Schütz, Heinrich > Compact Disc

Die Donati - the only working organ of baroque organ master Donati: Works by Haydn, Bassani, Stradella, Mayr et al. / Jana Reiner, soprano; Matthias Grünert: organ

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2013-03-12

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Fünf Stücke für die Flötenuhr (Five Pieces for Mechanical Organ), Hob. 19; Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude for organ in C major (by J. L. Krebs, not JSB), BWV 5...

The history of this organ is rather peculiar, as it moved from one church to another and then back again. At 250 years old, it...continue...
Recording information: Ebersdorf (03/2009); Lichtenwalde (03/2009); Ebersdorf (07/2012-09/2012); Lichtenwalde (07/2012-09/2012)....continue...

Schütz: St. Luke Passion; Die Sieben Worte / Hofbauer, Kunath, Kobow, Mathger, Rumpf

1 CD / Carus / 2013-02-26

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Die Sieben Worte unseres lieben Erlösers und Seeligmachers Jesu Christi; Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, SWV 447; St. Luke Passion, for soprano, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & ...
Performers: Hofbauer, Ulrike; Remy, Ludger; Santana, Lee
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Dresden Kammerchor; Sirius Viols

Carus' sixth installment in the complete works of Heinrich Schütz is presented with the guiding principle "historically informed - interpreted today". The Dresdner Kammerchor performs...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche "Zum Heiligan Namen Gottes", Radeberg (04/17/2012-04/21/2012)....continue...

Heinrich Schutz: Cantiones Sacrae / Dresden Chamber Choir

2 CD / Carus / 2013-01-29

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Cantiones Sacrae, motets (41) for 4 voices & continuo, SWV 53-93 (Op. 4)
Performers: Hess, Frauke; Remy, Ludger
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Dresden Chamber Choir

In the complete works of Heinrich Schütz, performed by the Dresdner Kammerchor under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann, the fifth installment presents the Cantiones Sacrae...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche "Zum Heiligan Namen Gottes", Radeberg (02/13/2012-02/17/2012)....continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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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...

Pater Noster: A Choral Reflection on the Lord's Prayer / The King's Singers

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Plainchant: Pater noster; Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 386; Vater unser, der du bist im Himmel, motet for...
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Ensemble: The King's Singers

GRAMMY Award winners in 2009, The King's singers are one of the world's most celebrated ensembles. Their programming concept in this dic is unique: built...continue...
Recording information: Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, TN, USA (03/23/2012/03/24/2012)....continue...

Touched - works by Purcell, Sting, Michael Jackson, Elton John; Monteverdi et al. / Calmus Ensemble

1 CD / Carus / 2012-10-30

Works: Dominic Miller / Gordon Sumner: Shape of My Heart; Calmus Ensemble: Touched, vocal interludes; Henry Purcell: Hush, no more, be silent all (from "The Fairy Queen"), bass aria & chorus, Z. 629/14; Fai...
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Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

For their new album touched, Calmus has chosen songs and lieder from several centuries on themes that never fail to touch the heart and have...continue...
Recording information: Echolux Tonstudio Leipzig (2012-05-17_2012-05-19&2012-)....continue...

Jubilate Deo - Works by Johann Stadlmayr, Heinrich Schutz, Giovanni Gabrieli / Munich Orpheus Choir

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Stadlmayr: Domine Dominus noster; Exaltabo te Domine; Venite filii; Exultate Deo; Missa Jubilate Deo; Heinrich Schütz: Rorate coeli desuper, for 2 sopranos, bass & continuo, SWV 322 (Op. ...
Conductors: Guglhör, Gerd
Ensemble: Les Cornets Noirs

What a colorful, jubilant Exultate Deo effervescently resonating through the church nave in the highest and lowest tones! What rejoicing the alternation between chorus and...continue...
Recording information: St. Markus, Munich (11/25/2011-11/27/2011)....continue...

Monteverdi, Schutz, Buxtehude, Bach, Mendelssohn, Rutter / Hannover Children's Choir

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D-Dur, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Kantate; Magnificat in D-Dur, BWV 243, 1; Michael Praetorius: Jubilate Domino, motet à 9 (from Musae Sioniae); Venite, cantate ...
Performers: Fugiss, Carmen; Ingwersen, Kerstin [Oboe]; Perl, Hille; Smidt, Ulfert
Conductors: Breiding, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Concerto Palatino; Ensemble L'Arco; Hannover Children's Choir; Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble ; Musica Alta Ripa; Sirius Viols

Critics have applauded the Knabenchor Hannover's purity of sound, controlled sensuality, and profound musicianship since the group's inception. When director Jorg Breiding took over ten...continue...

