Alexander Šumski

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Alexander Šumski

Alexander Šumski (in Germany mostly Alexander Sumski , Romanian Alexandru Şumski ; born November 26, 1933 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ) is a Romanian-German musicologist , pianist , conductor , composer and former university music director in Tübingen .

Live and act

Alexander Šumski received his musical training in the subjects piano, composition and conducting at the University of Music Bucharest; Masterclasses with Franco Ferrara in Siena and Venice complemented his conducting training. In 1984 Šumski received his doctorate in musicology from the University of Hamburg on the subject of "Studies in Romanian Church Music".

Šumski began his musical career as a concert pianist in his native Romania. As a conductor he took over the direction of the Romanian Radio Choir in Bucharest in 1960, in 1964 he became director of the Banat Philharmonic and in 1968 chief conductor of the Bucharest Academic Symphony Orchestra. At the same time, Šumski taught music theory and solfège as a lecturer at the Bucharest University of Music.

In 1972 Šumski moved to Germany and was University Music Director in Tübingen until 1999. In addition to teaching at the musicological institute, his duties included leading the university's symphony orchestra and the university choir.

With the symphony orchestra of the university , Šumski performed almost all key works of the symphonic repertoire. Numerous world-class soloists, including a. Anne-Sophie Mutter , Bruno Leonardo Gelber , Helen Donath , Barry Tuckwell , David Geringas , Emmanuel Krivine and Gerhard Oppitz performed with the student orchestra under Šumski's direction.

In 1973 Alexander Šumski founded the Camerata vocalis , the university's chamber choir. The extraordinary technical flexibility, the rich palette of timbres and the convincing vocal performance made the Camerata an important musical ambassador for the University of Tübingen. Concerts and joint music projects have taken the young singers to almost all European countries and, since the early 1980s, regularly to the African continent. Numerous recordings and radio broadcasts with Südwestfunk Baden-Baden or with Radio France - France Musique in Paris testify to the great success of the Camerata.

Interdisciplinary events with prominent professors from the university, such as Hans Küng ( Mozart's Clarinet Concerto, Brückner's 8th Symphony), Hansmartin Decker-Hauff ( Britten's “Young Person's Guide”) and the Slavist Ludolf Müller ( Chekhov and Tchaikovsky ) made the Collegium musicum one important partner in the newly created Studium generale .

Šumski set himself the task of promoting young soloists. The then 11-year-old Anne-Sophie Mutter made her debut in 1975 with Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in the Tübingen Festsaal, accompanied by the Tübingen students.

From 1985 to 2005 he was in charge of the “Forum for Young Interpreters” series, a series of concerts at the Kreissparkasse Reutlingen.

From 1978 to 1980, in addition to his work in Tübingen, Šumski was choir director at the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg.

Together with various chamber ensembles of various casts, Šumski conducted numerous first performances in Tübingen, including Stravinski's “Story of the Soldier”, Schönberg's “Pierrot lunaire” and Poulenc's organ concert.

For several years, Šumski also directed the Tübingen Chamber Orchestra. He has also been invited as a guest conductor of numerous renowned symphony orchestras, including the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg and Hanover, the Orquesta National in Caracas, the Minsk Philharmonic and the National Orchestra of the Romanian Radio in Bucharest. He has also directed concerts at major international music festivals, such as the Amazonas Festival in Manaus, the Enescu Festival in Bucharest, the Festival for Sacred Music in Riga and the Lake Constance Festival . Tour trips have taken him to many European countries, to North and South America, as well as to Africa, Asia and Australia.

As a musicologist, Alexander Šumski initially devoted himself to Byzantine music, especially Romanian psaltics and the sacred choral music of Romanian composers.

Since the 1980s, the focus of his musicological activity has been on researching, adapting and performing works by Upper Swabian monastery composers of the 18th century. In the research and edition center for Upper Swabian monastery music at the University of Tübingen , founded by Šumski in 1986, almost 300 compositions from the former monasteries of Upper Swabia were rediscovered, edited and adapted to modern performance practice by 2005. Under Šumski's direction, they were performed at the respective places of origin, produced in the studio of Südwestrundfunk Baden-Baden and released as CDs in the “Music in Upper Swabian Monasteries” series by Orchestrola / da music.

