Böhmische Weihnacht (Bohemian Christmas)

Barbara Christina Steude (soprano), Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano), Uwe Stickert (tenor), Andreas Scheibner (bass), Sven Barnkoth (trumpet), Kurt Sandau (trumpet), Roland Straumer (trumpet), Benjamin Glaubitz (tenor)

Virtuosi Saxoniae, Sachsisches Vokalensemble, Leipzig Bach Collegium, Ludwig...

Release Date: 8th Dec 2014
Catalogue No: 0300598BC
Label: Berlin Classics
Length: 66 minutes

Vejvanovsky: Sonata Natalis in C major

Work length4:04

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Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

I. Allegro

Track length1:21

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II. Adagio - Presto

Track length1:25

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III. Allegro

Track length1:18

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Vejvanovsky: Missa salvatoris

Work length10:53

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Barbara Christina Steude (soprano), Annette Markert (mezzo-soprano), Uwe Stickert (tenor), Andreas Scheibner (bass), Sven Barnkoth (trumpet)
Sachsisches Vokalensemble, Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Kyrie

Track length2:22

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Gloria

Track length5:33

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Sanctus

Track length2:58

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Weichlein: Sonata No. 5 for 2 Trumpets, Strings and Basso Continuo

Work length7:40

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Kurt Sandau (trumpet), Roland Straumer (trumpet)

Sonata No. 5 for 2 Trumpets

Track length7:40

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Schmelzer: Venite ocius! Transeamus usque in Bethlehem

Work length9:45

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Uwe Stickert (tenor), Benjamin Glaubitz (tenor)
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Finger: Trumpet Sonata in C major

Work length8:51

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Leipzig Bach Collegium
Ludwig Güttler

I. Andante

Track length1:23

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II. Adagio - Andante

Track length3:03

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III. Adagio - Allegro

Track length4:25

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Schmelzer: Sonata natalis in D Major

Work length6:35

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Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Neruda, J B G: Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major

Work length6:37

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Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro (cadenza by Ludwig Guttler)

Track length6:37

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August Kerzinger: Sonata for 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, Strings and Basso Continuo

Work length2:35

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Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Biber: Missa Alleluja a 36

Work length9:16

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Sachsisches Vokalensemble, Virtuosi Saxoniae
Ludwig Güttler

Kyrie

Track length2:55

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Gloria

Track length6:21

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“Böhmische Weihnacht”, or “Bohemian Christmas” – means festive Baroque music from the heart of Europe, from where composers spread throughout the continent to all the important centres of music, so that the region was known even then as “the conservatoire of Europe”. The present recording presents spirited music that strikes a new chord, played by Ludwig Güttler and his fellow musicians, who bring out the nuanced shades of this lovely seasonal music.

At no other time of year do people so hunger after music as during Advent and at Christmas. The repertoire is theoretically immense but in reality, relatively few works are familiar. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio is omnipresent, as are the beautiful Christmas carols and the Italian pastoral concertos, but not much else. What can be meant by a “Bohemian Christmas”? Which works and composers spring to mind? The region after all verges on Central Germany, with its rich musical tradition centring on J.S. Bach. Yet Bohemia and neighbouring Moravia also lie in the heart of Europe. With its courts, principalities and churches, the country now known as the Czech Republic was once linked with centres of music like Dresden, Prague and Vienna. Musicians born and trained in those regions often sought to establish themselves professionally elsewhere and so took part in the active cultural exchange within Europe. “Bohemian musical history does not begin with Smetana and Dvorák, as we tend to think today”, says Ludwig Güttler. His selection of works for this release, part of which was recorded during a concert at the Dresden Frauenkirche in December 2012, tells us so with amazingly beautiful music and introduces us to new repertoire in the altogether familiar tonal language of the Baroque.

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Virtuosi Saxoniae, Sachsisches Vokalensemble, Leipzig Bach Collegium, Ludwig Guttler

Böhmische Weihnacht (Bohemian Christmas)

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