Heinrich Schutz: Plalms of David / Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich verlassen, concert for 2 sopranos, 2 tenors, 3 cornets, 4 trombones; Herr, straf mich nicht in deinem Zorn, for chorus & continuo, SWV 135 (Op. 5...
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: ; Concerto Palantino

A crucial stage in Schütz's development, the 'Psalms of David' also mark a decisive milestone in the birth of Baroque music in Germany. Having returned...continue...
Recording information: l'église St. Ostag, Neustadt-Mandelsloh, Germany (10/1997)....continue...

Tuba Mirum - works by Schutz, Gabrieli, Dowland, Brade et al. / Sacqueboutiers, Renaud Delaigue, bass

1 CD / Flora / 2012-06-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Attendite, popule meus, motet for bass, 2 trombones or violins, 2 trombones & continuo, SWV 270 (Op.; Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Bo...
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Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

Tuba Mirum consists of works from the most beautiful original pieces devoted to the sackbut. Alongside Daniel Lasalle, the album features international soloists like Michel...continue...
Recording information: L'Auditorium du Musée du Puano, Limoux, Aude (04/2011)....continue...

Great European Choral Works / The Sixteen

1 CD / Coro / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus vir; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Gaude, Maria virgo, motet for 5 voices; Diet...
Performers: Beckley, Lisa; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Cornwell, Joseph; Crabtree, Libby; Davidson, Grace; Dean, Ruth; Dobell, Mark; Dunkley, Sally; Evans, Robert; Jones, Tim [Vocals]; Macdonald, Rob...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry
Ensemble: The Sixteen (Choir)

Since they were founded in 1979, Harry Christophers and The Sixteen have recorded over 100 discs of choral music spanning 600 years. On this new...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...

La Sacqueboute: works by Castello, Ortiz, Falconiero, Morales, Schein, Scheidt et al. performed on period brass

1 CD / Flora / 2012-04-10

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Canzon Bergamasca, for brass quintet; Dario Castello: Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo no 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Book 2; So...
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Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers

This program consists of the most representative and virtuoso works of the golden age of the sackbut. The gesture of the musician, who draws ("sacquer")...continue...
Recording information: Aureville, France (08/2002)....continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Katharine Fuge, soprano; Matthew Brook, baritone - Gardiner

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2012-03-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnunge (Psalm 84), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 29 (Op. 2/8); Selig sind die Toten; Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Fuge, Katharine; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Monteverdi Choir

SDG is happy to present the final recording issued from the 2008 Brahms: Roots and Memories tour, in which John Eliot Gardiner and his ensembles...continue...
Recording information: Usher Hall, Edinburgh; Royal Festival Hall, London; Sal....continue...

Heinrich Schütz: Zwoelf geistliche Gesänge / Rademann

1 CD / Carus / 2012-03-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & continuo ad lib, SWV 420 (Op. 13/1); All Ehr und Lob soll Gottes sein, for soprano, alto, tenor, bass & continuo ...
Performers: Klein, Irene; Knebel, Sebastian
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Dresden Chamber Choir

Together with Carus-Verlag Stuttgart, under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann, the Dresdner Kammerchor will realize the first complete recording of the works of Heinrich Schuetz...continue...
Recording information: Studio MDR, Leipzig, Germany (10/21/2009-10/25/2009)....continue...

Schutz: Psalmen Davids 1619 / Beringer

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt (Psalm 1), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 28 (Op. 2/7); Psalms of David, Op. 2; Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnunge (Psalm 84), for double chorus & ...
Performers: Eller, Robert; Herden, Vilmar; Hofmockel, Armin; Kirsch, Dieter; Preißer, Frank; Reith, Gisela; Wagner, Wolfgang
Conductors: Beringer, Karl-Friedrich
Ensemble: Windsbacher Knabenchor

This unusually live rendering of the Psalms of David 1619, Heinrich Schutz's musical picture book setting of the original biblical texts, features new editions of...continue...

