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ALBUMJoyful BachMusica Amphion, Erik Bosgraaf, Collegium Musicum Riga, Trompeten Ensemble Pfeiffer, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Dresdner Philharmonie, Virtuosi Saxoniae, St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Dresdner Kreuzchor, RIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Netherlands Bach Collegium & Amsterdam Bach Soloists
Albums by RIAS Kammerchor
ALBUMHandel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi DominusRIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle
ALBUMHandel: Coronation AnthemsRIAS Kammerchor, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin & Justin Doyle
ALBUMBrahms: Complete Liebeslieder Walzer, Op. 52 & 65, Hungarian DancesRIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle, Angela Gassenhuber & Philip Mayers
ALBUMBeethoven: FolksongsEdith Mathis, Alexander Young, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andreas Roehn, Georg Donderer, Karl Engel & RIAS Kammerchor
ALBUMBach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232René Jacobs, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor, Robin Johannsen, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Helena Rasker, Sebastian Kohlhepp & Christian Immler
ALBUMBeethoven: Missa solemnis, Op. 123Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, René Jacobs, Polina Pastirchak, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim & Johannes Weisser
ALBUMBruckner: WorksRIAS Kammerchor & Łukasz Borowicz
ALBUMHaydn: Missa Cellensis, Hob. XXII:5Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, RIAS Kammerchor & Justin Doyle
ALBUMMozart: Die ZauberflöteRolando Villazón, Regula Mühlemann, Franz-Josef Selig, Albina Shagimuratova, Christiane Karg, Klaus Florian Vogt, Paul Schweinester, Tareq Nazmi, Levy Sekgapane, Douglas Williams, Johanni van Oostrum, Corinna Scheurle, Claudia Huckle, Aurelius Sangerknaben Calw, RIAS Kammerchor, Justin Doyle, Jory Vinikour, Chamber Orchestra of Europe & Yannick Nézet-Séguin
ALBUMBritten: Choral WorksRIAS Kammerchor & Justin Doyle
RIAS Kammerchor's Popular Music Videos
Beethoven: Missa Solemnis: III. Credo
René Jacobs, Freiburger Barockorchester, RIAS Kammerchor, Polina Pastirchak, Sophie Harmsen, Steve Davislim & Johannes Weisser
Ave verum corpus, K. 618
RIAS Kammerchor, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra & Gábor Takács-Nagy
Messiah: Hallelujah
RIAS Kammerchor, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra & Gábor Takács-Nagy
Artist Biography
The name of the RIAS Kammerchor (RIAS Chamber Choir) reminds listeners of the divided nature of Berlin when the ensemble was founded in 1948. Rundfunk im amerikanischen Sektor (Radio in the American Sector) was the city’s U.S.-managed German-language station, and the choir was convened as a regional broadcasting ensemble, initially specializing in the cantatas and larger works of Bach. It soon established a reputation beyond Berlin and abroad, not least for its stated mission to promote contemporary choral music; composers whose works it has premiered include Hindemith, Krenek, Boulez, and Henze. In recent years it has restated its commitment to Baroque and early music under chief conductors Daniel Reuss (2003-06), Hans-Christoph Rademann (2007-15), and Justin Doyle (since 2017). Comprising 34 professional singers, the RIAS Kammerchor works with Germany’s period-instrument groups and ensembles such as the Chamber Orchestra of Europe under conductors including Rinaldo Alessandrini, René Jacobs, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Simon Rattle.
Hometown
Berlin, Germany
Genre
Classical