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RIAS-Kammerchor (Chamber Choir) |
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Founded: 1948 - Berlin, Germany |
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As soon as he was founded in 1948, the RIAS-Kammerchor played a decisive part in the revival of the musical life of Berlin. Before becoming a partner of the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Berliner Philharmoniker, the choir participated along with the RIAS-Kammerorchester and well-known soloists not only in Karl Ristenpart’s J.S. Bach Cycle (68 cantatas, the Christmas Oratorio (BWV 248) and the Saint-John Passion (BWV 245) were recorded between 1947 and 1952) but in works of 28 other composers under this same conductor.
Conductors like Ferenc Frisay, Karl Böhm, Herbert von Karajan and Lorin Maazel were closely associated with the Choir, and in more recent years special mention may be made of its collaboration with Claudio Abbado, James Levine and Daniel Barenboïm. However, the RIAS-Kammerchor developed its specific artistic profile out of its own independent existence as a chamber ensemble and established an international reputation as one of the world’s leading vocal ensembles, owing the lustre of its name especially to its performances of the a cappella repertory. In this respect the Choir occupies an unrivalled position among German professional choirs. Under its principal conductor, Marcus Creed, the Choir has gone from strength to strength. At the same time, the Choir has broadened its repertory to include performances of early music, with Nikolaus Harnoncourt, John Eliot Gardiner, Frans Brüggen, Roger Norrington and René Jacobs. |
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Chief Conductors / Artistic Directors |
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Herbert Froitzheim (1948-1954)
Günther Arndt (1954-1972)
Uwe Gronostay (1972-1986)
Marcus Creed (1987-2003)
Daniel Reuss (2003-2007)
Hans-Christoph Rademann (2007-2015)
Justin Doyle (2017-Present) |
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Members of RIAS-Kammerchor: |
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Sopranos |
Altos |
Tenors |
Basses |
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Michaela Aichele
Gudrun Barth
Ulrike Barth
Christine Bohnenkamp
Friederike Büttner [MB]
Lucy De Butts
Iris-Anna Deckert
Claudia Ehmann
Madalena de Faria
Kristin Foss
Magdalene Harer
Katharina Hohlfeld-Redmond
Christina Kaiser
Sophia Linden
Roswith Kehr-Von Monklewitsch
Aisling Kenny
Mi-Young Kim
Johanna Knauth
Sarah Krispin
Susanne Langner
Anette Lösch
Stephanie Müller
Sabine Nürmberger-Gembaczka
Andrea Oberparleiter
Anja Petersen
Stephanie Petitlaurent
Maria Pujades
Elisabeth Raßbach-Külz
Elisabeth Rave
Judith Schmidt
Annette Schneider
Natasha Schnur
Marianne Schumann
Hannelore Starke
Esther Tschimpke
Angela Umlauf
Inés Villanueva
Fabienne Weiß
Marie Luise Werneburg
Dagmar Wietschorke
Viktoria Wilson
Ji Yoon |
Ulrike Bartsch
Michelle Baum
Julienne Mbodjé
Andrea Effmert
Karola Hausburg
Katharina Heiligtag
Waltraud Heinrich
Regina Jakobi
Bärbel Kaiser
Ursula Kraemer
Anna Kunze
Dorte Küsters
Susanne Langner
Sibylla Maria Löbbert
Franziska Markowitsch
Anna Padalko
Stephanie Petitlaurent
Helena Poczykowska
Hildegard Rützel
Anna Schaumlöffel
Agata Szmuk
Ursula Thurmair
Claudia Türpe
Inés Villanueva
Hildegard Wiedemann
Dagmar Wietschorke
Marie-Luise Wilke
Viktoria Wilson |
Volker Arndt
Reinhold Beiten
Horst-Heiner Blöß
Joachim Buhrmann
Wolfgang Ebling
Florian Feth
Sebastian Franz
Wilhelm Füchsl
Stephan Gähler
Jörg Genslein
Friedemann Hecht
Minsub Hong
Friedemann Körner
Sebastian Lipp
Matthias Lucht
Christian Mücke
Volker Nietzke
Laurin Oppermann
Masashi Tsuji
Kai Roterberg
Maximilian Schmitt
Fabian Strotmann
Masashi Tsuji
Jens Winkelmann
Shimon Yoshida |
Christian Backhaus
Max Börner
Erich Brockhaus
Dávid Csizmár
Stefan Drexlmeier [MB]
Janusz Gregorowicz
Christoph Hartkopf
Roland Hartmann
Clemens Heidrich
Ingolf Horenburg Seidel
Wieland Lemke
Matthias Lutze
Werner Matusch [MB]
Paul Mayr
Julián Millán
Gerhard Nennemann
Manuel Nickert
Johannes Niebisch
Rudolf Preckwinkel
Andrew Redmond
Johannes Schendel
Alois Späth
Klaus Thiem
