Eccard, Johannes

Psalms and Motets for Reflection - Taverner, Stainer, Poulenc, Stanford, MacMillan

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: William Crotch: Psalm 47, for chorus; Johannes Eccard: Maria Wallt zum Heiligtum; James MacMillan: A New Song, for chorus & organ; Ivor Atkins: Psalm 2, for chorus; Psalm 96, for chorus; John Tavener...
Performers: Bloss, Michael
Conductors: Edison, Noel
Ensemble: ; Choir of St. John's Elora

Choral elements from Protestant, Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and medieval traditions are included in this anthology of anthems and motets, many drawing inspiration from the Psalms....continue...
Recording information: St. John's Church, Elora, Ontario, Canada (04/29/2011-05/01/2011)....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...

Christmas Through the Centuries / di Lasso, Praetorius, Eccard

2 CD / Ars Musici / 2012-11-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Gregorian Chant: Puer natus est nobis, introit; Viderunt omnes, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis, no 409; GR. 33); Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cant...
Performers: Lehrndorfer, Franz [Organ]; Sack, Albrecht; Schmidt, Dirk; Stiefermann, Kay; Strock, Katrin [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: ; Gos, P. Johannes Berchmans; Zobeley, Martin; Hennig, Heinz; Toll, Winfried; Kammler, Reinhard; Mehl, Arnold; Breiding, Jörg; Schönheit, Michael; Sump, Georg
Ensemble: ; Augsburger Domsingknaben; Camerata Vocale Freiburg; Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig ; Fiori Musicali (Germany); Flautando Köln ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Gruppe für Alte Musik Mün...

"Christmas throughout the ages" - the present CD is a kind of brief cultural history through music....continue...

Machet die Tore weit - Choral and Organ music for Advent and Christmas / Kay Johannsen, organ

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2012-10-16

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Den d...
Performers: Aures, Michael [Drums]; Johannsen, Kay; Kartmann, Daniel; Lauxmann, Balduin; Mycka, Katarzyna
Conductors: Homburg, Rainer Johannes
Ensemble: ; Handel's Company; Stuttgarter Hymnus Childrens Choir

Recording information: Christuskirche, Stuttgart-Gänsheide (06/02/2011-06/05/2011)....continue...

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...

Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli / Opus Vocale, Volker Hedtfeld

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Johannes Eccard: Übers Gebirg Maria geht; Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich he...
Conductors: Hedtfeld, Volker
Ensemble: ; Opus Vocale

Opus Vocale builds a bridge between Catholic and Protestant church music from the period of the Counter-reformation. This recording features music for Christmas time from...continue...
Recording information: Golgathakirche Berlin (2009-09-25_2009-09-27&2009-)....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...

The Christmas Story / Paul Hillier, Theater of Voices

1 Super Audio CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Gregorian Chant: Rorate caeli desuper, introit in mode 4 for the 4th Sunday in Advent; Puer natus est nobis, introit; Videntes stellam Magi, Magnificat antiphon; Herodes iratus, antiphon (Mode 1); Ch...
Conductors: Hillier, Paul

Inspired by the much-loved service of Nine Lessons and Carols given every Christmas Eve in England, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant,...continue...
Recording information: Garnisons Kirke, Copenhagen, Denmark (01/2011)....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

Angel Voices: The Boys' Choir Christmas Celebration / Vienna Boys' Choir; Dresden Boys' Choir, et al.

3 CD / Capriccio / 2010-11-16

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Vom Himmel hoch (Choralkantate); Laudate pueri ("O praise the Lord"), motet for female chorus & organ in E flat major, Op. 39/2; Sacred Pieces (3), Op. 23; Veni Domine ("Hear my p...
Performers: Buchner, Roland; Engelhardt, Kent; Humphries, Charles; Schicha, Ulrich; Winkler, Michael-Christfried
Conductors: Flämig, Martin; Marschik, Peter; Hrncirik, Peter; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: ; Bläserensemble

American Record Guide
Here's a very nice set of three CDs devoted mostly to German music and performed by the cream of German and Austrian boychoirs...continue...

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...

Die Regensburger Domspatzen singen zur Weihnachtszeit [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Bayer Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Giovanni Croce: Veni Domine, for chorus; Giovanni Gabrieli: Benedixisti Domine, motet for 7 voices; Johannes Eccard: Übers Gebi...
Conductors: Schrems, Theobald

Import Hybrid-SACD pressing....continue...

Transeamus

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2009-11-17

Works: Joseph Ignaz Schnabel: Transeamus Usque Bethlehem for chorus & orchestra; Christmas Traditional: Was soll das bedeuten; Auf, auf, ihr Hirten!, carol (Austrian); Inmitten der Nacht (In the Middle of t...
Performers: Quotschalla, Hartmut
Conductors: Kammler, Reinhard

Recording information: Herkules-Saal, München....continue...

Der Tag bricht an - Famous Chorals / Gerhard Wilhelm, Stuttgart Hymnus Boys Choir, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2009-04-20

Works: Johann Georg Ebeling: Die güldne Sonne voll Freud und Wonne; Melchior Vulpius: Der Tag bricht an; Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfür; Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein; Michael Praetorius: Ich...
Conductors: Wilhelm, Gerhard

This release contains nineteen of the most well known chorales interpreted by the angelic Stuttgart Hymnal Boys Choir! These ageless hymns of praise, comfort, and...continue...

Barocke Weihnacht - Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, etc / Oelze, Markert, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Francesco Manfredini: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 3; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky: Sonata Natalis in C major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E ma...
Performers: Bischoff, Joachim; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Dittmann, Friedwart-Christian; Eabach, Gerhard; Eckoldt, Michael; Esterl, Egbert; Frenzel, Michael; Haupt, Christina; Haupt, Eckart; Kappler, Thomas; Kelemen...
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig

This collection, packaged for the holidays in an attractive slipcase, assembles three of the best selling Christmas recordings by Ludwig Guttler. He is not only...continue...

Machet die Tore Weit / Dijkstra, Glaser, et al

1 CD / Oehms / 2005-12-27

Works: Michael Praetorius: In dulci jubilo; Musae Sioniae; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 369; O Jesulein süss, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 2...
Performers: Hanft, Max
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter; Glaser, Michael
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Chorus

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...

Hört der Engel helle Lieder - Praetorius, etc / Römer, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-09-30

Works: Roland Maria Stangier: Ouvertüre, organ improvisation; Pastorale, organ improvisation; Toccata piccola, organ improvisation; Concertino im hochbarocken Stil, organ improvisation; Samuel Scheidt:...
Performers: Stangier, Roland Maria
Conductors: Romer, Bernhard

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...

A Christmas Concert / Karajan, Berlin Phil

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1987-09-17

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 27 ("Fa sol la re"), for 8 parts (same as Canzon no 9 from 1615 collection), C. 190; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Samuel Scheidt: In Dulci Jubilo; Fran...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von