Weihnachtslieder CD Vol. 2
Many renowned German-speaking singers – among others, Jonas Kaufmann, Angelika Kirchschlager and Christoph Prégardien – and ensembles have recorded their favorite Christmas carol exclusively for the song project. The recordings are presented in two lavishly designed CD boxes with elaborately illustrated booklets. All the singers, as well as their accompanists participated in this recording without remuneration. For every CD sold, 2 EUR will be donated to projects promoting singing with children.
With Jonas Kaufmann, Angelika Kirchschlager, Dorothee Mields, Franz-Josef Selig, Cornelius Hauptmann, Franz Vitzthum, Sarah Wegener, Kammerchor Stuttgart, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Calmus Ensemble etc
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L'auteur de l'avant-propos
Cornelius Hauptmann
| 1951
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Chœur
Kammerchor Stuttgart
The Kammerchor Stuttgart is regarded as one of the best ensembles of its kind. Over its fifty-year existence, Frieder Bernius has developed the choir into an exceptional ensemble acclaimed by audiences and press alike. This has led to invitations for the choir to perform at all the important European festivals. In Germany the chamber choir performs at festivals and in concert halls in repertoire ranging from the 17th to the 21st century. Frieder Bernius and his ensemble have received numerous accolades for their contribution to new music. The Kammerchor Stuttgart has made over 80 CDs and LPs, numerous of which have been awarded international recording prizes (including the Edison award, Diapason d’or, Gramophone Choice, Classical Internet Award, International Classical Music Award, and German Record Critics’ Award prizes). The International Federation for Choral Music has invited the ensemble to sing at the 1st, 4th and 10th World Symposia on Choral Music in Vienna, Sydney and Seoul. Regular tours of North America and Asia since 1988 and a South America tour reflect the Kammerchor Stuttgart’s international reputation. Since 1984 the top ensemble has also been invited to Israel biennially. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Ensemble
Knabenchor collegium iuvenum Stuttgart
The ecumenical boys’ choir Knabenchor collegium iuvenum Stuttgart, based at the Stuttgart cathedral singing school, is independent both denominationally and as an institution. Founded in 1989, it sees its objective not only as purely musical, but also as extracurricular youth education and socio-political mission. The aim of the musical work is to continue the more than thousand-year-old tradition of famous boys’ choirs and to carry on the centuries-old culture of spiritual choral music. The choir’s particular strength lies in its very broad repertoire, which includes especially works of sacred choral music from the Renaissance to the modern age. The boys’ choir collegium iuvenum Stuttgart has been set up as a choir school. It systematically works with young people, beginning at pre-school age, but it is not a boarding school choir. Currently it consists of about 190 singers. The boys begin early musical training at the age of five. There are several age groups, culminating in the concert choir. After the change of voice, many singers return to sing in the men’s choir and then remain associated with the choir as active singers until they are about 25 years old. In addition to a well-founded musical education, the educators in charge place emphasis on the fact that the boys develop joy in singing. In learning the literature, the boys and young men should not only learn notes but also spiritually apprehend and emotionally grasp the respective work. Since summer 2013, Michael ?ulo has been the director of the choir. It is subsidized by the Förderverein collegium iuvenum Stuttgart e.V., a publicly registered sponsor of free youth welfare and extracurricular youth education. With their contributions and donations, the more than 700 members of the association cover part of the expenses for vocal training, concerts, travel, rehearsal and office space. Thanks to the extraordinary commitment of many active and former choir members, parents and friends and the support of the state capital Stuttgart and the state of Baden-Württemberg, the boys’ choir collegium iuvenum Stuttgart has attained a high musical and artistic standard equal to that of top European choirs. It can be heard regularly throughout the year in concerts and church services in Stuttgart and the region. Annual concert tours have taken the young choristers to France, Spain, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Norway, Poland, Italy, Canada and the USA. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Ensemble
Ensemble 94
L’Ensemble 94 a été créé par Kay Johannsen en 1994 en tant que partenaire pour le travail musical à l’église collégiale de Stuttgart, mais se produit aussi depuis dans beaucoup de projets d’orchestre autonomes. Ses membres viennent d’Allemagne, de Hollande, de Belgique, d’Italie et de la Suisse ; ils disposent d’une grande expérience de solistes et dans le domaine de la musique de chambre. Une particularité de l’ensemble est que les exécutants sont en mesure de choisir entre instruments baroques et modernes selon les époques stylistiques. Le premier violon de l’ensemble est Christine Busch, professeur au Conservatoire pour la musique, le théâtre et la danse de Stuttgart. Le journal Stuttgarter Nachrichten atteste à l’ensemble « une joie indomptable de la musique » ainsi qu’une « dynamique subtile » et « une joie du détail d’articulation ». Le journal Stuttgarter Zeitung constate « des solistes jouant avec drive, élégance et sensibilité stylistique » et trouve que le groupe « soutient la comparaison avec les meilleurs orchestres baroques ». A propose du CD Telemann, le journal Württembergische Blätter für Kirchenmusik écrit : « Avec l’accompagnement de l’Ensemble 94 créé en 1994 par Johannsen, les chanteurs disposent d’un ensemble adéquat, à l’articulation parfaite, se subordonnant toujours à la partie vocale, et ne laissant lui non plus rien à désirer. » Plus d'information sur la personne
