Singer Pur is a German vocal sextet founded in 1991 by former members of the Regensburger Domspatzen. The five original members were joined by a soprano in 1994. The sextet is focussed on classical music, but who have also performed and recorded traditional folk songs and pop music. Singer Pur have recorded more than 30 CDs. Singer Pur have given concerts and workshops in nearly 60 countries all over the world.

Members

Recent members

* Claudia Reinhard – soprano * Christian Meister – tenor * Markus Zapp – tenor * Manuel Warwitz – tenor * Jakob Steiner – baritone * Felix Meybier - bass

Former members

* Caroline Wegmann – soprano * Hedwig Westhoff-Düppmann – soprano * Ulrike Hofbauer – soprano * Claus Werner – tenor * Christian Wegmann – tenor * Guido Heidloff – baritone * Andreas Hirtreiter – tenor * Thomas E. Bauer – baritone * Klaus Wenk – tenor * Rüdiger Ballhorn – tenor * Reiner Schneider-Waterberg – baritone * Marcus Schmidl – bass

Discography

* 1994 - ''Singer Pur Vokalsolistenensemble'' - Lassus: four works,

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: Emily, Ludwig Senfl,

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, Palestrina, Ivan Moody: The Wild Swans at Coole, György Ligeti, Guillaume Dufay,

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, Luca Marenzio. * 1995 - Factor Orbis Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso,

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, Jacob Obrecht, Philippe de Monte,

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, Hans Leo Haßler

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, William Byrd, Gesualdo.

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* 1996 - ''Nordisk Vokalmusik'' Nordic Vocal Music -

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, Nils-Erik Fougstedt, Einojuhani Rautavaara,

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, Heikki Sarmanto,

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, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger,

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, :sv:Maurice Karkoff, Björn Kruse, Trond Kverno,

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, David Wikander,

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, Elisabet Hermodson.

* 1997 - Musik für Stimmen ''Music for Voices''. Weiss and Douglas (arr. Hans Huber): What a Wonderful World,

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Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans

John Cage John Milton Cage Jr. (September 5, 1912 – August 12, 1992) was an American composer and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading fi ...

, Ivan Moody, György Ligeti, Hans Leo Haßler, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Orlando di Lasso Ludwig Sennfl, Ninot le Petit, Cypriano de Rore,

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, Johannes Brahms, Irish traditional ''The little green lane'',

, Friedrich Silcher, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, Neil Hefti.

* 1999 - Orlando di Lasso: Tous les regrez

* 2002 -

: Moralia Harmoniae Morales Latin secular works 3CD (excerpts on 1CD)

* 2003 - ''Ahi Vita'' Monteverdi, Gesualdo, Phinot and Striggio with clarinettist :de:Michael Riessler * 2003 - ''Electric Seraphim'' Singer Pur & :de:Go Guitars. Works for choir and electric guitars Dufay, Pipelare, Venosa, Cage, Pärt, Michael Hirsch, Bernhard Weidner and Fredrik Zeller. K&K Verlagsanstalt * 2004 - ''Rihm, Sciarrino, Moody, Metcalf'' - Wolfgang Rihm: Tenebrae factae sunt, Salvatore Sciarrino: Responsorio delle tenebre a sei voci, Ivan Moody: Lamentation of the Virgin,

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. with The Hilliard Ensemble * 2005 - Herztöne - Lovesongs.

, trad. Londonderry Air,

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, Erroll Garner, Evert Taube,

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, Thomas Ravenscroft,

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, Jacques Chailley, George Gershwin, Percy Grainger, Carroll Coates: "London by night," Volkslied,

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, Volksweise,

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. * 2006 - SOS - Save Our Songs! * 2007 - Das Hohelied der Liebe - Settings from the Song of Songs -

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, Ivan Moody Canticum Canticorum II (1994) Leonhard Lechner, Guillaume Dufay, Brian Elias, Jean Richafort, Heinrich Schütz,

John Plummer John Plummer (also ''Plomer'', ''Plourmel'', ''Plumere'', ''Polmier'', ''Polumier''; c. 1410 – c. 1483) was an England, English composer who flourished during the reign of Henry VI of England. Not many of Plummer's compositions survive. The ...

, Wilhelm Keller * 2008 - ''Memento'': George de La Hèle, Wolfgang Rihm, Pärt, Lassus * 2008 - ''Drei Schiffe sah ich segeln nach Bethlehem!'' German Christmas carols for mixed choir: Hans Schanderl, Reiko Füting, Peter Wittrich, William Hawley, Wolfram Buchenberg * 2009 - Adrian Willaert: Musica Nova 1559 (Vol.I - Petrarch madrigals 2CD) * 2010 - Letztes Glück - Songs of the German Romantics: Works by

, Friedrich Silcher, Franz Schubert,

Richard Strauss Richard Georg Strauss (; 11 June 1864 – 8 September 1949) was a German composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist. Considered a leading composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras, he has been described as a successor of Richard Wag ...

and

. Oehms * 2012 -

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: Singer Pur sings Sting Sting a-cappella * 2010 - Jeremiah - Lamentations by Palestrina and Gesualdo with :de:David Orlowsky clarinet

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* 2011 - ''Renaissance am Rhein'' - motets, songs and chansons of the 16th century Petit Jean de Latre,

Nicolaus Zangius Nicolaus Zangius (also ''Zange''; 1570–1619) was a German composer. Zangius was born in Woltersdorf, and became ''kapellmeister'' for Philipp Sigismund, Prince Bishop of Osnabrück and later John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg.Music throug ...

, Andreas Pevernage,

Konrad Hagius Konrad Hagius (also Conrad von Hagen and Cunradus Hagius Rinteleus; Rinteln, c. 1550–1616) was a German composer. He studied in Königsberg, then by 1586 was in Düsseldorf in the service of John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Then at the ...

, Martin Peudargent, Johannes de Cleve, Orlando di Lasso, Johannes Mangon * 2012 -

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Biographie musicale vol. II (Vol.I is by another ensemble)

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* 2013 - Adrian Willaert: Musica Nova 1559 (Vol.II - motets 3CD) Oehms * 2013 - Gioseffo Zarlino Modulationes sex vocum (1566) Singer Pur * 2015 - ''Der Singer Pur Adventskalender'' - 24 German Advent songs * 2016 - '' Gavin Bryars - The I Tatti Madrigals'' * 2016 - ''Advents- und Weihnachtszeit mit Singer Pur'' Advent songs and Christmas carols * 2017 - ''Sagenhaft! - 25 Jahre Singer Pur'' * 2017 - ''Best of Singer Pur'' a double CD with 35 songs out of productions with the label OehmsClassics from the years 2003-2015 * 2019 - ''Horizons'' - Der Geist weht, wo er will * 2021 - ''

Lou Koster Lou Koster (7 May 1889 – 17 November 1973) was a Luxembourgers, Luxembourgish composer and pianist. Specializing in violin and piano, she studied at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Conservatory until 1906, then taught there from 1908. ...

'': Der Geiger von Echternach - a cantata for solo voices, piano, violin and vokal ensemble * 2021 - ''Among Whirlwinds'' - compositions by women for voices Frauen * 2022: ''Musica Divina'' - Göttliche Vokalmusik aus der Schatztruhe Carl Proskes * 2022: ''SENFL'' featuring Ensemble Leones

Publications

* (book) Sheets: SOS - Save Our Songs! - German folksongs edited for mixed choir, Schott Music ED 20301 * (book) Sheets: Drei Schiffe sah ich segeln nach Bethlehem - German Christmas carols edited for mixed choir, Schott Music ED 20711 * (book) Sheets: Der Singer Pur Adventskalender - 24 German Advent songs edited for mixed choir, Schott Music ED 22344

References

External links

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