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    Peter Gortner, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante - Johann Kuhnau: "Uns ist ein Kind geboren" (2024)

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    Peter Gortner, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante - Johann Kuhnau: "Uns ist ein Kind geboren" (2024)

    Peter Gortner, Kammerchor der Christuskirche Karlsruhe, L'arpa festante - Johann Kuhnau: "Uns ist ein Kind geboren" Weihnachtskantaten (2024)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 283 Mb | Total time: 55:34 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Christophorus | # CHR 77479 | Recorded: 2023

    Johann Kuhnau (1660-1722), Bach's eternal 'predecessor' as Leipzig's Thomaskantor, has only been rediscovered in recent years and his true greatness has not yet been truly recognised. He was highly respected by his contemporaries, however, and not just as a musician: he had a doctorate, worked as a lawyer, wrote satirical novels - a polymath… His musical oeuvre must have been extensive, much of it is lost. It is therefore all the more pleasing that his magnificent Christmas cantata "Frohlocket, ihr Volker, und jauchzet, ihr Heiden" ['Rejoice, ye nations, and shout for joy, ye heathen'] has been preserved. It opens the programme on this CD and, with its instrumentation and duration of over 25 minutes, surpasses many a great cantata by his famous successor.

    Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars - Christmas Carols and Motets (1986)

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    Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars - Christmas Carols and Motets (1986)

    Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars - Christmas Carols and Motets (1986)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 233 Mb | Total time: 56:57 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Gimell | # CDGIM010 | Recorded: 1986

    This recording presents three traditional ways of celebrating Christmas in music – medieval carols, Renaissance motets praising the Virgin Mary, and German chorales. The medieval pieces are sung in their original forms, without modern ‘arrangement’. All those performed here are of English provenance, and culminate in three versions of the Coventry Carol, which include Byrd’s famous Lullaby.

    Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - Michael Praetorius: Magnificat; Motets (2015)

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    Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - Michael Praetorius: Magnificat; Motets (2015)

    Paul van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - Michael Praetorius: Magnificat; Motets (2015)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 67:54 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Sony Classical | 88875086622 | Recorded: 1991

    German composer Michael Praetorius, whose life bridged the 16th and 17th centuries, was one of his era's most prolific writers, both of musical works and of works about music. His "Syntagma Musicum" remains one of the most important treatises on instruments and performance practice; he composed many volumes of Protestant hymn-based works, motets, psalms, works for multiple choir, and Latin music for the Lutheran service. The "Magnificat" performed on this program is one of 14 that Praetorius included in his Megalynodia Sionia, published in 1611. Its polyphonic style and rich instrumental writing–particularly for brass–is occasionally reminiscent of Gabrieli, whose works Praetorius studied; or Schutz, with whom he traveled throughout Germany.

    Early Choral Music at Trinity College, Cambridge [6CD] (2016)

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    Early Choral Music at Trinity College, Cambridge [6CD] (2016)

    Early Choral Music at Trinity College, Cambridge [6CD] (2016)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1,65 Gb | Total time: 07:09:35 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88985323472 | Recorded: 1990-1995

    Cambridges renowned Trinity College Choir, conducted by Richard Marlow, is heard in a 6-CD compilation of acclaimed Renaissance and early Baroque recordings. In the compositions by Lassus, Victoria, Praetorius, Sweelinck, Monteverdi and Schutz heard here, Gramophone has praised the choirs superb discipline fresh and natural voices as well as Marlows astute and imaginative direction His sensitivity and responsiveness are tireless.

    Clematis - O Jesulein: A German Baroque Christmas Oratorio (2022)

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    Clematis - O Jesulein: A German Baroque Christmas Oratorio (2022)

    Clematis - O Jesulein: A German Baroque Christmas Oratorio (2022)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 318 Mb | Total time: 71:23 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC444 | Recorded: 2021

    This innovative programme presents an imaginary Christmas oratorio made up of works by German composers of the 17th century. Many of these works are unpublished and come from the splendid Düben collection in the library of the University of Uppsala; they are arranged here in a sequence that introduces the scenes and the principal characters of the Nativity: Mary, Joseph, the Archangel Gabriel, the angels, the shepherds, the Magi and Simeon. These works belong to the genre of the historia sacra and depict the dialogue of the Annunciation between the archangel Gabriel and Mary, the arrival of the Magi — guided by angels — at the manger, and the scene where Mary and Joseph look for Jesus in the Temple.

    Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments - Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (2001)

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    Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments - Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (2001)

    Peter Holman, The Parley of Instruments - Michael Praetorius: Dances from Terpsichore (2001)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 333 Mb | Total time: 70:53 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Hyperion | # CDA67240 | Recorded: 2000

    Praetorius devoted most of his life to church music: he published more than twenty collections, mostly of settings of Lutheran chorales, and a number of others are known to have existed in manuscript. He also planned a series of collections of secular music named after the various Greek muses, including Euterpe (Italian and English dances), Thalia (toccatas and canzonas) and Erato (German secular songs). Unfortunately, in the event he managed to publish only one, Terpsichore, musarum aoniarum quinta (1612), consisting of 312 dances in four, five and six parts.

    Ensemble Meridien; Laia Frigole, Juan de la Rubia - A German Soul: Devotional Music from 17th-century Hamburg (2014)

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    Ensemble Meridien; Laia Frigole, Juan de la Rubia - A German Soul: Devotional Music from 17th-century Hamburg (2014)

    A German Soul - Devotional Music from 17th-century Hamburg (2014)
    Ensemble Méridien; Laia Frigolé, soprano; Juan de la Rubia, organ

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 340 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 154 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Brilliant Classics | # 94717 | Time: 01:04:06

    This stylishly devised programme juxtaposes cantatas by Rosenmüller, Krieger and Buxtehude with instrumental chorales and sonatas by Scheidemann, Praetorius, Tunder and Weckmann; most of these now known, if at all widely, as forerunners to Bach rather than as fine musicians in their own right as they deserve to be. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Hamburg became a leading commercial port where material and cultural goods circulated freely. Ensemble Méridien has chosen this city as the focal point of a fascinating musical journey through northern Germany, a journey that reveals different aspects of this artistic power. The port of Hamburg was also the driving force behind the north German organ school of the time. Churches were overflowing with magnificent organs, and their building and playing techniques reached extremely high standards, as is evident from the organ music included here. Though most of the music in this recital has been recorded before, it has only appeared on relatively obscure labels, and not in this imaginative context where one may more fully appreciate its dramatic as well as musical merits.

    Friedhelm Flamme - Michael Praetorius: Complete Organ Works (2014)

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    Friedhelm Flamme - Michael Praetorius: Complete Organ Works (2014)

    Friedhelm Flamme - Michael Praetorius: Complete Organ Works (2014)
    EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:08:46 | 572 MB
    Genre: Classical | Label: CPO | Catalog: cpo777716-2

    With this two-disc set, Friedhelm Flamme brings us Volume 13 in his impressive and valuable coverage of the work of the North German baroque organ masters. Here he turns his attention to the complete organ works of Michael Praetorius of Wolfenbüttel. Praetorius is well known to many early-music lovers for his delightful dance music arrangements from "Terpsichore"; but in fact he was also a choral and organ composer of the very first rank, as well as contributing invaluable theoretical and practical material to our knowledge of music history in his writings.

    Jean-Charles Ablitzer - Michael Praetorius: Pro Organico (2007)

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    Jean-Charles Ablitzer - Michael Praetorius: Pro Organico (2007)

    Jean-Charles Ablitzer - Michael Praetorius: Pro Organico (2007)
    EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 59:01 | 291 MB
    Genre: Classical | Label: Alpha | Catalog: ALPHA114

    The works of Michael Praetorius (1571-1621), an outstanding composer and great innovator, have mainly come to the contemporary public's attention thanks to his collection of dances under the name of Terpsichore and to his theoretical writings. Jean-Charles Ablitzer here gives us the first recording of 10 organ pieces selected from his Musae Soniae, fantasies on Lutherian melodies) and from his Hymnodia Sonia (Latin hymns). This interpretation, already acclaimed by a 'Choc' from the Monde de la Musique, reveals Praetorius as an inspired and gentle colourist, whose musical idiom will left a deep imprint on the first generation of baroque composers.

    Jérôme Lejeune - L'Europe Musicale de la Renaissance / Music in Europe at the Time of the Renaissance [8CDs] (2013)

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    Jérôme Lejeune - L'Europe Musicale de la Renaissance / Music in Europe at the Time of the Renaissance [8CDs] (2013)

    Jérôme Lejeune - L'Europe Musicale de la Renaissance / Music in Europe at the Time of the Renaissance [8CDs] (2013)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2.88 Gb | Total time: 10h35' | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ricercar | # RIC 106

    Jérôme Lejeune continues his History of Music series with this boxed set devoted to the Renaissance. The next volume in the series after Flemish Polyphony (RIC 102), this set explores the music of the 16th century from Josquin Desprez to Roland de Lassus. After all of the various turnings that music took during the Middle Ages, the music of the Renaissance seems to be a first step towards a common European musical style. Josquin Desprez’s example was followed by every composer in every part of Europe and in every musical genre, including the Mass setting, the motet and all of the various new types of solo song. Instrumental music was also to develop considerably from the beginning of the 16th century onwards.