O Jesu Mi Dulcissime - sixteenth century music from Shütz, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, and Corradini / Coro

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2012-03-07

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnunge (Psalm 84), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 29 (Op. 2/8); Psalms of David, Op. 2; Selig sind die Toten; Giovanni Gabrieli: O magnum mysterium...
Performers: Denby, Joseph [Tenor (vocal)]; Golden, Jo [Soprano (vocal)]; Gupta, Ashok [Organ]; Jeremiah, Michael; Mayes, Jonathan [Tenor (vocal)]; McElwaine, Richard; Paterson, Cat [Soprano]; Paterson, Robin; Re...
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Ensemble: Camerata Antica

Coro is an award winning choir who won the Tallinn International Choir Festival in 2003 and were the first western choir to beat 45 choirs...continue...
Recording information: St. Mary-At-Hill, Monument, London (10/29/2011-10/30/2011)....continue...

Famous Music For Brass / Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Canzon no 15, for 10 parts, C. 208; Canzoni et sonate (21); Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Heinrich Schütz: Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, 2...
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig
Ensemble: Ludwig Guttler Brass Ensemble

This new compilation from the wealth of recordings made by the Ludwig Güttler Brass Ensemble features a selection ranging from Gabrieli to Handel, whose Music...continue...

Vespers for the End of the Church Year / Kreuzchorvespern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Deus Noster Refugium; Johann Walter: Allein auf Gottes Wort will ich mein Grund und Glauben bauen; Heinrich Schütz: Aus der Tiefe (Psalm 130), for double chorus & continuo SWV ...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Kopke, Lukas; Morgner, Felix; Renz, Christopher
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: Kreuzchorvespern

At the end of the church year, we remember those who have departed this life, whether by natural causes or through conflict, and allow ourselves...continue...
Recording information: Dresden, Lukaskirche (11/09/2009-11/13/2009)....continue...

Baroque Music for Trombones and Voice / Anton Scharinger, bass

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2012-01-31

Works: Giorgio Mainerio: Pass é mezzo & Salterello; Putta Nera Ballo Furlano, estampie; Caro ortolano & Salterello; Ballo milanese; Heinrich Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Attendite, p...
Performers: Gagelmann, Jens; Haeger, Raphael; Scharinger, Anton; Schrodi, Uwe; Siefert, Oliver; Strauss, Thomas
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Ensemble: Datura (New Zealand)

The Datura-Posaunenquartet was formed by 4 trombonists in 1987. The trombones used on this production were all built based on 16th and 17th century instruments...continue...
Recording information: Peter- und Paulkirche, Mössingen (09/14/1993-09/17/1992)....continue...

How Brightly Lights the Morning Star: Christmas pastorale music and sacred songs from the Baroque

1 CD / Oehms / 2011-11-15

Works: Bernhard Schmid the Elder: Bewahr mich, Herr, for organ; Michael Praetorius: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (How Brightly Shines the Morning Star) (from the Polyhymnia caduc; Anonymous: Pado...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene
Conductors: Clemencic, René; Clemencic, René
Ensemble: Clemencic Consort

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The material is fresh and the music is gently pastoral or celebratory, so the album should have an appeal for listeners looking for music for...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of Albertus-Magnus-Gymnasium, Vienna (01/2011)....continue...

Noël - Christmas Edition Sampler

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Heinrich Schütz: Heute ist Christus der Herr geboren, SWV 439; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Pastorale sur la naissance de N.S. Jesus-Christ, H. 483; Arcangelo Corelli: C...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Lawrence-King, Andrew; Mellon, Agnes [Soprano Vocal]; Roure, Yves; Saorgin, Rene
Conductors: Gronostay, Uwe; Jacobs, René; Christie, William; ; Herreweghe, Philippe; Hillier, Paul; Pérès, Marcel
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale; Ensemble 415; Ensemble Organum; La Chapelle Royale; Les Arts Florissants

Recording information: 1976-2002....continue...

Die Vögel unter dem Himmel - Scheidt, Schütz, Scheidemann, etc / Brewer, Kitchen, Battling, et al

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Samuel Scheidt: Modus pleno organo pedaliter; Ein Kindlein so löbelich, for chorus; Chorale prelude for organ ("Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund") (1624); Ein feste Burg is unser Gott, for organ, SS...
Performers: Batting, Edward; Kitchen, John
Conductors: Brewer, Mike
Ensemble: National Youth Choir of Great Britain

Schutz: Weihnachts-Historie (Christmas History) / René Jacobs

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435; Sei gegrüsset, Maria, for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, 5 instruments & continuo, SWV 3...
Conductors: Jacobs, René
Ensemble: Concerto Vocale

Recording information: Seewen, Suisse (09/1989)....continue...