Andreas Werner
Jonathan de la Paz Zaens |
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Sources:
- Harmonia Mundi Website
- Renowned critic Hans-Heinz Stückenschmidt wrote in “40 Years RIAS Chamber Choir 1948-1988” (publ. by RIAS, 1988) that it was “Karl Ristenpart’s choral work as early as 1946 for the Berlin DIAS (=Telephone wire broadcasting in the American Sector) which created the conditions allowing for the foundation of the RIAS-Kammerchor.”
- „A Musician to the Core: Remembering Karl Ristenpart,“ a broadcast by Dr. Charles W. Scheel, aired on Dec. 23rd 2006 in the “KONZERT” series on Deutschlandradio Kultur Berlin.
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (June 2001, August 2007); Charles Scheel (February 2007); Andrew Redmond (February 2011) |
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Marcus Creed : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bach Diascography: Recordings of Vocal Works |
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Justin Doyle : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works |
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Uwe Gronostay : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Berliner Philharmonischer Chor
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works |
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René Jacobs : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Academie für Alte Musik Berlin |
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works | General Discussions
Individual Recordings: BWV 232 - R. Jacobs | BWV 248 - R. Jacobs |
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Rainer Kussmaul : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Berliner Barock Solisten
Bach Discography: Recordinga of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works
Individual Recordings: Thomas Quasthoff: Bach Cantatas |
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Lorin Maazel : Short Biography | Ensembles: RIAS-Kammerchor | Berlin Radio-Symphonie Orchester
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works |
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Karl Ristenpart : Short Biography | Ensembles: Saar Chamber Orchestra | RIAS-Kammerchor | RIAS-Kammerorchester
Bach Discography: Recordings of Vocal Works | Recordings of Instrumental Works | General Discussions |
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Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works |
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Conductor |
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Works |
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Rapahel Alpermann |
Choir |
[C-1] (2016): BWV 158, BWV 56
[C-2] (2017): BWV 32, BWV 57 |
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Bernhard Forck |
Choir |
BWV 84 |
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Hartmut Haenchen |
Choir |
BWV 169 |
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Daniel Harding |
Choir |
BWV 62 BWV 248/1-3 [1st], BWV 248/1-3 [2nd] |
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Herbert von Karajan |
Choir |
DVD: BWV 243 |
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Ton Koopman |
Choir |
[V-20] (2017, Audio): BWV 232 [4th recording]
[V-15] (2010, Video): BWV 243 [2nd recording] |
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Fritz Lehmann |
Choir |
BWV 248 |
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Roger Norrington |
Choir |
BWV 232 |
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Simon Rattle |
Choir |
DVD: BWV 245 |
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Hans-Christoph Rademann |
Choir |
Sinfonias from BWV 35, BWV 146, BWV 169, BWV 188
BWV 225-228
[V-3] (2007): BWV 244 [1st recording]
V-9 (2012): BWV 248/1-6 [2nd recording] |
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Karl Ristenpart |
Choir |
BWV 245, BWV 248 [Tape] |
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Peter Schreier |
Choir |
BWV 55, BWV 233-236, BWV 243 |
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Links to other Sites |
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RIAS-Kammerchor (Harmonia Mundi)
Willkommen beim RIAS-Kammerchor [German] |
