Laudate pueri Sursum corda Alma Redemptoris Mater Laudate Dominum Partita Nr. 1 Missa Nr. 6 Magnificat
Isfrid Kayser (1712-1771) spent almost his entire life in the Premonstratensian Abbey Marchtal, where he soon gained a reputation as an especially versatile musician. Numerous spiritual organizations commissioned church music or sacred music dramas. As a play of words on his surname (Kaiser = emperor), his confreres soon called him the “Caesar of Music.” His Magnificat and the Missa VI are presented here in a recording together with several smaller works; they document Kayser’s extraordinary accomplishments. These majestically sacred works is interpreted by the Orpheus Vokalensembles and Ars Antiqua Austria under the direction of Jürgen Essl. Recorded at the Landesakademie Ochsenhausen, Bibliothekssaal, 2-4 July 2016