Honors

The University of Tübingen awarded Šumski the title of professor. In 2005 Alexander Šumski was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon, in 2008 he became an honorary citizen of his Romanian hometown, in 2011 he received from Pope Benedict XVI. the dignity of a Commander of the Order of St. Silvester .

voluntary work

Alexander Šumski was an honorary member of the extended federal board of the German Composers' Association . He also worked in numerous associations: u. a. as a member of the Board of Trustees of the International School Music Academy Schloss Kapfenburg, as a member of the Board of Trustees “Young Composed” in the State Music Council of Baden-Württemberg, as curator of the German-Italian Cultural Society (ACIT) Venice. From 1998 to 2014 he was a member of the Broadcasting Council of Südwestrundfunk.

After retiring, Sumski continued his professional activity both as a practitioner and as a musicologist. Until 2005 he was head of the research and editing department for Upper Swabian monastery music at the University of Tübingen. Under his aegis, all scores and edition materials on Upper Swabian monastery music were housed in the Rottenburg diocesan library. Šumski continued to work as a musicologist and conductor.

Works

Musicology (selection)

  • Studies on the rhythm of Romanian folklore. 104 exercises for music college students. Ministry of Culture, Bucharest 1965.
  • Theoreticon of Romanian Psaltics. Association for Eastern Church Music, Flüeli-Ranft 1982, ISBN 978-3-909097-01-2 .
  • Studies of Romanian church music around 1900. Dumitru Georgescu Kiriac and the neo-modal style. Association for Eastern Church Music, Gersau 1986, ISBN 978-3-909097-02-9 .
  • Ulrich Siegele (Ed.): Oberschwäbische Klostermusik in a European context. Alexander Sumski on his 70th birthday. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main etc. 2004, ISBN 978-3-631-51906-6 .

Sound carrier (conductor Šumski)

LPs
  • Haydn, Symphony No. 6, “The Morning”, A. Marcello, Oboe Concerto, Mozart, Symphony 24, KV 182, Radu Chişu, Oboe, The Academic Orchestra Bucharest, Conductor Alexandru Şumski, ECE 0630, 1965
  • Couperin, Pièces en Concert, Vivaldi, Concerto for Cello and Strings in B minor, Radu Aldulescu, violoncello, Bucharest strings, conductor Alexandru Şumski, ECD 1047, 1966
  • Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 5, Filarmonica Timişoara, Radu Lupu , piano, LP Electrecord, 1967
  • Haydn, Marcello, Mozart, Orchestra Accademica Bucureşti, LP, Electrecord ECE 0630, 1968
  • Grigoriu, Marcello, Vancea, Orchestra Academica Bucureşti, LP, Electrecord CS / 1, 1968
  • Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations, Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto, Filarmonica Timişoara, Radu Aldulescu, violoncello, Electrecord, ECE-0250, 1965
  • Tchaikovsky, Rococo Variations, Saint-Saëns, Cello Concerto, Filarmonica Timişoara, Radu Aldulescu, violoncello, LP, audio / visuals, Barcelona, ​​B-20.1372
  • Slavic cathedral choirs, Bortnjanskij, Mokranjac, Rachmaninov, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Maxisingle, TABOR 7297, 1975
  • Crucii Tale, chants of the Romanian liturgy, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Maxisingle, TABOR 7298, 1975
  • Robert Schumann, Faust scenes, NDR choir, mastered by Alexander Šumski, LP, SWF 66.28186, 1979
  • Mozart, piano concerto KV 595, Beethoven, choral fantasy op.80, Camerata vocalis, University Symphony Orchestra, Robert Alexander Bohnke, piano, LP, ATT, 1979
  • Mendelssohn, “Laudate pueri”, choir and symphony orchestra of the NDR, LP, NDR Hamburg, 1982
  • Liszt, Missa choralis, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, LP, ATT, 1986
Compact disc
  • Stravinski, Suite No. 2, Mendelssohn, violin concerto, Britten, "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra", Symphony Orchestra of the University of Tübingen, Anne-Sophie Mutter , violin, CM, 1975
  • Nikolaus Betscher, 12 social songs, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, SWF, 1987
  • Friedrich Silcher, 4 choirs a-cappella, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, matinee concert KSK Reutlingen, 1997
  • Afrika singt / Mwana ndi chuma, choirs from Togo, Gabon, Cameroon and Malawi, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, ATT, 1996
  • Friedrich Silcher, 8 choirs a-cappella, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, SWR, 1997
  • Brahms, Liebesliederwalzer, Neue Liebesliederwalzer, Maria Venuti, Michael Nowak, piano duo Stenzl , Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, SWR, 1999
  • Romania cantat, Romanesque songs for choir a capella, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, ATT, 1980
  • Sacred choral music by Liszt, Bruckner and Tschaikowsky, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, CD, SWR, 2000
  • GF Handel, "The Alexanderfest", Cornelia Götz, soprano, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Egbert Junghans, bass, Matthias Eisenberg, harpsichord / organ, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia", SWR Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sumski, conductor, Bodenseefestival, SWR, 2000
  • Anton Bruckner, Mass in F minor, Maria Venuti, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Viesturs Jansons, tenor, Andreas Reibenspies, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia", SWR Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Sumski, conductor, Bodenseefestival, SWR, 2004
  • Junge Kammerphilharmonie Temeschburg, works by Kayser, Heichlinger and Mozart, Maria Venuti, soprano, Andreas Reibenspies, baritone, Anna Erchinger, clarinet, cond. Sumski, CD, PSM 260606, 2005
  • Forum for young interpreters, 25 years of matinee concerts at KSK Reutlingen, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Sinfonia X, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, violin concerto KV 216, Rosa Neßling, violin, Camerata Suevica, cond. Sumski, CD, Bauer Studios, 2010

