Eccard, Johannes > Choral

Dresden Childrens' Choir / Sacred Music for a Whole Year / 4 CDs

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Machet die Tore weit, for double chorus, SWV Anh. 8 (doubtful; also attrib. to S. Rüling); Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors,...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Herrmann, Fritz; Kopcke, Lukas; Lindner, Franz; Morgner, Felix; Polhardt, Philipp; Renz, Christopher; Schenk, Jacob
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: ; Cappella Sagittariana

The transcendent atmosphere of the Kreuzchor Vespers draws a congregation of up to 3,000 to the Kreuzkirche in Dresden. The Dresden Kreuzchor has recorded a...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Lukaskirche, Dresden (2008-06-16_2008-06-20&2009-); Himmelfahrtskirche Dresden (2009-03-23_2009-03-27&2010-); Lukaskirc...continue...

Johannes Eccard: Mit Freude Musizieren - Sacred & Secular Works / Ensemble Noema

1 CD / CPO / 2012-01-31

Works: Johannes Eccard: Gut Singer und ein Organist, song for chorus; Ein Fuhrmann, der fort kommen will, song for chorus; Missa "Mon coeur se recommende à vous", for chorus; Nun komm, der Heiden Heila...
Conductors: Meyer, Gregor
Ensemble: Noema

Even well into the 19th century, Eccard of Muhlhausen was celebrated as an "ideal composer of true church music". Brahms, placed his works on par...continue...
Recording information: Mühlhausen, Germany (07/10/2011-07/13/2011)....continue...

Johannes Eccard: Prussian Sacred Songs / Vocal Concert Dresden

1 CD / Carus / 2011-10-25

Works: Johannes Stobaeus: Macht hoch die Tür, hymn for chorus; Such, wer da will, ein ander Ziel, hymn for chorus; Wes ist der Stern, hymn for chorus; Gott einen hellen Wunderstern, hymn for chorus; Jo...
Conductors: Kopp, Peter
Ensemble: Capella de la Torre

Eccards works are of great significance to the development of Protestant church music of his time. They address the need for easy-to-perform functional music for...continue...
Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (03/09/2011-03/24/2011)....continue...

Eccard: Mein Schönste Zier / Motets and canticas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2011-05-03

Works: Johannes Eccard: Zu dieser österlichen Zeit, for 6-part chorus; Missa "Mon coeur se recommende à vous", for chorus; Übers Gebirg Maria geht; Zacharias war ganz verstummt, for chorus; F...

Johann Eccard was one of the leading sacred composers around 1600, and even today his works are found in well-known collections of Protestant church music....continue...
Recording information: Kloster Cismar (10/22/2010-10/24/2010)....continue...

Dolcissima Mia Vita: Choredition - Das 16. Jahrhundert

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Heinrich Isaac: Missa carminum; Pierre de la Rue: Missa pro defunctis; Josquin Desprez: Nymphes, nappés/Circumdederunt me, song for 6 parts; Antoine de Févin: Sancta Trinitas; Johann Walter...
Performers: Eberhardt, Werner; Ginzel, Reinhart; Hausmann, Siegfried; Lepetit, Albrecht; Marschall, Werner; Reinhold, Wolf; Schmidt, Gunther; Schmieder, Karl-Heinz; Stier, Gothart; Vogt, Joachim; Wagner, Ekkehard
Conductors: Knothe, Dietrich; Gruss, Hans; Kreile, Roderich; Mauersberger, Rudolf; Gopfert, Carl Andreas; Bimberg, Siegfried

Music from St. Clement Danes

1 CD / Saydisc / 2011-01-11

Works: Martindale Sidwell: Psalm 23, for choir; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: I Sa...
Performers: Hirst, Lynne; Jones, Kenneth; Nixon, John; Sidwell, Martindale; Wilbraham, John

A Year At Kings / Stephen Cleobury

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons; Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion, motet; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: Away in a Manger; Francis Poul...
Performers: Chambers, Simon; Rex, Edmund; Stevens, Peter
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

The Choir of King's College Cambridge is arguably the world's most famous choral group. This new album is a tour of the ecclesiastical year from...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England....continue...

The Virgin Mary's Journey

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Marcel Dupré: Motets (4), Op. 9; Max Reger: Ave Maria, for organ, Op. 80/5; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in G; Francis Poulenc: Motets pou...
Performers: Cook, Dan

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...

Christmas Music from King's /Willcocks, King's College Choir

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-09-04

Works: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Senex puerum portabat; William Byrd...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Kampen, Christopher van; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Robert Spencer (flute); Andrew Davis (organ).

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England (08/05/1964-08/05/1965)....continue...

Oxford Church Anthems

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Charles Wood: O Thou, the central orb; Orlando Gibbons: Almighty and everlasting God; Herbert Howells: My eyes for beauty pine; Franz Schubert: Des Tages Weihe, D 763/Op. post. 146; Anton Bruckner: L...
Performers: Farr, Stephen