Jürgen Jürgens
Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher.
Born in Frankfurt am Main, he founded the award-winning Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg 1955.[1][2] They recorded for Archiv Produktion, focussing on works of Claudio Monteverdi. Later the choir became involved in the Telefunken/Teldec Bach cantatas project with the Leonhardt-Consort. He died in Hamburg.
Discography
- Heinrich Schütz St. Luke Passion, Max van Egmond, Peter-Christoph Runge – Jürgen Jürgens, 1966
- Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna, Jürgen Jürgens, Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, 1973
- Alessandro Scarlatti, Madrigals, Hamburg, 1975
- Schütz Die italienischen Madrigale, 1976
- Anton Bruckner Music of the St. Florian Period, 1984 – CD: BSVD-0109, 2011 (Bruckner Archive Production)
- Bruckner Music of St Florian Period (II), 1985 – CD: BSVD-0111, 2012 (Bruckner Archive Production)
References
- ^ "Der Dirigent und Chorleiter Jürgen Jürgens". Deutschlandfunk (in German). 12 November 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ^ "60 Jahre Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg". Newsletter Universität Hamburg (in German). Retrieved 19 October 2020.
Further reading
- Robert Schomacker (ed.): JüJü – Jürgen Jürgens, der Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg und die Akademische Musikpflege der Universität Hamburg von den Anfängen bis 1994. Books on Demand, Norderstedt 2015, ISBN 978-3-7347-7093-7.
External links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Jürgens in the German National Library catalogue
- Jürgen Jürgens (Conductor) Bach Cantatas Website
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