Great Christmas Classics by Schutz, Scarlatti, J.S. Bach, Handel

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Alessandro Scarlatti: Oh di Betlemme altera povertà, chamber cantata for soprano & strings ("Cantata pastorale per la nati; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; C...
Performers: Hubert, Kurt; Lane, Jennifer; Majkut, Erich; Price, Dave; Schmalhofer, Josef; Speiser, Elisabeth; Stocklassa, Gertraud; Wilhelms, Gunther
Conductors: Radu, Valentin; Kehr, Günter; Rilling, Helmuth; Grossmann, Ferdinand
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Bach Orchestra; The Amadeus Ensemble; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Joyous & uplifting Christmas music by the 4 great baroque composers. A musical telling of the Christmas story from Handel's Messiah, Bach's Christmas Oratorio, Schutz...continue...

Heinrich Schütz: Complete Narrative Works / Ars Nova Copenhagen

4 CD / Dacapo / 2011-10-25

Works: Heinrich Schütz: St. Luke Passion, for soprano, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & chorus, SWV 480 (attributed); Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435; Die A...
Performers: Jespersen, Jakob Bloch; Linderoth, Johan; Podger, Julian; Riis, Adam; Torp, Else
Conductors: Hillier, Paul
Ensemble: ; Ars Nova Copenhagen; Sirius Viols

This box set presents the complete narrative works of Heinrich Schütz in the acclaimed new recordings by Ars Nova Copenhagen conducted by Paul Hillier. The...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...

Mythos 116: Compositions from the 17th and 21st century / Calmus Ens.

1 CD / Carus / 2011-10-25

Works: Johann Hermann Schein: Das ist mir lieb (Psalm 116), motet for 5 voices; Gregorian Chant: Dilexi quoniam exaudies Domine (Psalm 116, v. 1-5); Custodit parvulos Dominus (Psalm 116, v. 6-11); Quid redd...
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Ensemble: Calmus Ensemble

Formed in 1999, the Calmus Ensemble is acclaimed for their fine interpretation of a wide range of musical styles - from early music to contemporary...continue...
Recording information: Lutherkirche Liepzig (05/23/2011-06/21/2011)....continue...

A Child is Born / A selection of both old and new Christmas songs

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2011-10-11

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11; Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt, motet for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo, SWV 380 (Op. 11/; Johann Hermann Schein: Nun komm, der Heiden H...

Heinrich Schutz: Italienische Madrigale

1 CD / Carus / 2011-09-27

Works: Heinrich Schütz: O primavera...O dolcezza anarissimi, madrigal for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor & bass, SWV 1-2 (Op. 1/1-2; Il primo libro de madrigali, Op. 1; Selve beate, se sospirando, madrigal fo...
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Dresden Chamber Choir

German composer and organist, Heinrich Schütz is kindly regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach. Writing was is thought to be...continue...
Recording information: Ev. Kirche St. Marien, Dohna (06/10/2010-06/14/2010)....continue...

Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2011-09-02

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Vasto mar, nel cui seno, madrigal for soprano, alto, tenor & bass, SWV 19 (Op. 1/19); Ich danke dem Herrn (Psalm 111), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 34 (Op. 2/13); Es steh G...
Conductors: Schuster, Norbert
Ensemble: Capella Sagittariana Dresden

This collection features composers who were drawn to Venice in the 16th and 17th centuries and includes works such as Vasto mar and Es steh...continue...
Recording information: Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig-Connewitz (10/25/2010-10/28/2010)....continue...

Schutz: Italian Madrigals/ Cantus Colln, Konrad Junghanel

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-07-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: O primavera...O dolcezza anarissimi, madrigal for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor & bass, SWV 1-2 (Op. 1/1-2; Il primo libro de madrigali, Op. 1; Selve beate, se sospirando, madrigal fo...
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: ; Cantus Colln

Recording information: l'église St. Ostab, Neustadt-Mandelsloh (Allemagne) (10/1998)....continue...

