Cornelius, Peter

Clytus Gottwald: Hymn to the Life - Transcriptions for mixed chorus a cappella / Kammerchor Saabrucken

1 CD / Carus / 2013-02-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Lieder und Gesänge (5), Op. 127; Aus alten Märchen winkt es, song for voice & piano (Dichterliebe), Op. 48/15; Robert Franz: Gesänge (12) for voi...
Conductors: Grün, Georg
Ensemble: ; KammerChor Saarbrucken

For more than 20 years choral conductor and musicologist Clytus Gottwald has been transcribing piano-accompanied Lieder and instrumental works for a cappella choir. On this...continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio Kaiserslautern (02/17/2012-02/20/2012)....continue...

Weihnachtssingen - An Evening of Christmas Carols - works by Buxtehude; Walter Kraft; Johann Eccard; Heinrich Schutz; Peter Cornelius et al. / Lubecker Knabenkantorei

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-11-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Hodie Christus natus est, antiphon, mode 1; Johannes Unger: Organ Improvisation no 1; Organ Improvisation no 2; Organ Improvisation no 3; Organ Improvisation no 4; Organ Improvisatio...
Performers: Jensch, Jan-Handrik; Maier, Johanna; Unger, Johannes
Conductors: Muller, Michael D.
Ensemble: ; Lubecker Knabenkantorei

Since 1948 the Lübecker Knabenkantorei has invited audiences to join them for their Christmas concerts at St Mary's Church in Lübeck. These invitations have brought...continue...
Recording information: St. Gertrud Church (05/12/2012-05/20/2012); St. Marien Kirche, Lübeck, Germany (05/12/2012-05/20/2012); St. Gertrud Church (07/08/2012); St. Marien Kirche, Lübeck, Ger...continue...

Musical Advent Calendar: Jubiläums-Edition - 24 Songs for Advent and Christmas

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-09-25

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Messias; Jill Nordin: Whisperin' Your Name, spiritual for chorus & piano; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico ...
Performers: Bockemuhl, Fionn; Bongard, Andreas; Comes, Barbara; Geiseler, Soren [Piano]; Hoffmann, Andreas; Knecht, Johannes; Liebfried, Caroline [Piano]; Saloniker, Stuttgarter; Settelmeyer, Matthias [Piano]; T...
Conductors: Schumacher, Jan; Schick, Berthold; Emling, Meinhard; Knecht, Johannes; Gilde, Hans de; Dücker, Martin; Kaltenbach, Anneliese; ; Crespo, Enrique; Haáler, Christoph; Kunz, Hanns-Friedrich; ...
Ensemble: ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Zither Group of the Trachtenkapelle Glottertal

For the past nine years, the Hanssler Classic/SWR co-production of the Musikalischer Advenskalender has been one of the most eagerly anticipated releases for the holiday...continue...

Romantic Music for Male Chorus - works by Rheinberger, Mendelssohn & Cornelius / Hans Jurgen Wulf, organ; Johannes Kalpers, tenor

1 CD / Carus / 2012-08-28

Works: Joseph Rheinberger: Mass for voices & organ/wind instruments in B flat major, Op. 172; Ave Maria; Mass for 4 voices & organ in F major, Op. 190; Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choruses (2), Op. 115; Peter...
Performers: Kalpers, Johannes; Wulf, Hans Jurgen [Organ]
Conductors: Metternich, Eberhard
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale Linburg

On the occasion of its 40th anniversary Carus has initiated a new series Carus Classics, featuring ten outstanding CD productions from the past library of...continue...
Recording information: Liebfrauenkirche, Oberursel/Taunus (04/1991)....continue...

Freut euch und jubiliert

1 CD / Carus / 2011-10-25

Works: Recorded Sound: Church bells; Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Alleluja! Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle, motet (from Vierter Theil Musicalischer Andachten, 1646); Fr...
Performers: Collegium Iuvenum Knabenchor Stuttgart; Kruse, Petra; Weber, Klaus
Conductors: Keck, Friedemann

Since it was first issued in 1995, this production is one of the undisputed bestsellers in the CARUS Christmas Catalog. The main reason for this...continue...
Recording information: Studio Villa Berg, Stuttgart, Germany (01/06/1995-01/08/1995)....continue...

Famous Overtures

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze die Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Der Schauspieldirektor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Leonore Overtu...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Konwitschny, Franz; Boskovsky, Willi; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Rögner, Heinz; Straka, Zeljko; Vonk, Hans; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Hanell, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Kege...

Gottlob Frick Volume 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-01-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers: Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard

Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...

Icon: Fritz Wunderlich - A Poet among Tenors

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Finck: O schönes Weib; Heinrich Isaac: Mein Freud allein, song for 4 voices; Adam Krieger: Amanda, darf man dich wohl küssen?, song for voice & ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Can...
Performers: Baumgartner, Georg; Cordes, Marcel; Engen, Keith; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Kastner, Gerhard; Kupper, Annelies; Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Muszely, Melitta; Naumann,...
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Müller-Kray, Hans; Klobucar, Berislav; Heger, Robert; Rothe, Ernst; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Michalski, Carl; Moltkau, Hans; Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Kempe, Ru...

Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich was born into a musical family - his father was a choir director, his mother a violinist. As a young...continue...

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Julesang & Messingklang

1 CD / Danacord / 2009-11-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Carl Nielsen: Hymns and Sacred Songs, FS 83; James R. Murray: Away in a Manger; Christmas Traditional:...
Performers: Hansen, Anne Mette; Hansen, Henning; Houmoller, Hanne Hohwü; Laursen, Barbara Vestfalen; Michailova, Ekaterina; Pedersen, Birgitte Mosegaard; Schmidt, Lars Ole
Conductors: Bellincampi, Giordano; Hansen, Soren K.

