Simon Reichert, Christopher Jung - Wo läufst du hin?: Brahms, Medek, Reger & Wolthuis (2019) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10 (Johannes Brahms): I. Prelude
02. Prelude & Fugue in G Minor, WoO 10 (Johannes Brahms): II. Fugue
03. 2 Geistliche Lieder, Op. 105 (Max Reger): No. 1, Wenn in bangen trüben Stunden
04. 2 Geistliche Lieder, Op. 105 (Max Reger): No. 2, Heimweh
05. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 1, Mein Jesu, der du mich
06. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 5, Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele
07. 2 Geistliche Lieder, Op. 105 (Max Reger): No. 1, Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern
08. 2 Geistliche Lieder, Op. 105 (Max Reger): No. 2, Meine Seele ist still zu Gott
09. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 2, Herzliebster Jesu
10. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 6, O wie selig seid ihr doch
11. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 7, O Gott, du frommer Gott
12. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 1, Verklärung
13. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 2, Gedicht
14. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 3, Rosenkranzlied
15. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 4, Geistliches Lied
16. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 5, Immer dunkler
17. 6 Songs for Baritone (Tilo Medek): No. 6, Verklärter Herbst
18. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 3, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
19. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 4, Herzlich tut mich erfreuen
20. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 8, Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
21. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 9, Herzlich tut mich verlangen
22. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 10, Herzlich tut mich verlangen
23. 11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122 (Excerpts) (Johannes Brahms): No. 11, O Welt, ich muss dich lassen
24. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 1, Wo ist mein Aufenthalt
25. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 2, Halt an! Wo läufst du hin?
26. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 3, Hier muss es sein getan
27. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 4, Sag wie ich möge sein
28. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 5, Mensch alles liebet dich
29. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 6, O süße Gasterey!
30. Wo läufst Du hin? (Jan Roelof Wolthuis): No. 7, Freund es ist auch genug
31. Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, WoO 9 (Johannes Brahms): I. Prelude
32. Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, WoO 9 (Johannes Brahms): II. Fugue


“Heaven is within thee. Stay! Why runn’st thou here and there? Thou seekest God in vain seekest thou Him elsewhere.” These two verses by the baroque mystic Angelus Silesius inspired the composer Jan Roelof Wolthuis to write his seven-part song cycle for baritone and organ. Organist Simon Reichert and baritone Christopher Jung chose this as their motto for their joint program. Here, these songs are embedded in the small, yet substantial catalogue of organ works composed by Johannes Brahms at a young and late age, providing some surprising insights: that a hypersensible child lies behind Max Reger’s rough-polyphonic facade; that contemporary music can offer an enriching experience as Tilo Medek, who died in 2006, demonstrated; and that the poetically dense writings of an almost four hundred year old God-seeker, brought to the right sound, have not lost their validity until today. This music continues to resonate ...

Concert examination with distinction, nominated as “Best Young Singer” by the Opernwelt, various awards and prizes: The baritone Christopher Jung has prepared himself brilliantly for his international concert career with a focus on the romantic lied repertoire with Helga Forner in Berlin and Leipzig as well as in master classes by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Aribert Reimann. In addition, he also shows great interest in contemporary lied compositions and the rarely heard genre of the organ lied, which for Christopher Jung represents a particularly harmonious combination of spiritual content and traditional song forms. Jung himself is a professor at the Evangelische Hochschule für Halle/Saale and at the Martin- Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.

Simon Reichert, born in Gütersloh in 1980, studied church music, organ and historically informed performance in Detmold and Basel and has won prizes at numerous international organ competitions (such as the Grand Prix d’ECHO Freiberg 2014). After working as a church musician in Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark, he has been choir-master and organist of the protestant district Neustadt an der Weinstraße since 2009. His official residence is the Gothic collegiate church there, the central point and cultural center of the city famous for its winegrowing tradition. Reichert conducts the Neustadter Stiftskantorei, which performs compositions ranging from Monteverdi to Penderecki, as well as the Neustadter Vokalensemble, focusing on contemporary choir repertoire. Furthermore, he is artistic director of the “Marktkonzerte” at the Stiftskirche, the “Parkvilla-Konzerte” at the Herrenhof Mußbach, the “Neustadter Orgelsommer” and the “Neustadter Herbst – Festival Alte Musik an der Weinstraße.” In addition, he directs the Kirchenmusikalisches Seminar Neustadt, which is dedicated to training and educating part-time organists and choral conductors. Many of his students now study at universities of music.

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