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.Peter Hugh Reed ArG: American record guide 1998 - Page 241 "Singer Pur— Ars Musici 1208 (Qualiton) 64 min Singer Pur is a sextet consisting of one soprano, three tenors, a baritone, and a bass. They create smooth, homogenized, lovely tones as they croon these selections by Stenhammar, Fougstedt, ..."ZDF 21 oct. 2007 – Singer Pur sind daran gewöhnt, dass Konzertveranstalter ihre Programmkonzepte anfänglich mit einem Stirnrunzeln quittieren:

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, Johnny Mercer: Emily, Ludwig Senfl, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Palestrina, Ivan Moody: The Wild Swans at Coole, György Ligeti, Guillaume Dufay, Max Reger Al Jarreau, Luca Marenzio. 1995 - Factor Orbis Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso, Josquin des Prez, Ludwig Sennfl, Cypriano de Rore Alexander Utendal, Conrad Rupsch, Jacob Obrecht, Philippe de Monte, Ranlequin de Mol, Hans Leo Haßler Jacobus Gallus, William Byrd, Gesualdo. Ars Musici 1996 - Nordisk Vokalmusik Nordic Vocal Music - Wilhelm Stenhammar, Håkan Parkman, Nils-Erik Fougstedt, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Nils Lindberg, Heikki Sarmanto, Erna Tauro, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Ulf Långbacka, :sv:Maurice Karkoff, Björn Kruse, Trond Kverno, Arne Mellnäs, David Wikander, Bo Hansson, Elisabet Hermodson. Ars Musici 1997 - Musik für Stimmen Music for Voices. Weiss and Douglas (arr. Hans Huber): What a Wonderful World, Claude Debussy Trois chansons de Charles d’Orléans John Cage, Ivan Moody, György Ligeti, Hans Leo Haßler, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Orlando di Lasso Ludwig Sennfl, Ninot le Petit, Cypriano de Rore, Paul Patterson, Johannes Brahms, Irish traditional The little green lane, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Friedrich Silcher, Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger, Neil Hefti. Ars Musici 1999 - Orlando di Lasso: Tous les regrez Ars Musici 2002 - Jacobus Gallus: Moralia Harmoniae Morales Latin secular works 3CD (excerpts on 1CD) Ars Musici 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, Joanne Metcalf. with The Hilliard Ensemble 2005 - Herztöne - Lovesongs. Nils Lindberg, trad. Londonderry Air, Johannes Brahms, Werner R. Heymann, Erroll Garner, Evert Taube, Robert Schumann, Thomas Ravenscroft, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Jacques Chailley, George Gershwin, Percy Grainger, Carroll Coates: "London by night," Volkslied, Burt Bacharach, Volksweise, Chick Corea, Billy Joel. 2006 - SOS - Save Our Songs! 2007 - Das Hohelied der Liebe - Settings from the Song of Songs - Dominique Phinot, Ivan Moody Canticum Canticorum II (1994) Leonhard Lechner, Guillaume Dufay, Brian Elias, Jean Richafort, Heinrich Schütz, Joanne Metcalf, John Plummer, Ludwig Sennfl, 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 Johannes Brahms, Robert Schumann, Friedrich Silcher, Franz Schubert, Richard Strauss, Max Reger and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Oehms 2012 - Sting: Singer Pur sings Sting Sting a-cappella 2010 - Jeremiah - Lamentations by Palestrina and Gesualdo with :de:David Orlowsky clarinet Sony Classics 2011 - Renaissance am Rhein - motets, songs and chansons of the 16th century Petit Jean de Latre, Nicolaus Zangius, Andreas Pevernage, Konrad Hagius, Martin Peudargent, Johannes de Cleve, Orlando di Lasso, Johannes Mangon 2012 - Roland de Lassus Biographie musicale vol. II (Vol.I is by another ensemble) Musique en Wallonie 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: 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

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