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Love's Madness - Songs of Henry Purcell / Dorothee Mields, soprano

1 CD / Carus / 2012-04-24

Works: English Traditional: Tom of Bedlam, folk song; The cruel mother, folk song ("There was a lady lived in York"); Henry Purcell: 'Tis women makes us love, catch for 4 voices, Z. 281; The Richmond Heires...
Performers: Apel, Hans-Werner; Becker, Ulrike; Katschner, Wolfgang; Mields, Dorothee; Paetz, Ulrike; Schnurpfeil, Birgit; Thiele, Nora; von Hoff, Anne
Conductors: Katschner, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Lautten Compagney

After the successful release of the album 'Love Songs', soprano Dorothee Mields now presents a second album dedicated to the music of Henry Purcell. She...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche Berlin-Dahlem (07/16/2011-07/19/2011)....continue...

Musik Aus Der Frauenkirche: 2005-2010

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto d-Moll BWV 596; Markus-Passion BWV 247; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 294; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; J...
Performers: Grünert, Matthias; Johannsen, Kay; Kühmeier, Genia; Kircheis, Friedrich; Korondi, Anna; Kummer, Samuel; Lorenz, Andreas; Markert, Annette; Mertens, Klaus; Rubens, Sibylla; Saelens, Yves; Sc...
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander; Güttler, Ludwig; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McGegan, Nicholas; Immerseel, Jos van; Kreile, Roderich; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Blechbläserensemble; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Carus presents musical highlights from the critically acclaimed 18 Disc series entitled Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden. The recordings in this series not only document...continue...
Recording information: Frauenkirche Dresden....continue...

Schöpfungsmessen - Gatti, Haydn / Kreile, Korondi, Markert, Saelens, Mertens, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2009-07-14

Works: Luigi Gatti: Mass in A major "Creation"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"
Performers: Korondi, Anna; Markert, Annette; Mertens, Klaus; Saelens, Yves
Conductors: ; Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: Dresden Kreuz Choir; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

These "Creation" masses by Gatti and Haydn were performed in the Frauenkirche in Dresden and the recording is taken from these live performances. The Gatti...continue...

Handel: Jephtha / Grünert, Schäfer, Meyer, Schwarz, et al

3 CD / Carus / 2009-06-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Jephtha, HWV 70
Performers: Schäfer, Markus; Schwarz, Britta; Van Goethem, Patrick
Conductors: Grünert, Matthias
Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Orchestra

This oratorio in three acts was first performed in London on February 26, 1752 at Covent Garden, conducted by the composer. This recording is based...continue...

Handel: Samson / McGegan, Cooley, Daneman, Gottwald, Berger, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2009-06-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV 57
Performers: Berger, William; Cooley, Thomas; Daneman, Sophie; Friedrich, Wolf [Bass Voice]; Gottwald, Franziska; McGegan, Nicholas; Slattery, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Göttingen Festival Orchestra

English texts are included in this recording of Handel's oratorio 'Samson'. This is a live recording made in the Frauenkirche Dresden on June 5-6, 2008....continue...

Dresden Frauenkirche - Homilius: Weinachtsoratorium; Jacobi / Güttler, Kohl, Ullmann, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2008-10-14

Works: Gottfried August Homilius: Die Freude der Hirten über die Geburt Jesu "Christmas Oratorio"; Christian August Jacobi: Der Himmel steht uns wieder offen
Performers: Berndt, Tobias; Kohl, Christiane; Markert, Annette; Ullmann, Marcus
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig
Ensemble: Virtuosi Saxoniae

Festive Christmas music from the Dresden Frauenkirche: In his Christmas oratorio Homilius created a unique sound picture of the events of Christmas from the point...continue...

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Frieder Bernius, Stuttgart Classical Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

2 CD / Carus / 2008-08-12

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Güra, Werner; Morloc, Renee; Scherrer, Letizia; Volle, Michael; Wegener, Sarah [Soprano]
Conductors: ; Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: Stuttgart Chamber Choir; Stuttgart Classical Philharmonic Orchestra

Few compositions document as compellingly as Elijah the shifting critical reception accorded Mendelssohn during the past 150 years. At the English premiere in 1846, it...continue...

Mache dich auf, werde licht - J.L. Bach / Schlick, Nicholas

1 CD / Carus / 2008-01-01

Works: Johann Ludwig Bach: Mache dich auf, werde Licht; Ja, mir hast du Arbeit genacht; Er machete uns lebendig; Die mit Tränen säen
Performers: Jochens, Wilfried; Nichols, Mary; Schlick, Barbara; Varcoe, Stephen
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: Das Kleine Konzert; Jugendkantorei Dormagen

Johann Ludwig Bach - one of the most accomplished of J.S. Bach's cousins - was appointed in 1699 as a musician at the Court of...continue...

