Release Date: 30 October 2020
Label: Christophorus
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4010072774491
Description
Generations of highly esteemed musicians have worked at Leipzig's Thomaskirche with its world-famous boys' choir.
Most of them are hardly known today like Tobias Michael, Sebastian Knupfer, Johann Schelle or Johann Kuhnau. These four composers were the immediate predecessors of the most famous Thomaskantor, Johann Sebastian Bach, and all of them also created wonderful music.
One sacred concert each on "Machet die Tore weit" by Johann Schelle and Tobias Michael will open the programme. The most splendid and extensive composition is Sebastian Knupfer's "Dies est laetitiae" for 22 voices, divided into a five-part trumpet choir with timpani, strings, bassoon, three flutes, six soloists and a four-part choir.
The only composer on this CD who was not Thomaskantor is Johann Caspar Horn. His composition "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit", a setting of the well-known Christmas text from the Gospel of Luke, has been documented to have been performed in St. Thomas Church.
Tracklisting
Soloists, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante, Peter Gortner
Heinrich-Isaac-Ensemble; ensemble officium
Soloists; l'arpa festante
Rafael Catala, Musica Iberica
Rebeka Ruso; Sebastian Wienand
Kurt Meier; Howard Griffith; Royal Northern Sinfonia
Francesca Venturi Ferriolo; Salon Violet
Luca Cervoni; Concerto Romano
Polina Pastirchak, Anke Vondung, Sungmin Song, Milan Siljanov, Chorwerk Ruhr, Bochumer Symphoniker,
Kammerchor Stuttgart; Barockorchester Stuttgart; Frieder Bernius; Hannah Morrison; Franziska Bobe;
Choralchor der St. Johannis-Kantorei Rostock
Capella Daleminzia, Capella Vocale Waldheim, Rene Michael Roder
Gewandhaus Children's Choir, Frank-Steffen Elster, Gewandhaus Youth Choir, Gewandhaus Choir, Gregor
Aukso - Chamber Orchestra Of The City Of Tychy, Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singers' Ensemble, Marek Mos
Herbert von Karajan; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Berliner Philharmoniker
Soloists, Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Bruggen