Music in Upper Swabian monasteries

Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Rot an der Rot
  • Works by Nikolaus Betscher
    • Missa in C from 1794, Te Deum in D for solos, choir and orchestra, Renate Brosch, Helga Spatzek, soprano; Sabine Mayer, alto, Eberhard Schuler-Meybier, tenor; Ernst-Wolfgang Lauer, baritone, Richard Anlauf, bass,
    • Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Christophorus-Kantorei Altensteig, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77304, Orchestrola 1991
Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Marchtal
  • Works by Sixt Bachmann and Isfrid Kayser
    • Sixt Bachmann, Fugues No. 3 to 7 from X Fugues célèbres pour l'orgue ou le clavecin, Isfrid Kayser, Missa Solennis in C for 2 choirs, soloists, organ and orchestra, Kyrie from Op. II No. 6 for choir, strings and continuo
    • Cantata op. I No. 4 “De uno martyre” for bass and orchestra
    • Regine Hermann, soprano, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin / Eberhard Schuler-Meybier, tenor, Martin Gantner / Michael Volle, bass, Matthias Eisenberg, organ, Stefan Hölker, continuo, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Christophorus-Kantorei Altensteig, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77305, Orchestrola 1991
  • Church concert in Gutenzell
    • Georg Friedrich Händel, "Fireworks Music", Ernest Weinrauch, "Salve Regina", Andreas Heichlinger, "Accetta, o Dio", Anton Bruckner, 7 motets, Francis Poulenc, organ concert
    • Simone Nold, soprano, Matthias Eisenberg, organ, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD Südwestfunk / Pallas, 1991
Former Benedictine imperial abbey in Zwiefalten
  • Works by Ernest Weinrauch
    • Great Mass in C for solos, choir and orchestra, “Salve Regina” for choir, chamber orchestra and organ, “Dixit Dominus” from the Vesperae de Apostolis
    • Annette Ruoff, soprano, Birgit Huber, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Reinhard Hagen, bass, Matthias Eisenberg, organ, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Christophorus-Kantorei Altensteig,
    • Members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77306, Orchestrola 1992
Ottobeuren Benedictine Abbey
  • Works by Franz Xaver Schnizer
    • "Domine, Dixit and Magnificat" for solos, choir and orchestra, "Ave maris stella" for alto solo and strings, "Alma redemptoris mater" for solo horn, choir and orchestra, "Regina coeli" for tenor solo, choir and strings, " Veni Sancte Spiritus "for choir and orchestra, music from the singspiel" Zenon Imperator "
    • Annette Ruoff, soprano, Birgit Huber, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Daniel Kaleta, bass, Will Sanders, horn, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77308 , Orchestrola 1992
Former Cistercian Imperial Abbey of Salem
  • Andreas Heichlinger: "Veni sponsa Christi", "Accetta, o Dio" for soprano solo and strings, Franz Xaver Schlecht : Te Deum for solos, choir and orchestra, Jakob Sommer: "Ecco quell'ora fortunata" for alto solo and strings, Heichlinger / Schlecht: Missa S. beati conf. for solos, choir and orchestra
  • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Yvonne Albes, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Ernan Iturralde, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, choir of the University of Jena, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77309 , Orchestrola 1992
Former Benedictine imperial abbey in Ochsenhausen
  • Joseph Haydn : Stabat mater (German) for solos, choir and orchestra, Gregor Schmid: “O Jesu, dilecte”, aria for soprano, flute and strings, Æmilian Rosengart : Magnificat III in D major, hymn “De beata” for bass , Choir and orchestra, “Ave Maria” for choir a cappella, Missa in B flat for solos, choir and continuo, “Te Deum laudamus” for solos, choir and orchestra
  • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin / Anatolij Lomunov, tenor, Egbert Junghanns, Kirill Zukov, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Academic Choir "Lučnica" Bratislava,
  • Coro Polifonico dell'Università di Venezia, Radio and TV Choir St. Petersburg, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, double CD da music 77324, Orchestrola 1993
Former monastery church of St. Kosmas and Damian, Gutenzell
  • Georg Friedrich Handel : Fireworks music , Ernest Weinrauch: "Salve Regina" for choir, orchestra and organ, Andreas Heichlinger: "Accetta, o Dio" for soprano and strings, Anton Bruckner: Motets for choir a cappella,
  • Francis Poulenc : Concerto in G minor for organ, strings and timpani
  • Simone Nold, soprano, Matthias Eisenberg , organ, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Symphony Orchestra of the University of Tübingen, Munich brass ensemble, conductor: Alexander Sumski, production: Südwestfunk, Landesstudio Tübingen, CD Handwerkskammer Ulm 1993
Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Rot an der Rot
  • Works by Nikolaus Betscher
    • Missa brevis in G, Magnificat in D, Missa pastoritia
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano; Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, Anatolij Lomunov, tenor, Egbert Junghanns, Hernan Iturralde, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Academic Choir "Lučnica" Bratislava,
