Rheinische Kantorei (Choral Ensemble)

Founded: Germany

This ensemble Rheinische Kantorei devotes itself almost exclusively to the performance of music of the 17^th and 18^th centuries. Tours have taken the ensemble, which numbers just 20 members, to almost all the countries of Western Europe and to the USA. In 1984 the choir won the chamber-choir category of the international radio competition ‘Lets the peoples sing’. Many works by Bach family (Johann Christoph Bach, Johann Michael Bach, Johann Ludwig Bach, Johann Sebastian, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Johann Ernst Bach) as well as compositions by Bernhard, Fischer, G.A. Homilius, Johann Hermann Schein and F.W. Zachow exist in performances on Gramophone records, among others with Reinhard Goebel’s Musica Antiqua Köln, which occasionally collaborates with the Rheinische Kantorei.

Source: Liner notes to Capriccio 2-CD 60033-2 (Mass in H-Moll, conducted by Max, 1993)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2001)

Hermann Max: Short Biography | Rheinische Kantorei | Das Kleine Konzert | Recordings of Vocal Works | General Discussions
Individual Recordings: BWV 244 - H. Max | BWV 245 - H. Max

Links to other Sites

Rheinische Kantorei (Official Website) [German]