The chorus of the Danish National Opera and the Prince of Denmark's Brass Ensemble offer a beautifully performed program of Christmas carols - both Danish...continue...

1001 Nights - Breezes from the Orient / Schneidt, Guida, Ottenthal, et al

3 CD / Phoenix Edition / 2009-05-26

Works: Ernest Reyer: Le Sélam for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, symphonic ode; Karol Szymanowski: Songs of an Infatuated Muezzin, songs (6) for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 42, M44...
Performers: Donderer, Georg; Lazzaretti, Bruno; Maile, Hans; Ottenthal, Gertrud von; Pasino, Gisella; Servile, Roberto
Conductors: Guida, Guido Maria; Schneidt, Hanns-Martin
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Emmy Bettendorf

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Richard Wag...
Performers: Arndt-Ober, Margarete; Bettendorf, Emmy; Fink, Mizzi; Henke, Waldemar; Jerger, Alfred; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Breisach, Paul; Stiedry, Fritz; Weyersberg, Bruno

Emmy Bettendorf died in relative obscurity in Berlin, the very city where she first achieved fame at the Staatsoper in the 1920s. This is rather...continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Mirabile Mysterium - Christmas Music through the Ages

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jacobus Handl: Mirabile Mysterium, for 5 voices (Opus musicum); Ab oriente venerunt magi, for 4 voices (Opus musicum); Sebastián Alfonso: Unidos tres reyes, for chorus & ensemble; Anonymous, Fre...
Performers: Coen, Bart [Recorder]; Delpierre, Beatrice; Watillon, Sophie
Conductors: Van Nevel, Paul

This is a compilation of well - and lesser-known Christmas music, interpreted by the award-winning Netherlands Chamber Choir conducted by Paul van Nevel....continue...

Cornelius: Seele, vergiss sie nicht, etc / Mammel, Grun

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Peter Cornelius: Requiem "Seele, vergiss sie nicht"; Liebe, pieces (3) for chorus, Op. 18; Trauerchöre (4) for male chorus, Op 9; Chorgesänge (3), Op. 11; Absolve Domine Animas for male cho...
Performers: Mammel, Hans-Jorg
Conductors: Grün, Georg

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Best Loved Christmas Carols / King's College Choir

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-10-05

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditional: Angels From the Realms Of Glory; O Little Town of Bethlehem; In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); The First Nowell (En...
Performers: Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Jones, George; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Thomas Armstrong [Composer/Conductor]; Trotter, Thomas; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Well...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

This is the perfect set for the Christmas Season! It features the very best holiday music from the Choir of Kings College, Cambridge, who have...continue...
Personnel: Tom Armstrong (descant); Francis Grier, John Wells (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (1964-1979)....continue...

The Very Best of Fritz Wunderlich

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620;...
Performers: Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Schmidt, Liselotte; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Klobucar, Berislav; Müller-Kray, Hans; Konwitschny, Franz; Heger, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Eis...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; FFB Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Singers to Remember - Helge Roswaenge - Dane with the High D

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Charles Gounod: Faust; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Adolphe Adam: Le postillon de Lonjumeau; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra...
Performers: Debicka, Hedwig von; Perras, Margherita; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Seidler-Winkler, Bruno

Nicolai: The Merry Wives of Windsor / Rother, Beilke, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Lieder und Gesänge (6); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Peter ...
Performers: Beilke, Irma; Florian, Hans; Hann, Georg; Heyer, Edwin; Hoffmann, Lore; Ludwig, Walther; Nissen, Hans-Heinz; Strienz, Wilhelm; Windisch, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Steinkopf, Hans

Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys / Prey, Domingo

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: Carl Thiel: Adeste fidelis (O Come, All Ye Faithful); Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"); Ding Dong! Me...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sonnleitner, Johann; Vienna Boys' Choir; Viennensis, Chorus
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Gillesberger, Hans; Harrer, Uwe Christian

Personnel: Hermann Prey , Plácido Domingo (vocals); Osian Ellis (harp); John Sonnleitner (organ).

Recording information: 1975-1979.

Christmas With the Vienna Choir Boys/Placido Domi...continue...

Swedish Christmas Music - Dagen Är Kommen / Göteborg Gosskör

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-09-01

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Når Juldags morgon glimmar; Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Gladelig vi nu ...
Performers: Kjellson, Magnus; Persson, Olle
Conductors: Phipps, Simon

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Herbert Ernst Groh

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-02-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Gaetano Do...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Bettendorf, Emmy; Groh, Herbert Ernst
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Dobrindt, Otto; Weissmann, Frieder

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Kipnis Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Charles Gounod: Faust; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Wal...
Performers: Kipnis, Alexander
Conductors: Heidenreich, Johannes; Blech, Leo

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Helge Rosvaenge Vol 3

2 CD / Preiser / 1994-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Charles Gounod: Fau...
Performers: Beckmann, Friedel; Cebotari, Maria; Hüsch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Rosvaenge, Helge; Strienz, Wilhelm; Teschemacher, Margarete
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Moralt, Rudolf; Steinkopf, Hans; Baltzer, Erwin

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Marcel Wittrisch

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Peter Cornelius: Der Barbier von Bagdad; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fish...
Performers: Husch, Gerhard; Klose, Margarete; Korjus, Milizia; Strienz, Wilhelm; Teschemacher, Margarete; Wittrisch, Marcel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Schmalstich, Clemens; Orthmann, Erich; Blech, Leo; Zweig, Fritz; Muller, Hans Udo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Bendix, Kurt