    • Coro Polifonico dell 'Università di Venezia, Cantare Audire, Windhoek, Mädchenkantorei St. Johannes, Saulgau, members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77329, Orchestrola 1994
Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Rot an der Rot
  • Works by Nikolaus Betscher
    • Te Deum in D major for solos, choir, orchestra and organ, Psalm 129 “De profundis” for bass solo, orchestra and organ, Requiem in C minor, Vesperae de Confessore in C major for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano; Annina Papazian, alto; Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor; Hernan Iturralde, bass, Matthias Eisenberg, organ, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Coro Polifonico dell 'Università di Venezia,
    • Members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77331, Orchestrola 1995
Former Benedictine imperial abbey in Zwiefalten
  • Works by Ernest Weinrauch
    • Requiem in C minor for soloists, choir and orchestra, Missa in G minor for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ,
    • Stefana Tiron, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Hernan Iturralde, bass, Bernhard Kugler, organ, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Coro Polifonico dell 'Università di Venezia,
    • Members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77334, Orchestrola 1997
Former Cistercian Imperial Abbey of Salem
  • Franz Xaver Schlecht: Lauretanische Litanei, Jakob Sommer: Missa in B flat for soloists, choir and orchestra
  • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor; Hernan Iturralde, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Academic Choir Zerotín Olmütz / Olomouc, members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77337, Orchester 1998
Sacred works by Conradin Kreutzer
  • Mass in B flat major KWV 3111, "Messkircher Messe", Te Deum in D major KWV 3301, Mass de Sta. Francisca in E flat major KWV 3105
  • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Egbert Junghanns, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia", Riga, members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77339, Orchestrola 2000
  • Conradin Kreutzer: Mass in B flat major KWV 3111, "Messkircher Messe"
  • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Herman Iturralde, bass, Kreutzer Choir Meßkirch (rehearsed by Thomas Braun), Camerata vocalis from the University of Tübingen, members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductors: Alexander Sumski, CD VMO 3, 1999, CD HWK 13, 1999, CD da music 77339, Orchestrola 2000
Former Premonstratensian Abbey of Rot an der Rot
  • Works by Nikolaus Betscher
    • Magnificat in D major for solos, choir and orchestra, “Zum Gedächtnistage aller Seelen” for choir a cappella, Requiem in G minor, Psalm 115 “Credidi” for choir and orchestra, Missa brevis in G minor, Te Deum in D Major for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Claudia Schubert, alto, Viestus Jansons, tenor; Hernan Iturralde, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia", Riga, members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg,
    • Conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music 77340, Orchestrola 2001
From the baroque kingdom of heaven. Music from Upper Swabian monasteries. Birthday party with friends - 50 years of Baden-Württemberg
  • Andreas Heichlinger: “Accetta o Dio” recitative and aria for soprano and strings, Isfrid Kayser: “Vesperae Dominicalis ex A” for solos, choir and orchestra, Nikolaus Betscher: Mass in C for solos, choir and orchestra
  • Maria Venuti, soprano, Triin Maran, alto, Steffen Doberauer, tenor, Leandro Fischetti, bass, University Chamber Choir ELTE “Pro Musica”, Budapest, University Chamber Choir “Collegium musicum”, Warsaw, German-French Chamber Orchestra of the Baden-Württemberg State Music Council, conductor: Alexander Sumski, VMO 5/2002
Former Benedictine imperial abbey in Zwiefalten
  • Works by Ernest Weinrauch
    • Oratorio “Cain and Abel” for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Markus Schäfer, tenor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass, Egbert Junghanns, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia" Riga,
    • Members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music, Orchestrola 77341/2003
Former Benedictine imperial abbey in Zwiefalten
  • Works by Ernest Weinrauch
    • “Salve Regina” for choir and orchestra, Magnificat from the “Vesperae de Apostolis”, oratorio “Cain and Abel” for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Markus Schäfer, tenor, Wolf Matthias Friedrich, bass, Egbert Junghanns, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia" Riga,
    • Members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, CD da music, Orchestrola 77341/2003
Spiritual works from the Premonstratensian abbeys Rot an der Rot, Marchtal and Schussenried
  • Nikolaus Betscher: Missa brevis in G for soprano, alto, choir and strings, Isfrid Kayser: Cantata No. 4 “De uno martyre” for bass solo and orchestra, Wilhelm Hanser : Six psalm settings for soloists and orchestra from “Psalmodia Vespertina” op. 1
  • Maria Venuti, soprano; Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Viesturs Jansons, tenor; Andreas Reibenspies, bass, State Choir of the Republic of Latvia "Latvia" Riga,
  • Members of the SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, VMO 6/2004