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Ensemble
SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart
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Ensemble
Orpheus Vokalensemble
L'Orpheus Vokalensemble a été créé en 2005 comme chœur de chambre professionnel de l'Académie musicale du land de Bade-Wurtemberg. Il est de distribution internationale et exige les plus hautes compétences vocales de la part de ses membres. Des chefs de chœur de renommée internationale sont invités pour les phrases de travail. Ils marquent durablement de leur empreinte la qualité artistique de l'ensemble. Le modèle est ici le légendaire Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (New York), qui a donné son nom à l'ensemble. Le but du travail artistique est, lors de l'étude et de la représentation d'œuvres musicales, de reporter les principes de la musique de chambre – engagement personnel et respect mutuel – sur le travail d'ensemble avec des voix. De plus, les membres ont un droit de décision dans le choix du répertoire, des solistes et des chefs ainsi que des programmes de concert. Plusieurs compositeurs ont déjà écrit des œuvres pour l'Orpheus Vokalensemble, parmi eux Bo Hansson, Knut Nystedt, Gregor Hübner et Jürgen Essl. En 2006, l'ensemble a été invité à participer au Festival international du lac de Constance. D'autres invitations à des festivals célèbres ont été faites. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Ensemble
Thomanerchor Leipzig
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Ensemble
Lords of the Chords
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Ensemble
sirventes berlin
The vocal ensemble sirventes berlin is totally dedicated to early music for small forces and new a cappella music. The group is committed to neglected works from Germany’s rich musical heritage. At the same time the musicians offer a platform for new compositions and engage in interdisciplinary projects. The ensemble comprises soloists from the Berlin Radio Choir, the RIAS Kammerchor and freelance singers. For almost five years sirventes berlin, in a double quartet formation, has presented “NoonSong” concerts every Saturday at 12:00 noon in the Church at Hohenzollernplatz in Berlin- Wilmersdorf – a musical hour of prayer based on the model of Anglican evensong. These performances have resulted in a repertoire of over 200 a cappella motets, including ten premieres. Since then NoonSong has gone on to become more than just an insiders’ tip; every week 150 to 200 visitors listen to the polyphonic liturgy. As supporters of a living tradition, Berlin being the only place where it can be heard in this form in Germany, sirventes berlin made a very successful guest appearance at the Abu Gosh Vocal Festival in Israel in the summer of 2013. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Frieder Bernius
| 1947Frieder Bernius’s work has earned great worldwide recognition. He is in demand internationally as a conductor and as a teacher. His principal artistic collaborators are the ensembles he founded himself, the Kammerchor Stuttgart, the Barockorchester Stuttgart, the Hofkapelle Stuttgart and the Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart. As a guest conductor, he has collaborated repeatedly with, for example, the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, the Stuttgarter Kammerorchester and the Streicherakademie Bozen. Great stylistic versatility is Frieder Bernius’s hallmark. Whether he conducts vocal works by Monteverdi, Bach, Händel, Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Ligeti, stage music by Mendelssohn or symphonies by Haydn, Burgmüller and Schubert, his work always aims for a sound that is at once unmistakably personal and at the same time oriented towards the original period sound ideal. He devotes himself equally to the rediscovery of 18th century operas and to first performances of contemporary compositions. He is particularly interested in the musical history of southwestern Germany. Carus-Verlag has awarded Frieder Bernius a Golden CD for his complete recording of the sacred music of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy. The award was presented to him during the German Choir Festival in Stuttgart 2016. The sale of over 250,000 recordings, which has been acclaimed with a number of awards, has made a not insignificant contribution to what today is the obvious presence of Mendelssohn's complete œuvre in the concert repertoire. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Friedemann Keck
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Chef d'orchestre
Kay Johannsen
| 1961
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Chef d'orchestre
Marcus Creed
