Composer: Michael Praetorius
Performer: Dresdner Kammerchor
Conductor: Hans-Christoph Rademann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Accentus Music
Catalogue: ACC30505
Release: 2021
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Jubilate Deo à 9
02. Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Arr. M. Vulpuis for Choir)
03. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Arr. for Choir)
Musae sioniae, Pt. 4
04. No. 26, Vom Himmel hoch
Eulogodia sionia
05. No. 1, Magnificat super Angelus ad pastores ait
06. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
07. Quem pastores à 11
08. Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen (Arr. for Choir)
Musarum sioniar
09. No. 23, Angelus ad pastores ait
Eulogodia sionia
10. No. 29, Resonet in laudibus à 7
Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica
11. No. 12, Puer natus in Bethlehem
12. No. 10, Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Hymnodia Sionia
13. No. 10, Deo patri sit gloria
Advent is a time of heightened feelings: anticipation and tense expectation alternate with moments of reflection and proverbial contemplation. The Holy Night, finally, is both: a bright and radiant time, but also a darkness that invites to contemplation. Advent is also a time of contrasts: the king of the world is a child, the savior of the world lies in a manger among animals. It is these tensions, contrasts and manifold states of mind that are at the heart of the new album of the Dresdner Kammerchor with music for Advent and Christmas by Michael Praetorius (1571-1621). 2021 is the year of the 450th anniversary of the birth and 400th anniversary of the death of Michael Praetorius. He was a composer, organist, court kapellmeister and scholar in the transitional period from Renaissance to Baroque. He is one of the most important musicians in Europe around 1600. The program provides a selection of the most beautiful Advent music to accompany not only the Advent and Christmas season with his masterpieces, but also to let the listener discover the music of Michael Praetorius.