years, with numerous premiere performances, the emphasis being placed on contemporary music. From 1922 to 1950, he was the principal conductor of the city orchestra of Winterthur (today known as Orchester Musikkollegium Winterthur).

Making his debut with Arnold Schoenberg’s Pierrot Lunaire, he was a champion of 20th-century composers such as Richard Strauss, Anton Webern, Alban Berg and Edgard Varèse, and actively promoted the work of younger contemporary composers including Iannis Xenakis, Luigi Nono and Leon Schidlowsky.

He was the teacher of Karel Ančerl, Egisto Macchi, Marc Bélanger, Françoys Bernier, Anna Renfer, Frieda Belinfante and Karl Amadeus Hartmann, and contributed to the libretto of Hartmann’s opera Simplicius Simplicissimus. He also premiered Hartmann’s early work Miserae. Conductor Francis Travis was a pupil, then conducting assistant, for five years.

He is probably best known for his orchestral arrangement (and recording) of Bach’s The Art of Fugue. His 1953 “Lehrbuch des Dirigierens” (Treatise on Conducting, ISBN 3-7957-2780-4) is a standard textbook. His recorded repertoire was extremely wide, ranging from Vivaldi to Reinhold Glière.

Like Vasily Safonov and (in later life) Leopold Stokowski, Scherchen commonly avoided the use of a baton. His technique when in this mode sometimes caused problems for players; an unidentified BBC Symphony Orchestra bassoonist told the singer Ian Wallace that interpreting Scherchen’s minuscule hand movements was like trying to milk a flying gnat. According to Fritz Spiegl, Scherchen worked largely through verbal instructions to his players and his scores were peppered with reminders of what he needed to say at each critical point in the music.

However, Scherchen did not always dispense with the baton. The film of his rehearsal of his edition of Bach’s The Art of Fugue with the CBC Toronto Chamber Orchestra shows him using a baton throughout.

Tracklist:

1-1. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: I. Kyrie: Chorus. Kyrie Eleison I (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (14:49)
1-2. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: I. Kyrie: Duet. Christe Eleison (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:51)
1-3. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: I. Kyrie: Chorus. Kyrie Eleison II (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:26)
1-4. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Chorus. Gloria in Excelsis Deo (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (07:20)
1-5. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Aria. Laudamus te, Benedictus te, Adoramus te (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:47)
1-6. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Chorus. Gratias agimus tibi propter magnam Gloriam tuam (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (03:19)
1-7. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Duet. Domine Deus, Rex Coelestis (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:47)
1-8. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Chorus. Qui tollis peccata mundi, Miserere nobis (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:52)
1-9. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Aria. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, Miserere nobis (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:02)
1-10. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Aria. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, Tu solus Dominus (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (06:08)
1-11. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: II. Gloria: Chorus. Cum Sancto Spiritu in Gloria dei Patris, Amen (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:44)
2-12. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Credo in unum Deum (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (02:02)
2-13. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Patrem omnipotentem, Factorem coeli et Terrea (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (02:47)
2-14. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Duet. Et in unum Dominum (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:27)
2-15. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Et incarnatus est de Spiritu Sancto ex Maria virgine (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:26)
2-16. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Crucifixus etiam pro nobis sub Pontio Pilato (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:09)
2-17. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Et resurrexit tertia die secundum scripturas (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (03:57)
2-18. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Aria. Et in Spiritum Sanctum, Dominum et vifificantem (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:47)
2-19. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: III. Credo: Chorus. Confiteor unum baptisma in remissionem peccatorum (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (09:16)
2-20. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IV. Sanctus: Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus, Dominus Deus Sabaoth (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (07:13)
2-21. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IV. Sanctus: Chorus. Osanna in Excelsis (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (02:48)
2-22. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: IV. Sanctus: Aria. Benedictus qui venit in Nomine Domini (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (10:03)
2-23. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: V. Agnus Dei: Aria. Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi, Miserere nobis (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (05:29)
2-24. Hermann Scherchen – Mass in B minor, BWV 232: V. Agnus Dei: Chorus. Dona Nobis Pacem (2023 Remastered, Vienna 1959) (04:02)

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