Manfred Cordes (born 1953) is a German conductor of early music, musicologist and teacher. He is professor at the Hochschule für Künste Bremen and was its

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from 2007 to 2012.

Publications

* ''Die lateinischen Motetten des Iacobus Regnart im Spiegel der Tonarten- und Affektenlehre des 16. Jahrhunderts.'' University of Bremen 1991 (Dissertation) * ''Pian e forte.'' Hauschild, Bremen 1998; * ''Nicola Vicentinos Enharmonik.'' (Book+CD), Akademische Druck- und Verlags-Anstalt, Graz/Austria, 2007;

Discography

Extensive discography with his ensemble Weser-Renaissance on the CPO label.Ensemble Weser-Renaissance Bremen
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Josquin des Prez Josquin Lebloitte dit des Prez ( – 27 August 1521) was a composer of High Renaissance music, who is variously described as French or Franco-Flemish. Considered one of the greatest composers of the Renaissance, he was a central figure of the ...

to Hans Leo Hassler cpo 999 294-2 (1993) * Thomas Stoltzer (1480–1526) Missa duplex per totum annum; 3 Psalm Motets cpo 999 295-2 (1994) * ''Hanseatische Festmusiken um 1600'' – Wedding motets by

Julius Johannes Weiland Julius Johannes Weiland (ca. 1605 – 2 April 1663) was a minor German composer. He was a singer and harpsichordist at the Wolfenbüttel court at the time of Augustus the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. With Johann Jacob Löwe (162 ...

Julius Ernst Rautenstein Julius Ernst Rautenstein (c. between 1590 and 1595 – after 6 March 1654) was a German composer. Rautenstein was born in Lauenburg, Hamburg, and became the organist at Halberstadt.Konstanze Musketa, Barbara M. Reul, ''Johann Friedrich Fasch und ...

, Heinrich Albert,

Andreas Hakenberger Andreas Hakenberger ( Krzemień (Kremmin), Pomerania, 1574–1627) was a German composer, and worked in Gdańsk beginning in 1608. Works, editions and recordings *German madrigals - ''Neue deutsche Gesange nach Art der welschen Madrigalien'' for f ...

Philipp Dulichius Philipp Dulichius (also ''Deulich, Deilich, Teilich, Dulich, Dulichs'') (18 December 1562 – 24 March 1631) was a German composer. Life Dulichius Philip was born in Chemnitz, where his father, Caspar Deulich, was a clothier, councillor and may ...

, Christoph Bernhard, Dietrich Becker, Matthias Weckmann, Jacob Obrecht, Lassus,

Andries Pevernage Andreas Pevernage or Andries Pevernage (1542 or 1543 – 30 July 1591) was a Flemish composer of the late Renaissance and a choirmaster in Bruges, Kortrijk, and Antwerp. He was one of a few composers from the Low Countries who remained in his n ...

, Clemens non Papa. cpo 999 396-2 (1995) * Leonhard Lechner (1553–1606) Newe Teutsche Lieder (1577) cpo 999 370-2 (1995) *

Jacob Praetorius II Jacob Praetorius or Schultz (8 February 158621 or 22 October 1651) was a German Baroque composer and organist, and the son of Hieronymus Praetorius. His grandfather, the father of Hieronymus, Jacob Praetorius the Elder (died 1586) was also a compo ...

(1586–1651) Motets and Organ Works cpo 999 215-2 (1995) * Camilla de Rossi (fl.1700) ''Il Sacrifizio di Abramo'' – The Sacrifice of Abraham, Oratorio cpo 999 371-2 (1995) leider zur Zeit vergriffen * Heinrich Schütz – Cantiones sacrae 1625 op. 4 Complete 40 Motets SWV 53–93 cpo 999 405-2 (1995) 2CD * Cipriano de Rore – Sacred and Secular Motets from the Munich Codex cpo 999 506-2 (1996) *

Johann Theile Johann Theile (29 July 1646 – 24 June 1724) was a German composer of the Baroque era, famous for the opera ''Adam und Eva, Der erschaffene, gefallene und aufgerichtete Mensch'', first performed in Hamburg on 2 January 1678. Life After stud ...

