Peyer: Preambuli e Fughe per Organo Teil I

Respighi: Lauda per la Natività del Signore

In 1930 Ottorino Respighi composed his Lauda per la Nativit del ­Signore, the only sacred choral work among his entire opus. In this hymn of praise to the miracle of Christmas, majestic sounding choral passages alternate with the soloistic roles of Maria, the Angel and the shepherd, accompanied by the sound of pastoral instruments. The music is varied, containing stylistic elements ranging from the late romantic to neo baroque, as well as echoes of Gregorian chant. In this recording by the Rundfunkchor Berlin, under the direction of Nicolas Fink and Maris Sirmais, Respighi’s composition is presented together with beautiful Christmas pieces by Poulenc, Sandström, Kaminskyand Raphael. Like Respighi, in their compositions they employed various techniques and harmonies from previous musical eras.

Octo toni ecclesiastici per Organo

Puccini: Canti per voce e pianoforte

The present collection of 16 smaller vocal compositions is doubly a novelty: On the one hand, among these are three works presented here which were either lost for more than a century [Dios y Patria], or they were never published in their definitive form [Salve Regina and Ad una morta!]. On the other hand, they appear here in the first critical edition of these vocal works ever published; through the consistent consultation of the original sources numerous false readings which had been handed down over the years could be corrected.

Cleofide -Dramma per musica von Johann Adolf Hasse : Untersuchung der Entstehungsgeschichte

Johann Adolf Hasse [1699 1783] is considered the most successful composer from the middle third of the 18th century. He spent the most important and longest portion of his professional musical career as Music Director at the Dresden Court of Friedrich August II. The fact that Hasse was offered this prestigious position was due to the success of his opera Cleofide, which was performed in Dresden in September 1731 still during the reign of August the Strong with his wife, Faustina [née Bordoni], singing the female lead. In connection with the first edition of Cleofide [Johann Adolf Hasse, Werke, Vol. I/1, Stuttgart, 2008] the editor, Zenon Mojzysz, undertook extensiveresearch of the cultural-historical environment surrounding this opera. With reference to numerous original sources, in the present volume the circumstances which led to the composer’s appointment at the Dresden Court and to the performance there of Cleofide will be brought to light.

La Grandezza della Musica Imperiale : Composizioni per orchestra

Johann Josef Fux, who was highly respected and the longtime Music Director of the Viennese Imperial Court, is gradually being rediscovered. This recording presents little-known works from Fux's instrumental opus. The focus of this recording are the stylized baroque dances: movements of the suite in which all the virtuoso possibilities of solo and tutti playing in the manner of Italian gusto are relished and explored. An especial charm lies in the pictorial-programmatic works, as in the bird call imitations in the Ouverture in d Minor, or the serenade-like concerto entitled "gentleness and bitterness of the night" music full of surprises and contrasts.

C. P. E. Bach: Concerti per il Cembalo

“Between the energetic tutti and the soft passages an exciting range is revealed without having to sacrifice a cultivated sound and tonal beauty. Rather, the string ensemble is unified, without sounding stiff, and in the slow movements … it is capable of playing in soft, if restrained song.”

Peyer: Preambuli e Fughe per Organo Teil II

Quintetti d'archi e Partite per due liuti [FBO]

” … a very beautiful, very refined ensemble playing, a rhythmically pointed, structurally clear, very expressive recording.“

6 Sonate per Violino e Cembalo BWV 1014-1019 : Johannsen

These important works within Bach’s chamber music opus are played by C. Busch and K. Johannsen on period instruments in an extraordinarily lively and finely differentiated style. The slow movements are rendered in an intimate, almost contemplative manner. In doing without the basso continuo Bach divided the three voices of a traditional trio sonata between two instruments by making the harpsichord an equal partner with the violin.

Composizioni per pianoforte : Edizione Nazionale delle Opere di Giacomo Puccini, II/2.2

Swa I Yan

The Taiwanese folk song Swa I Yan deals with the painful emotion of missing someone. A girl feels sad and lonely and asks her friends what she should do. “It is a very old, tragic song clad in my western conception of harmony. In this way, music does what it does best: connecting worlds.” (Juan Garcia)

Reger-Werkausgabe, Bd. I/5: Orgelstücke I

The fifth volume in the series of organ works includes, in chronological order, the organ pieces Max Reger composed in autumn 1892 in Weiden and Wiesbaden, and those composed between January 1900 and April 1902 in Weiden and Munich. The works presented in Vols. I/5-7 are, except for the works without opus numbers, collections of character pieces, not composed as cycles, but nevertheless arranged systematically. They mainly combine Reger’s compositions of medium difficulty, written both as a response to his large-scale works, but also with an eye to the market for printed music.

Die Gesamteinspielung. Box I (Vol. 1-8)

Vol. 1: Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 (CD 12)Vol. 2: Italienische Madrigale (CD 3)Vol. 3: Musikalische Exequien (CD 4)Vol. 4: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge (CD 5)Vol. 5: Cantiones Sacrae (CD 67)Vol. 6: Lukaspassion & Die Sieben Worte (CD 8)Vol. 7: Kleine geistliche Konzerte I (CD 9)Vol. 8: Psalmen Davids (CD 1011)

Erhard Karkoschka: Komponistenporträt I und II

Erhard Karkoschka is not only a composer but he is also active throughout the world as a lecturer and conductor. The Composer Portraits I and II reflect the versatility and the breadth of his creative output. Traditional as well as modern aspects play and important role in his music. Thus he is equally at home working with Gregorian chant, in an atonal idiom or even using plain noise. Likewise, his instrumental music displays a wide range, from works for recorder, to electronic music: He employs an extensive spectrum of sound, which offers him multi-facetted possibilities for musical expression.

Reger-Werkausgabe, Bd. I/2 : Phantasien und Fugen, Variationen, Sonaten, Suiten I für Orgel

Volume 2 of the Reger-Werkausgabe, in the category "organ music," comprises, in chronological order, the fantasies, fugues, variations, sonatas and suites which Max Reger composed between October 1894 and May 1901, primarily for concert purposes. In addition to the version of op. 33 printed in this volume, the DVD also contains the first version of mm. 75-88 from the Passacaglia, as well as the five variations composed for this movement [mm. 159 ff.] after the fact, which Reger wrote for Karl Straube. Volume 3 will conclude this category and will contain the following works: Sonata in D minor op. 60, Variations and Fugue on an original theme op. 73, Suite in G minor op. 92,Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E minor op. 127, Fantasia and Fugue in D minor op. 135b. Starting with Vol I/2 of the Reger-Werkausgabe the DVD will include a user guide in English.

Symphoniae Sacrae I : Complete recording, Vol. 14

Heinrich Schütz spent his whole life searching for that which is new in music. The Symphoniae Sacrae I, which were presented in 1629, also testify to this. Schütz composed them as a result of the impressions made upon him by his second journey to Venice. In addition to the numerous Italian stylistic traits which can be traced back to Monteverdi, the 20 concertos all in Latin particularly impress with their great variety of timbres: solo pieces, duets and trios for all voice type are combined with diverse string and wind instruments and are governed by the emotional and expressive world of the text. The recording impressively continues the award-winning Schütz completerecording with the Dresdner Kammerchor conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann with the customary top-quality soloists such as Dorothee Mields, Felix Schwandtke and others.

Bornefeld: Volksliederbuch I

Bornefeld: Volksliederbuch I

Parthia Bd. I

Italienische Komponisten I

Estendorffer: Orgelwerke I

Aequale I : in c

Chordienst im Kirchenjahr I

Sonaten Für Clavier I