Heinrich Schutz: Musicalishche Exequien

1 CD / Ricercar / 2011-07-12

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Herr, nun lässest du deinen Diener, for soprano, alto, 2 tenors, bass & continuo ad lib, SWV 432-433; Ich bin die Auferstehung und das Leben, for double chorus, SWV 464; Da...
Performers: Foccroulle, Bernard
Conductors: Meunier, Lionel
Ensemble: Vox Luminis

Prince Heinrich von Reuss organized all the details of his funeral in advance, from the music - to be composed and performed by Heinrich Schütz...continue...
Recording information: Beaufays, Église Saint-Jean l'Évangeliste (10/2010)....continue...

Schütz: St. Matthew Passion / Paul Hillier

1 CD / Dacapo / 2011-03-29

Works: Heinrich Schütz: St. Matthew Passion for 2 sopranos, alto, 3 tenors, 2 basses & chorus, SWV 479
Conductors: Hillier, Paul

Ars Nova Copenhagen and Paul Hillier present the fourth recording in a series devoted to the narrative works (Historia) of Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672). The Danish...continue...
Recording information: Garnisonskirken, Copenhagen, Denmark (04/05/2010-04/08/2010)....continue...

Cross Vespers Choir: Sacred Songs for Easter

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-03-08

Works: Gregorian Chant: Christus factus est, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis, No 655); Hugo Distler: Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 12; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Felix Mendelssohn: Mein Gott, Warum Hastdu Mich...
Performers: Guldner, Georg; Renz, Christopher
Conductors: Kreile, Roderich

This recording of choral works for Passiontide and Easter continues to follow the Dresden Kreuzchor through the Church year. The CD series presents works that...continue...
Recording information: Lukaskirche, Dresden (03/15/2010-03/19/2010)....continue...

Heinrich Schütz Choral Music: "Die Himmel Erzählen"

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-03-08

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Herr, wenn ich nur dich, motet for double chorus & continuo, SWV 280 (Op. 7/2); Herr nun lässest du deinen Diener/Selig sind die Toten, for double chorus & continuo ("Canti...
Performers: Hammer, Ernst-Ludwig; Jaroslawski, Werner; Otto, Hans
Conductors: Arman, Howard; Kreile, Roderich; Mauersberger, Rudolf
Ensemble: ; Schütz-Akademie

De Vitae Fugacitate

1 CD / Glossa / 2011-03-03

Works: Adam Krieger: Der Liebe Macht herrscht Tag und Nacht, aria; Ihr bleibet nicht Bestand verpflicht, aria; Der Unbestand ist ihr verwandt, aria; Verliebet sein macht groáe Pein, aria; Der hat ges...
Performers: Balconi, Roberto; Bertini, Rossana; Cavina, Claudio
Conductors: Gini, Roberto
Ensemble: Concerto delle Viole

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Claudio Cavina's plangent countertenor is a fine match for the mournful sound of the viols...
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Recording information: Villa Pirelli, Induno Olana, Varesse, Italy (08/1992)....continue...

Die Gedanken sind frei / Spielleyt

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2011-01-25

Works: German Traditional: Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein, folk song; Es ist ein Schnitter (There is a reaper); Feinsliebchen, du sollst mir nicht barfuá gehn, folk song; Albrecht Haaf: Ain Geyer ist...
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Ensemble: Freiburger Spielleyt

Recording information: 08/01/1997-08/04/1997....continue...

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine; Selva morale e spirituale; Heinrich Schütz: Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Heu mihi, Domine, motet for soprano, al...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Flowers, Suzanne; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Tracey, Bradford
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Ensemble: London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble; Musica Fiata; Restoration Academy

A sublime re-issue featuring some of the finest vocal performers in early music. Monteverdi’s masterpiece of sacred music is joined by an essential selection of...continue...

Von Den Letzten Dingen

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2011-01-02

Works: Anonymous, German: Gott sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte, oratorio for 4 soloists, piano, violine, 3 violas da gamba, ba; Stephan Otto: Der Mensch vom Weibe geboren, motet for 6 voices & bas...
Performers: Adler, Gesine; Gähler, Stephan; Otto, Gudrun Sidonie; Wagner, Dorothea
Conductors:
Ensemble: Capella Sagittariana Dresden

This CD begins with the performance of the penitential psalm Gott, sei mir gnädig nach deiner Güte (anon). This astonishing work has never before been...continue...
Recording information: Lukaskirche Dresden (11/2006/01/2009)....continue...