    Albrecht Mayer, The King’s Singers - Let It Snow! (2013)

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    Albrecht Mayer, The King’s Singers - Let It Snow! (2013)

    Albrecht Mayer, The King’s Singers - Let It Snow! (2013)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 313 Mb | Total time: 68:39 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 479 1907 | Recorded: 2013

    One of Germany’s best-loved classical performers joins forces with a legendary close- harmony group for a winter-themed album to bring warmth to the dark months of the year: Albrecht Mayer & The King’s Singers. The pairing of probably the world’s most famous and accomplished oboist, Albrecht Mayer with the UK’s celebrated vocal ensemble is a heavenly musical partnership, and the interplay of colours, melodies and harmonies between these performers enchant and delight with Baroque, classical and seasonal favourites. The album has a Yuletide theme with tracks such as ‘Let It Snow’, ‘Jingle Bells’ and ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’.

    Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - PraeBACHtorius: Chorale settings by Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Praetorius (2010)

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    Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - PraeBACHtorius: Chorale settings by Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Praetorius (2010)

    Paul Van Nevel, Huelgas Ensemble - PraeBACHtorius: Chorale settings by Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Praetorius (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 298 Mb | Total time: 61:58 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi | # 88697579872 | Recorded: 2009

    On "PraeBachtorius", works by Praetorius and Bach based on the same Lutheran chorales are ingeniously combined, so that the respective verses of Bach and Praetorius are heard immediately after each other. It is impressive how well Praetorius' music of the late Renaissance combines with Bach's baroque music to form a harmonious whole on this CD.

    Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor-und-Ensemble - Praetorius (2015)

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    Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor-und-Ensemble - Praetorius (2015)

    Pablo Heras-Casado, Balthasar-Neumann-Chor-und-Ensemble - Praetorius (2015)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 315 Mb | Total time: 71:49 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion | # 479 4522 | Recorded: 2014

    Relaxing and heavenly music from the early 17th century for choir and small ensemble by Jacob, Hieronymus and Michael Praetorius. The Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble and Balthasar-Neumann-Chor (founded by Thomas Hengelbrock) is one of the most prestigious and famous early music ensembles. It can definitely be considered as one of the best groups in the world of early music.

    Wolfgang Helbich, Musica Fiata Köln, Alsfelder Vokalensemble - Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen (1995)

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    Wolfgang Helbich, Musica Fiata Köln, Alsfelder Vokalensemble - Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen (1995)

    Wolfgang Helbich, Musica Fiata Köln, Alsfelder Vokalensemble - Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen (1995)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 771 Mb | Total time: 66:27+66:43+55:54 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: CPO | # 999 288-2 | Recorded: 1994

    Angst der Hellen und Friede der Seelen ("Fear of Hell and Peace of the Soul") is a collection of sixteen settings of Psalm 116 in German, "Das ist mir lieb" (Psalms 116), commissioned by the Jena merchant Burckhard Grossmann in 1616 and eventually published in 1623. The composers are Heinrich Schütz, then in alphabetical order Michael Altenburg, Christoph Demantius, Nicolaus Erich, Andreas Finold, Melchior Franck, Abraham Gensreff, Johannes Groh, Johann Krause, Christian Michael, Daniel Michael, Rogier Michael, Tobias Michael, Michael Praetorius, Johann Hermann Schein and Caspar Trost.

    Wolfgang Helbich, Bremer Domchor, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen - Weihnachten im Bremer Dom (2006)

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    Wolfgang Helbich, Bremer Domchor, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen - Weihnachten im Bremer Dom (2006)

    Wolfgang Helbich, Bremer Domchor, Kammer Sinfonie Bremen - Weihnachten im Bremer Dom (2006)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 59:13 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: CPO | 777 238-2 | Recorded: 2006

    This year the Bremen Cathedral Choir is celebrating its 150th anniversary, and with its director of many years, Wolfgang Helbich, it also has certainly enjoyed a »musical marriage« of a rare kind. And then there is the splendid Bremen tradition that has been observed for some eighty years now: the Christmas song concert in St. Peter’s Cathedral so very dear to the hearts of the Bremen public. Since cpo, as a label with its home in Northern Germany, has long maintained close ties to the Hansa city (cf. Radio Bremen, Weser-Renaissance Bremen, and not least Helbich himself), it seemed to us to be high time to document this event full of the Christmas spirit for the pleasure of a wider listening audience. Everything that lends the Christmas season its musical magic is represented in traditional arrangements, from Adeste Fideles to Vom Himmel hoch.