Release Date: 30 September 2012
Label: Rondeau - Cd / Rondeau Production
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 4037408070119
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Description
Under the direction of Jörg Breiding, the Knabenchor Hannover (Hanover Boys Choir) performs well-known songs for Advent and Christmas set to music in a contemporary style by the Hanoverian composer Siegfried Strohbach (1929). Accompanied by festive texts - read by the actor Sky du Mont - and organ interludes played by Ulfert Smidt, organist at the Marktkirche Hannover, this work is a unified whole that prepares listeners for the Christmas season in a both meditative and festive spirit.Siegfried Strohbach compiled his Yuletide choral cycle Gloria in excelsis Deo especially for the Knabenchor Hannover's Advent concerts. In addition to new compositions, he recurs to earlier works from all periods of his rich choral oeuvre. Strohbach is highly susceptible to the ensemble's specific timbres and technical possibilities, both of which he demonstrates skilfully. He explores the choir's various sound facets in diverse voice combinations. In this, he refrains from almost all virtuoso ornamentation and focusses on the essential: the annunciation of the Christian message of Christmas.
Tracklisting
Neuer Kammerchor Berlin; Adrian Emans
Cora Irsen; Capitol Symphonie Orchester; Roland Boer
Voktett Hannover
Trinity Boys Choir; Laetitia Fédérici
Leipziger Universitätschor; Mendelssohnorchester Leipzig; Viktorija Kaminskaite; Marie Henriette Re
Klaus Mertens; Volodymyr Lavrynenko
Gutenberg-Kammerchor; Neumeyer Consort; Chisa Tanigaki; Rebekka Stolz; Fabian Kelly; Christian Wagn
Benjamin Glaubitz; Jörg Reddin; Ensemble Polyharmonique; Thüringer Bach Collegium; Gernot Süßmuth;
Diego Caicedo
Diego Caicedo
Anna Netrebko; Yusiv Eyvazov; Sonya Yoncheva; Vittorio Grigolo; Roman Burdenko; Ferruccio Furlanett
Caitriona O'Leary; Boris Bergmann
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Zuzana Ferjencikova
Yajie Zhang; Narine Yeghiyan; Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe; Felix Krieger
Vincent Larderet
