Matthias Jung, Sächsisches Vocalensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle - Baroque Christmas Cantatas From Central Germany, Vol. 2 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 56:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 555491-2 | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 253 Mb | Total time: 56:39 | Scans included
Classical | Label: CPO | # 555491-2 | Recorded: 2021
The Sächsisches Vocalensemble under Matthias Jung has now recorded its second selection of Christmas gems for cpo from one of the most important collections of Lutheran church music, the St. Augustin School in Grimma, Saxony. The focus: festive, magnificent church cantatas (most of them including Christmas trumpet splendor) by composers from Central Germany who were famous musicians and held prominent posts during the years before and after 1700. To name only a few: Johann Schelle, Philipp Heinrich Erlebach, and Johann Rosenmüller, as well as composers such as Christian Liebe or Gottfried Vogel who are no longer remembered today but whose music brings wonder to modern listeners.