The conductor Marcus Creed was born and grew up on the south coast of England. He began his studies at King’s College in Cambridge, where he had the opportunity to sing in the famous King’s College Choir. Further studies took him to Christ Church in Oxford and the Guildhall School in London. Marcus Creed moved to Berlin in 1977. Stations in his professional career have been the Deutsche Oper Berlin and the Hochschule der Künste, as well as the Gruppe Neue Musik and the Scharoun Ensemble. From 1987 to 2001, Marcus Creed was artistic director of the RIAS-Kammerchor. In 1998, he accepted a professorship for conducting at the Musikhochschule in Cologne. Marcus Creed has been artistic director of the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart since 2003. His particular objective with this ensemble has been to make renewed performances of outstanding compositions from the recent past, including, for example, works by Luigi Nono, György Kurtág, Wolfgang Rihm or Heinz Holliger. Marcus Creed is regularly invited to international festivals for both early music and new music and he regularly collaborates with the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the Freiburger Barockorchester and Concerto Köln. His CD releases have won international awards for their stylistically sure and acoustically sensitive interpretations. Among others, he has been awarded the German Record Critics’ Award, the Edison Award, the Diapason D’Or, the Cannes Classical Award, and the Echo Classic Prize. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Chef d'orchestre
Michael Alber
| 1963
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Chef d'orchestre
Stefan Schuck
| 1963
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Chef d'orchestre
Georg Christoph Biller
| 1955-2022Thomaskantor seit 1992 Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist
Klaus Mertens
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Solist
Christoph Prégardien
Christoph Prégardien a commencé sa carrière musicale comme enfant de chœur de cathédrale. Il est considéré aujourd’hui comme l’un des plus grands ténors lyriques de notre époque et travaille avec des chefs tels que Barenboim, Gardiner, Harnoncourt, Herreweghe, Nagano et Thielemann. A son répertoire, les grands oratorios et passions des époques baroque, classique et romantique, mais aussi des œuvres des 17ème au 20ème siècles. En dehors de son activité dans le domaine de l’opéra – en 2005, il a chanté par exemple le rôle-titre dans La Clemenza di Tito de Mozart à l’Opéra National de Paris – Prégardien est un interprète de lied reconnu. Parmi ses plus de 120 enregistrements maintes fois récompensés, mentionnons ses derniers CDs avec des lieder de Schumann, Wolf et Mahler, accompagné au piano par Michael Gees. De 2000 à 2005, Prégardien a dirigé une classe au Conservatoire de musique et de théâtre de Zurich, depuis 2004, il est professeur au Conservatoire de musique de Cologne. Dans une combinaison DVD-livre, il présente pour la première fois des questions de technique vocale et d’interprétation en paroles, images et son avec ses meilleurs élèves. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist
Christine Müller
Christine Müller, mezzo-soprano, studied in Trossingen and Vienna . She is a sought-after concert and lied singer with a broad repertoire who concertizes both at home and abroad. Numerous radio, television and CD productions document her achievements as a singer. She has earned special merit through her discoveries and publications of forgotten musical works, especially in the field of the lied. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist
Lydia Teuscher
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Solist
Julian Prégardien
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Solist
Andreas Weller
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Solist
Monika Mauch
La soprano Monika Mauch a étudié le chant tout d’abord auprès de Richard Wistreich à l’Institut de musique ancienne du Conservatoire de musique de Trossingen puis a approfondi sa formation au cours d’une année d’étude à Paris avec Jill Feldman. Depuis le début de sa carrière vocale, des projets de musique ancienne sont au cœur de son intérêt musical. Elle travaille avec des ensembles de renom tels que le Ricercar Ensemble, le Taverner Consort, avec Red Byrd, le Hilliard Ensemble, L’arpa festante (Munich), l’ensemble Daedalus (Genève), le CordArte Ensemble (Cologne) et le Montreal Baroque. Nombre d’enregistrements pour la radio et le CD documentent le travail vocal de Monika Mauch. Les enregistrements du « Altbachisches Archiv » et de la Messe en si mineur avec Cantus Coelln et le CD « Morimur » avec le Hilliard Ensemble ont été particulièrement remarqués. En tant qu’interprète de concert, Monika Mauch travaille régulièrement avec des chefs d’orchestre tels que Roland Wilson, Manfred Cordes, René Jacobs et Philippe Herreweghe. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist
Sarah Wegener
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Solist
Ingeborg Danz
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Solist
Paulina Elsner
| 2000
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Solist
Ruth Sandhoff
The repertoire of mezzo-soprano Ruth Sandhoff ranges from early Baroque works to contemporary compositions. Lied singing is her especial passion, also in collaboration with the choreographer Sasha Waltz. Ruth Sandhoff has given concert tours in the USA, in Australia and in Europe. She has participated in numerous CD productions both in Germany and abroad. The recording of J. C. Bach’s “Missa da Requiem” with the RIAS Chamber Choir was awarded the German Record Critics’ Award. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist
Dietrich Henschel