(1646–1724) Psalm Motets (Psalm 111, 6 & 4) Missa (Kyrie, Gloria), Sonata duplex à 3 Cpo 999 489-2 (1996) * Jacob Regnart – ''Mariale 1588'' Fifteen Marian Motets cpo 999 507-2 (1996) * Heinrich Schütz – Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 SWV 369–397 Complete recording of the 29 motets, 116. Psalm SWV 51 Litania SWV 458 cpo 999 546-2 (1997) 2CD * Heinrich Schütz – Secular Works cpo 999 518-2 (1997) * ''Friedens-Seufftzer und Jubel-Geschrey'' – Musik für Den Westfälischen Frieden. Johannes Schop, Heinrich Albert,

Johann Andreas Herbst Johann Andreas Herbst (baptized June 9, 1588 – January 24, 1666) was a German composer and music theorist of the early Baroque era. He was a contemporary of Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schütz, and like them, assisted in importing the grand ...

, Michael Jacobi, Andreas Hammerschmidt, Schütz, Sophie-Elisabeth von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1613–1676), Johann Stobäus,

Johann Erasmus Kindermann Johann Erasmus Kindermann (29 March 1616 – 14 April 1655) was a German Baroque organist and composer. He was the most important composer of the Nuremberg school in the first half of the 17th century. Life Kindermann was born in Nuremberg and ...

Johann Werlin Johann Werlin (died ca. 1680) was a German Baroque composer. Works *Werlin, Johannes: »Irenodiae, Oder Friedens-Gesäng, Das ist: Neue Geistliche Concert ... Auff jetzo gebräuchliche Italiänische Invention«. Ulm: Johann Görlin (Balthasar Küh ...

, Johann Staden, Sigmund Theophil Staden,

Vicentz Rupffenbart Vicentz Rupffenbart (fl. 1621) was a Calvinist schoolmaster in Purla, Laussnitz and an amateur composer. His best known work is the "Calvinist dance" ''Calvinistischer Vortantz, welcher in Ober Oesterreich geschmittet, zu Prag in Böhaim angefange ...

, Melchior Franck,

Adam Drese Adam Drese (December 1620 – 15 February 1701 in Arnstadt) was a German composer, kapellmeister and bass viol player of the baroque period. Life Adam Drese was born in the German state of Thuringia. He became a musician at the court of Duke Wilh ...

Johann Müller (composer) Johann Müller (Dresden, fl. 1640ca. 1670) was a German composer and organist. He worked for the Elector of Saxony, and was a pupil of Marco Giuseppe Peranda.John S. Sainsbury, Alexandre Choron A dictionary of musicians: from the earliest ages to ...

Johann Hildebrand Johann Hildebrand, also Hildebrandt (June 1614 in Pretzsch an der Elbe – 5 July 1684) was a German composer, organist, and poet. He became organist of St Nikolai in Eilenburg in 1637, a post he held until his death. He worked as both a poet an ...

Erasmus Widmann Erasmus Widmann (1572–1634) was a South German composer. Widmann was born at Schwäbisch Hall, and studied in Tübingen. His first musical positions were in Eisenerz (1595), Graz (1596), Schwäbisch Hall, and from 1602 Kapellmeister to Count Wo ...

Andreas Berger (composer) Andreas Berger (1584–1656) was a German composer whose works featured in the collection of J. S. Bach. He was the son-in-law of the English emigre musician William Brade.Christopher Hogwood ''Handel'' 2007 Works, editions, and recordings *Eight ...

. cpo 999 571-2 (1997) * Andrea Gabrieli – Madrigali e Canzoni cpo 999 642-2 (1998) *

Hieronymus Praetorius Hieronymus Praetorius (10 August 1560 – 27 January 1629) was a Northern German composer and organist of the late Renaissance and early Baroque whose polychoral motets in 8 to 20 voices are intricate and vividly expressive. Some of his org ...

– Vesper for St.Michael's Day cpo 999 649-2 (1999) * Heinrich Schütz – Kleine geistliche Konzerte cpo 999 675-2 (1999) 3CD * Ludwig Senfl – Deutsche Lieder, Carmina cpo 999 648-2 (1999) * Hans Leo Hassler – Cantate Domino Motetten und Orgelwerke cpo 999 723-2 (2000) * Andreas Hammerschmidt – Kirchen und Tafelmusik 1662 cpo 999 846-2 (2003) * Johann Hermann Schein – Israelsbrünnlein cpo 999 959-2 (2004) 2CD * Heinrich Schütz – Historia der Auferstehung Jesu Christi cpo 777 027-2 (2005) * Lassus – ''Vesperae Beatae Mariae Virginis'' cpo 777 182-2 (2006) *

Dietrich Buxtehude Dieterich Buxtehude (; ; born Diderik Hansen Buxtehude; c. 1637 – 9 May 1707) was a Danish organist and composer of the Baroque period, whose works are typical of the North German organ school. As a composer who worked in various vocal a ...

– Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht” ''Jüngstes Gericht'' cpo 777 197-2 (2007) excerpts * Melchior Franck – Psalmi poenitentiales Deutsche Bußpsalmen 1615 cpo 777 181-2 (2007) *

– San Marco in Hamburg cpo 777 245-2 (2007) * Telemann – Bürger-Capitäns-Musik 1744 cpo 777 390-2 (2008) 2CD * Thomas Selle – Die Auferstehung Christi. Ostermusik cpo 777 396-2 (2008) * Heinrich Schütz – Musicalische Exequien, Psalmen SWV 24, 25, 148, 200, 248 (Bußpsalmen) from the Beckerpsalter. cpo 2521641 (2010) * Lassus – '' Prophetiae Sibyllarum'' and Christmas motets. cpo 2247016 (2010) * Baroque Christmas in Hamburg – H. Praetorius, Thomas Selle, Scheidemann, Weckmann, Scheidt, Förtsch, Bernhard – With the Bremer Barock Consort CPO 2010 *

– Missa Ave maris stella, Marian motets (2011) * Michael Praetorius – Ostermesse 1569, 2011, including works from the 1611 '' Missodia Sionia'' *

– Motets, 2012 * Josquin des Prez – Psalm motets, 2012 *

Johann Grabbe Johann Gottlieb Grabbe (1585–1655) was a German composer. A child prodigy, he became a member of the Bückeburg Court choir at 11, learned the organ from Cornelius Conradus, succeeded him as organist, and was then, like Heinrich Schütz, awarded ...

– Madrigals, 2012 *

Augustin Pfleger Augustin Pfleger (1635 – after 23 July 1686) was a German Bohemian composer. Life Pfleger was born at Schlackenwerth (now Ostrov) and became a court musician at Schlackenwerth. In 1662 he moved to the court of the Duke of Mecklenburg in Güstro ...

– Laudate Dominum – Sacred Cantatas. Hofkapellemeister an Schloss Gottorf I. 2013 * Tafel Consort – Musik an den Höfen der Weserrenaissance, Hille Perl,

Lee Santana Lee Santana (born 1959) is an American lutenist and composer, resident in Bremen, Germany. Lee Santana studied with Stephen Stubbs. He has composed a variety of works for early instruments such as lutes, viols, recorders and small baroque orche ...

, Weser-Renaissance Bremen, Manfred * Cristobal de Morales: "O Magnum Mysterium" *

Moritz Landgraf von Hessen Maurice of Hesse-Kassel (german: Moritz; 25 May 1572 – 15 March 1632), also called Maurice the Learned or Moritz, was the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (or Hesse-Cassel) in the Holy Roman Empire from 1592 to 1627. Life Maurice was born in Kassel a ...

: Geistliche & weltliche Werke * Johann Philipp Förtsch Cantatas * Virgo Prudentissima – Geistliche Musik aus Polen, Marcin Mielczewski (1600–1651),

Adam Jarzebski Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as " ...

(1590–1649), Mikolaj Zielenski (1560–1620) 2014 * Tobias Michael: Geistliche Madrigale "Seelen-Lust" 2014 * Heinrich Schütz Symphoniae sacrae I SWV 257–276 Venice 1629, 2015 *

Georg Österreich Georg Österreich (baptized on 17 March 1664 – 6 June 1735) was a German Baroque composer and collector. He is regarded as the founder of the so-called '' Bokemeyer collection'' (German: ''Sämmlung Bokemeyer'') which is now housed in the Staa ...

Psalmen und Kantaten * Michael Praetorius Lutherische Choralkonzerte * Sebastian Knüpfer: Geistliche Konzerte, 2016 *

Giacomo Carissimi (Gian) Giacomo Carissimi (; baptized 18 April 160512 January 1674) was an Italian composer and music teacher. He is one of the most celebrated masters of the early Baroque or, more accurately, the Roman School of music. Carissimi established the ...

– Oratorios Historia Ionae; Historia di Iob; Oratorio di Daniele Profeta; Historia de Ezechia * Johann Walter: Geystliches Gesangk Buchleyn (1524/1525) *

: Missa in Festo Sanctissimae Trinitatis 2018 * Johann Rosenmüller: Geistliche Konzerte auf Psalm 31 "In te Domine speravi" – seven settings * Giovanni de Macque: Madrigali de cinque voci Libro sesto (Venice 1613) *

Daniel Selichius Daniel Selichius (1581-1626) was a German composer. Selichius was briefly Kapellmeister at the court of the counts von Bünau Schloss Weesenstein in 1616. He then entered the service of the bishop of Osnabrück in 1617. He succeeded Michael Prae ...

Geistliche Konzerte "Opus novum" (Wolfenbüttel 1623/24) 2019

References

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