Gottfied Homilius: Passion Cantata / Fritz Naf, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-11-01

Works: Gottfried August Homilius: Ein Lämmlein geht
Performers: Bartosz, Bogna; Begemann, Hans Christoph; Brutscher, Markus; Mauch, Monika
Conductors: Näf, Fritz;
Ensemble: Basel Madrigalists; Neue Düsseldorfer Hofmusik

Althought Gottfried Homilius was the longtime choirmaster of the Kreuzkirche, due to its destruction, the primary center where he performed this function was at the...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio / Holger Speck, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-09-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio, Op. 12
Performers: Bourvé, Antonia; Czinczel, Sabine; Giefer, Romano; Hamann, Jens; Schneider, Gundula; Ullmann, Marcus
Conductors: Speck, Holger
Ensemble: Les Favorites; Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

Lachner: Requiem / Meyer, Augsburg Chamber Soloists

1 Super Audio CD / Carus / 2007-07-01

Works: Franz Lachner: Requiem in F minor
Performers: Balzer, Colin; Constantinescu, Roxana; Hughes, Ruby; Papendell, Gunter; Ulewicz, Marina; Werlitz, Gerhard
Conductors: Meyer, Hermann
Ensemble: Augsburg Chamber Soloists

After almost 30 years of composing strictly a cappella church works, Lachner created his Requiem in the Mozart Commemorative Year of 1856 as an expression...continue...

Johann Michael Haydn: Requiem in Bb, etc / Grun, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2007-01-01

Works: Johann Michael Haydn: Requiem in B flat major [fragment]; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: God is our refuge, K 20; Misericordias Domini, K 222 (205a); Venite Populi, K 260 (248a); Ave verum corpus in D majo...
Performers: Hamann, Jens; Kusano, Manami; Prégardien, Julian; Teuscher, Lydia
Conductors: Grun, Georg
Ensemble: Mannheim Chamber Orchestra; Saarbrücken Chamber Choir

Of Johann Michael Haydn 's two Requiem settings, his incomplete late work, the Requiem in B-Flat Major, has remained in the shadow of his so-called...continue...

Music for Advent and Christmas - Telemann / Ensemble 94

1 CD / Carus / 2006-09-01

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: In Deinem Wort TV 1 no 931; Harmonischer Gottesdienst; Magnificat, TV 9 no 18; Göttlichs Kind, lass mit Entzücken, TV 1 no 1020a; Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr...
Performers: Karasiak, Andreas; Noack, Sebastian; Ryden, Susanne; Schwarz, Britta
Conductors: Johannsen, Kay
Ensemble: Ensemble 94; Stimmkunst Vocal Ensemble

'Through Blessed Word and Sacrament' is the first piece in an annual cycle, composed in 1742/43, to words by the principal pastor of Hamburg, Erdmann...continue...

Hasse: Requiem, MIserere / Rademann

1 CD / Carus / 2006-01-01

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Requiem in E flat major; Miserere in D minor
Performers: Houde-Saturova, Simona; Schwarz, Britta; Stoklossa, Eric
Conductors: Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Orchestra; Dresden Chamber Choir

Johann Hasse was born at Bergedorf, near Hamburg. Around 1724 he arrived in Naples where he studied under Alessandro Scarlatti. Both works on this album,...continue...

Mendelssohn - Hor mein bitten - Church Music Vol 1 / Bernius

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Motets (3) for Chorus and Organ, Op. 39; Kyrie for Chorus in C minor; Hymn, Op. 96; Hora est; English Church Pieces (3), Op. 69; Salve Regina in E flat major
Performers: Hamari, Julia; Laukvik, Jon; Roos, Christof; Seidel, Adolph
Conductors: Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: Ensemble 76; Stuttgart Chamber Choir

Brahms: Geistliche Chormusik / Norrington, Schütz Choir

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Ave Maria, for female chorus in F major, Op. 12; Marienlieder (7) for chorus, Op. 22; Psalm 13 ("Herr, wie lange willst du mich"), for chorus & organ, Op. 27; Motets (2) for chorus, ...
Performers: Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Fryer, Cherith Milburn; Hardy, Rosemary
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Heinrich Schütz Choir, London

Mozart: Requiem K 626 / Bernius, Jezovsek, Schubert, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Jezovsek, Vasiljka; Schubert, Claudia; Ullmann, Marcus; Volle, Michael
Conductors: Bernius, Frieder
Ensemble: Stuttgart Baroque Ensemble; Stuttgart Chamber Choir

Buxtehude: Kantaten - Alles, was ihr tut, etc / Graulich

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Alles, was ihr tut, BuxWV 4; Gott hilf mir, BuxWV 34; Fürwahr, er trug unsere Krankheit, BuvWV 31; Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Performers: Abel, Bruce; Melzer, Friedreich; Pfaff, Oly; Riess, Heidi; Ulrich, Barbara
Conductors: Graulich, Günter
Ensemble: Ensemble 76; Stuttgart Motet Choir

Charles Gounod: Musica sacra / Lustig, Mayhaus, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2005-08-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Messe brève no 5 "Aux séminaires"; Messe breve no 7 "Aux chapelles"; Dans cette étable; Les sept paroles de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ sur la croix; Magnificat an...
Performers: Bonhoff, Christa; Gotting, Tobias; Mayhaus, Raphaela
Conductors: Lustig, Hans-Joachim
Ensemble: I Vocalisti Chamber Choir

"This recording is blessed by superb sound that is a model for the depth, clarity, and resonance that a good choral recording should have. The...continue...