Michael Schönheit
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Biography
Michael Schönheit was born in 1961 in Saalfeld, Communist East Germany. Schönheit is an organist and conductor who received initial musical training in piano and organ from his father, Walter Schönheit. After graduating high school, Schönheit studied at the Leipzig Hochschule für Musik âFelix Mendelssohn Bartholdyâ (1978â1985). He succeeded his father as organist at the Johanniskirche in Saalfeld until 1990 and became the Gewandhausorganist in 1986. Schönheit collaborated with conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt and Kurt Masur, who facilitated a debut as a soloist with the New York Philharmonic (1995). He leads ensembles including the Merseburger Hofmusik and Collegium Vocale Leipzig. Discography releases include Die Schukeorgel im Neuen Gewandhaus Leipzig (1987). He was awarded the Mendelssohn-Stipendium (1984) and the Order of Merit of Saxony-Anhalt (2015).
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- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Patrem omnipotentem featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Credo in unum Deum featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Et incarnatus featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- C.P.E. Bach: Geistliche Oden und Lieder I, Wq. 194: 36. Vom Tode featuring Gotthold Schwarz
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Et in unum Dominum featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: Nun lasst uns gehn und treten
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Cruxifixus featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Et in Spiritum sanctum featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Credo - Et resurrexit featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Gratias agimus tibi featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: Jesus, meine Zuversicht
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Laudamus te featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: Erstanden ist der heilig Christ by Vincent Frisch
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Qui tollis peccata mundi featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Domine Deus featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Quoniam tu solus sanctus featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Qui sedes ad dextram Patris featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Cum sancto spiritu featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Telemann: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden
- Sandström: The High Mass / Kyrie - Christe eleison featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Gloria in excelsis Deo featuring Herbert Blomstedt
- Sandström: The High Mass / Gloria - Et in terra pax featuring Herbert Blomstedt