Video productions

  • Gutenzell
    • Nikolaus Betscher: Missa pastoritia for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Hernan Iturralde, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, St. Johannes girls' choir, Saulgau
    • Members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, production: Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, 1991
  • Birnau
    • Andreas Heichlinger / Franz Xaver Schlecht: Missa S. beati conf. for solos, choir and orchestra
    • Cornelia Götz, soprano, Yvonne Albes, alto, Hans-Jürgen Schöpflin, tenor, Ernan Iturralde, bass, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Choir of the University of Jena
    • Members of the SWF Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski, production: Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, 1992
  • Obermarchtal
    • Sixt Bachmann: Missa Solennis in C for solos, 2 choirs, organ and orchestra
    • Renate Lücke-Hermann, soprano, Ruth Sandhoff, alto, Hannes Böhm and Claus-Heinrich Gerstmann, tenor, Egbert Junghanns and Hernan Iturralde, bass,
    • Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, St. Johannes-Kantorei Saulgau, members of the Südwestfunk-Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, conductor: Alexander Sumski
    • Production: Südwestfunk Baden-Baden, 1992; Format: HDTV
  • Bucharest
    • Nikolaus Betscher: Missa in C for solos, choir and orchestra; Andreas Heichlinger: “Accetta, o Dio”, recitative and aria for soprano solo and strings
    • Bucharest Radio Choir, Bucharest Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Alexander Sumski, production: Romanian TV Bucharest, 1996
  • Vineyard
    • "Every year again - Christmas with the Federal President"
    • Andreas Heichlinger: “Accetta, o Dio”, recitative and aria for soprano solo and strings; Franz Xaver Schnizer: Gradual “Juga et plana” for 2 alphorns solo, choir and strings
    • Maria Venuti, soprano, Camerata vocalis of the University of Tübingen, Junge Kammerphilharmonie Baden-Württemberg, conductor: Alexander Sumski, production: Second German Television, 1998
  • Yaoundé
    • Atelier de Musique Chorale
    • Wine smoke: “Salve Regina”, summer: “Ecco quell'ora fortunata”; Heichlinger: "Accetta, o Dio"
    • Esperansa Friedrich, soprano, Camerata suevica, Stuttgart, Chorale de Chambre Yaoundé, conductor Alexander Sumski, DVD, Goethe-Institut Yaoundé, 2009

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Šumski, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian-German musicologist, pianist, conductor, composer and university music director in Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH November 26, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania