GERMAN FOLK AND OTHER MUSIC

Updated March 15, 2007

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WENN ALLE BRÜNNLEIN FLIESSEN: BERÜHMTE MÄNNERCHÖRE   - The male choruses of the Rundfunkchor Leipzig and Rundfunkchor Berlin  team up with the  Berlin Male Chorus „Carl Maria von Weber“ in a program of TWENTY TWO magnificent vocal pieces drawn from the classics and the German folk repertoire. Includes: Muss i denn zum Städtele hinaus; Ein Jäger aus Kurpfalz; Der Mai ist gekommen; Kloster Grabow; Ludwig van Beethoven’s Die Himmel rühmen; Friedrich Silcher’s Wohin mit der Freud; Ave Maria, Op. 533 III Wenn alle Brünnlein Fliessen; Süss Liebe liebt den Mai; Edvard Grieg’s Landerkennung Op. 31; Robert Schumann’s Die Minnesänger; In stiller Nacht; Die lustigen Musikanten; Nächt liches Ständchen; Ständchen; Das Dörfchen Op. 11, Nr. 1; Still wie die Nacht; Drunten im Unterland; Jetzt gang i ans Brünnele; Als wir jüngst in Regensburg waren; Wohin soll ich wenden and Im Abendrot; Solid and definitive classical performances. CD ONLY: CP10716 $19.95  DISCONTINUED

ES LÖSCHT DAS MEER DIE SONNE AUS: BERÜHMTE MÄNNERCHÖRE - The male choruses of the Rundfunkchor Leipzig and Rundfunkchor Berlin in a robust performance featuring TWENTY magnificent vocal pieces drawn from the classics and the German folk repertoire. Includes: Schifferlied, Der Jaeger Abschied; Franz Schubert’s Nachtgesang im Walde;  Ludwig van Beethoven’s Hymne an die Nacht; Das Testament; Der Lindenbaum (another piece by Schubert that has become a standard in the German folk song tradition); Das Wandern ist des Müllers Lust; In einem kühlen  Grunde; Trinklied op. 75; Gesang der Geister über den Wassern; Hab oft im Kreis der Lieben; Heilig; Carl Maria von Weber’s Lützow’s Wilde Jagd; Die Nacht; Rheinweinlied; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Bundeslied; Im Krug zum Grünen Kranze; Friedrich Silcher’s So nimm den meine Hände; Märznacht and Ich bete an die Macht der Liebe by Dimiri Bortniansky. Solid and definitive classical performances. CD ONLY: CP10422 DISCONTINUED

AM BRUNNEN VOR DEM TORE: BERÜHMTE MÄNNERCHÖRE –  Twenty two classical choral pieces and folk songs performed by the Berlin Male Chorus „Carl Maria von Weber“  under the direction of Andreas Wiedermann Includes: Wohin mit der Freud; Ännchen von Tharau; Heidenröslein; Mein Buhlschaft ist Frau Musica; Innsbrück, ich muss dich lassen; Drei Reiter am Tore; Frühlingslied; Die Rose stand im Tau; Der träumende See; Die Minnesänger; In stiller Nacht; Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden; Die Ehre Gottes aus der Nature; Opferlied; Türkisches Schenkenlied; Wasserfahrt; Die Lorelei; Der Jäger Abschied; Der Lindenbaum; Liebe; Die Nacht; Nächtliches Ständchen. As an added bonus, many of the songs presented here feature arrangements by such famous musical personalities as JS Bach, Carl Maria von Weber, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven and others. A co-production of RIAS, Berlin. CD ONLY: CP10391 DISCONTINUED 

MUSIC OF KING FREDERICK II (THE GREAT) OF PRUSSIA - Besides being one of the greatest military geniuses of European History, King Frederick the Great of Prussia (1712-1786) was an accomplished musician and prolific composer of chamber music who, even while leading his army in the field against one of the mightiest coalitions ever assembled, was never out of reach of the flute he had learned to play as a boy. In all, 122 sonatas composed by him for flute and harpsichord survive, along with four flute concertos, four symphonies and a large number of smaller pieces. This album featuring two of his Symphonies for Chamber Orchestra (the G-Major and D-Major ), as well as two of his better known concertos for Flute, Strings and Continuo (the G-Major and C-Major), performed by the Kammerorchester "Carl Philip Emanuel Bach" under the direction of Hartmut Haenchen,  is presented here as a piece of living history and a fascinating example of The Great King’s multi-faceted character. On hearing these compositions which once graced the rooms and terraces of Potsdam’s Sans Souci, the contemporary listener is indeed reminded that Preussens Gloria is not limited to the battlefield! CD ONLY: CP10064 DISCONTINUED

MUSIC FROM CHARLOTTENBURG CASTLE - The Castle of Charlottenburg, begun in 1695, was intended as a summer residence for Queen Sophie Charlotte (1668-1705), the wife of Frederick I (the first Hohenzollern "King in Prussia") and was originally called Schloß Lietzenberg, after the hamlet where it was situated a mere ten kilometers away from what were then the western outskirts of Berlin. The musically inclined Queen of Prussia, who had achieved recognition as a harpsichordist in her own right before the demanding audiences of Paris and Versailles, was above all a devotee of the Italianate baroque style of music then prevalent in the salons and courts of Europe, and accordingly attracted to her residence many of the leading composers, musicians and vocalists of the day - most of whom were, of course, Italians. This album, which nicely presents the culture of Prussia in a European context, features a collection of  instrumental and vocal pieces by such figures as Arcangelo Corelli, Giovanni Bononcini, Giuseppe Torelli, Attilio Ariosti and Agostino Steffani, performed exactly as heard at the court of the Queen of Prussia nearly three centuries ago by the musicians and soloists of the Berliner Barock-Compagney. CD ONLY: CP10459 $DISCONTINUED

REGENSBURGER DOMSPATZEN: GERMAN FOLK SONGS – A superb album featuring twenty German folk songs performed with timeless beauty and style by the choir-boys of that historic vocal ensemble, the Regensburger Domspatzen, conducted by Roland Büchner. Includes: Musica, die ganz lieblich Kunst; All mein Gednaken die ich hab’ (the oldest piece on this album, from the „Lochamer Liederbuch“ of 1450); Ännchen von Tharau (a folk classic from the Königsberg region of East Prussia); Mein Mädel hat einen Rosamund; Heidenröslein; Kommte ein Vogel geflogen; All meine Herzgedanken; Studio auf einer Reis’; Lieb Heimatland, ade; Die Loreley; Als wir jüngst in Regensburg waren; Waldesnacht; Der Mond ist aufgegangen; Nun ruhen alle Wälder; Ständchen; Abendständchen; Ade zur guten Nacht (a Transylvanian German folk song) ; Guten Abend, gute Nacht („Brahms’ Lullaby“); Wiegenlied; Schlafe, mein Prinzchen schlaf ein. A co-production of Bayerische Rundfunk. CD ONLY: CP10564 DISCONTINUED

ALTDEUTSCHE WEIHNACHTEN / TRADITIONAL GERMAN CHRISTMAS – A beautiful compilation of the festive seasonal sounds of a real German Christmas., including: O du fröhliche; Vom Himel hoch da komm ich her; Kommt, wir gehn nach Bethlehem; Ihr Kinderlein kommet; Kommet.Ihr Hirten; Joseph, Lieber Joseph mein; Süsser die Glocken nie klingen; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; O Tannenbaum;;  Kling, Glöckchen kling; Morgen, kKinder, wird’s was geben; Am Weihnachtsbaum die Lichter brennen; Der Christbaum ist der schönste Baum; Alle Jahre wieder; Stile Nacht, heilige Nacht and much more. These are timeless performances (definitely no “Jingle Bell Rock” here!) by the Thomanerchor Leipzig; Rundfunk-Kinderchor Berlin; Berliner Männerchor Carl-Maria von Weber; Heidelberger Kammerorchester and others. Also included are several pieces played on a restored Christmas Music-Box from 1860! CD ONLY: BT2046-2 DISCONTINUED

100 DEUTSCHE VOLKSLIEDER – The Rundfunk-Jugendchor Wernigerode presents ONE HUNDRED of the most beloved German folk songs (from all areas of Germany) in a series of beautiful, classical performances. Space prohibits a listing of all titles featured on this three-CD set, but ALL the classics (plus MANY previously „obscure“ gems!) are here, including: Es, es, es und es; Ännchen von Tharau; Alle Vögel sind schon da; Ade zur guten Nacht; Wenn alle Brünnlein fliessen; Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit; Der Lindenbaum; Du, du liegst mir im Herzen; Freut euch des Lebens; Schlafe, mein Prinzchen schlaf ein; Im Wald und auf der Heide; Im schönsten Wiesengrunde; Ein Jäger uas Kurpfalz; Heidenröslein; Ach, wie ist’s möglich dann and many more. 3-CD SET: BT1083-2 DISCONTINUED

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