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Solist - clavecin
Michael Schönheit
Michael Schönheit was the winner of the 1984 International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition in Leipzig. He was appointed organist of the Gewandhaus Leipzig in 1986, where – together with the ensemble ‘Merseburger Hofmusik’, which he founded in 1998 – he performed the complete cantatas and organ works of Dieterich Buxtehude in a threeyear concert series commemorating the 300th anniversary of Buxtehude’s death. Schönheit is also cathedral organist in Merseburg and artistic director of the ‘Merseburger Orgeltage’. He teaches organ at the ‘Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg’ and acts as juror in international competitions. He regularly performs with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and has appeared with the ‘Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden’, the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as playing solo concerts in Europe, the USA and Japan. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - flûte
Gaby Pas-Van Riet
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Solist - guitare
Carsten Linck
Das Repertoire des Gitarristen Carsten Linck umfasst die Musik der frühen Renaissance bis zu Uraufführungen zeitgenössischer Kompositionen. Schwerpunkt seines künstlerischen Schaffens ist die Kammermusik, v. a. die Liedbegleitung. In Zusammenarbeit mit Sängern, Instrumentalisten und verschiedenen Ensembles gastierte er auf Konzertreisen in Europa und Asien. 1992 erhielt er den Kulturpreis der Stadt Essen. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - piano
Götz Payer
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Solist - piano
Juliane Ruf
Juliane Ruf studied in Mannheim and Saarbrucken with, among others, Irwin Gage. Early in her career she began specializing in lied presentation. She has won many competitions, including the “Wettbewerb für Liedkunst Stuttgart,” and in the meantime she concertizes regularly at festivals such as the “Klavierfestival Ruhr” or the “Heidelberger Frühling.” Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - piano
Michael Gees
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Solist - piano
Leonhard Elsner
| 1998
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Solist - piano
David Theodor Schmidt
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solist - luth
Stefan Maass
Stefan Maass studied classical guitar and lute, specializing in music of the 17th and 18th centuries, both as a soloist and as a continuo player. He is Lord of Batzdorf Castle near Meißen and co-founder of the Batzdorf Hofkapelle. He regularly performs in the opera houses of Halle and Karlsruhe, the Semper Opera Dresden and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. His numerous CD productions include collaborations with the Dresdner Kammerchor conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann and the Capella Sagittariana, the Dresdner Staatskapelle, Thomas Quasthoff, Daniel Hope and the contralto Britta Schwarz, as well as with the actors Corinna Harfouch and Michael Quast. Stefan Maass was awarded the prestigious Arras Prize for Art and Culture in Dresden in March 2000. Plus d'information sur la personne
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solist - luth
Hugh Sandilands
Hugh Sandilands was born in Scotland in 1952. He studied guitar at the University of Vancouver, then lute with R. Nurse (Vancouver) and H. Smith (Basel). He has performed in concerts and recorded with G. Garrido, the Ensemble Fitzwilliam, Le Concert Lorrain, Real Compania de Opera da Camera, Ensemble Baroque de Perpignan, Capella Nova Graz, La Sestina, Ensemble Daedalus and Private Musicke. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - hautbois
Da-Yong Zhang
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Solist - orgue
Kay Johannsen
| 1961
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Solist - alto
Janis Lielbardis
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Solist - violon
Christine Busch
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Solist - violon
Lukas Friederich
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Solist - violone
Barbara Pfeifer
Barbara Pfeifer performs in the gamba consort “Les Escapades,” as well as being their organizational manager. She is also an enthusiastic music pedagogue focusing on musical grassroots work. Plus d'information sur la personne
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Solist - violone
Thomas Fritzsch
Thomas Fritzsch, a specialist for the music of the 17th and 18th centuries, is an internationally renowned and celebrated viola da gamba player. He performs in the concert halls of Europe as well as on the stages of metropolises such as New York, Boston, Tokyo, Seoul, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Havana, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The names of the artists with whom Thomas Fritzsch has collaborated over the past three decades reads like a ‘Who’s Who’ of the international music scene. His profound knowledge of the field of historical music is documented in a plethora of radio and television productions, an extensive discography as well as various editions and musicological publications. Time and again, he has succeeded in making startling discoveries in seemingly well-known fields, such as, most recently, the world premiere and first recording of four hitherto unknown sonatas for viola da gamba and cembalo or fortepiano by Johann Christian Bach. Plus d'information sur la personne