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...

One God: Psalms and Hymns from Orient & Occident

1 CD / Ludi Musici / 2010-10-10

Works: Mehmet Cemal Yesilçay: Psalm 2, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî); Psalm 5, psalm setting for voice & ensemble (after Claude Goudimel and Ali Ufkî...
Performers: Özer, Ihsan; Özhan, Ahmet; Crowe, Robert; De La Rosee, Arno Jochem; Nachtsheim, Andreas; Rath, Stephan; Yesilçay, Mehmet Cemal; Yilmaz, Volkan
Conductors: Yesilçay, Mehmet Cemal
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble

Named after an area of Istanbul in which people of different origins, races, religions and cultures have rubbed shoulders since time immemorial, the Pera Ensemble...continue...
Recording information: Berlin, Germany (2008); Istanbul, Turkey (2008); Munich, Germany (2008)....continue...

Brahms: Symphony No. 4

1 CD / Soli Deo Gloria / 2010-09-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Giovanni Gabrieli: Symphoniae sacrae, Book 2; Heinrich Schütz: Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich, motet for 2 sopranos, alto, tenor, 2...
Performers: Appleton, Tom; Bragle, Margaret [Mezzo-soprano]; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Hall, Alison; Mobbs, Charlotte; Mulroy, Nicholas; Robertson, Nicholas; Vocal], Matthew Brook [Bass-Baritone; Young, Stuart
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"During a 2008 BBC interview to mark the centenary of his birth, the composer Elliott Carter uttered the startling statement that live performances of his...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (10/2008)....continue...

Heinrich Schütz: Great Motets

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV 456; Fili mi, Absalon, SWV 269 (Op. 6); Auf dem Gebirge, motet for 2 altos, 5 instruments & continuo, SWV 396 (Op. 11/28); Heu mihi, Domine, motet ...
Performers: Cuckston, Alan
Conductors:
Ensemble: English Consort of Viols; London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble; The Restoration Project

Pro Cantione Antiqua are joined here by the London Cornett & Sackbut Ensemble, Restoration Academy, the English Consort of Viols and organist Bradford Tracey. This...continue...

Sacred Music / J.S. Bach, Brahms, Bruckner et al.

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 238; Mass in G minor, BWV 235; Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248; Heinrich Schütz: Psalms of David, Op 2; Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11; Anton Bruckner: Loc...
Performers: Hammer, Ernst-Ludwig; Jaroslawski, Werner; Otto, Hans
Conductors: Mauersberger, Rudolf; Flämig, Martin; Stier, Gothart; Kreile, Roderich

The church's four most recent directors of music are united in this collection, in which great sacred choral music illustrates the development of the boys'...continue...

Renaissance Polyphony / James Bowman, Catherine Bott, Paul Esswood

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-07-13

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Thomas Morley: Let my complaint, anthem; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; I call and cry to thee; William Byrd: Delight is dead, song for voices & viols; How vain the toils, ...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Esswood, Paul; Flowers, Suzanne; George, Michael; Griffett, James; Tracey, Bradford
Conductors:
Ensemble: English Consort of Viols

With the perennial Allegri Miserere as its headline piece, this Renaissance album brings together a great collection of Polyphony and Part Songs by 9 great...continue...

Nun Lob Mein Seel den Herren

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-06-29

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: O barmherziger Vater, motet for 4 voices; Das ist je gewiálich wahr, Christmas motet; Heinrich Schütz: Verleih uns Frieden genädiglich, motet for 2 sopranos or...

Recording information: Cedernsaal Schloá Kirchheim....continue...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Once Were Angels: The Tradition of Boy Trebles

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Linden Lea; I got me flowers, song for baritone, chorus (ad lib.) orchestra (Mystical Songs no 2); British Isles Traditional: I Will Give My Love an Apple, folk song; Wolfgang...
Performers: Birch, John; Blaze, Robin; Bowyer, Jeremy; Brough, Andrew; Carroll, Dara; Criswell, Michael; Davey, Peter; Davis, James; Dutton, Paul; Ginn, Michael; Higginbottom, Edward; Hunt, Donald [Choral Conduc...