In this wonderful recording, baroque splendor, atmospheric and stylish elegance and cheerful Christmas melodies are put together in masterful arrangements for a festive Advent trumpet gala. The outstanding trumpeters Gernot Kahofer, Manuel Lichtenwöhrer and Leonhard Leeb are supported by the organist Bernhard Macheiner and the drummer Thomas Mair. "Noble-blown trumpet concerts and poetic enchantment that will captivate you..." The ensemble from Vienna is praised by critics and audiences worldwide. Artistic brilliance and diverse, exciting programs merge into an evening full of emotions, regardless of whether they play in a concert hall, a church or a cathedral! The three trumpeters sound classics in new tones. All ensemble members are members of various ensembles, bands and formations and are outstanding soloists. "First-class musicianship and top-notch performance," as a well-known conductor enthuses, is a matter of course with this ensemble. The Vienna Wind School is world famous - it is a breathtaking experience to hear it live. Classical arrangements of famous works of classical music combine with festive baroque, pop songs and elegant original compositions.

Baritone Elem Eley describes this very personal album in this way: "Some of the most magical moments of my childhood were the eager tearing-away of the plastic wrap from the annual Christmas album, just purchased from the Firestone dealer in our little hometown! It was through these "Stereophonic LP" albums (devotedly and regularly brought home by my father) that I was introduced to much of the classic holiday repertoire, both sacred and secular. Burl Ives, Robert Goulet, Leontyne Price, The Brothers Four, Mahalia Jackson, Isaac Stern, of course, the New York Philharmonic, Mitch Miller and his chorus - these artists, plus many others, each year brought us much other-worldliness of the holiday season - often with an entertaining this-worldliness of musical style! Christmas Day is not consciously modeled after the Great Songs of Christmas serials, but the comparison is inescapable. We hope that this album may provide a measure of nostalgia, "Christmas magic," and inspiring reflection on the true meaning of the season. My own voice is complemented here by a host of outstanding artists - adult and children's choirs, orchestra, and brilliant instrumentalists. We offer you beloved carols, some composed or newly-arranged especially for this project. Join us on our journey to the cradle."

The Metamorphoses were composed at the beginning of the Christian era by the Latin poet Ovid, just before his relegation on the shores of the Black Sea. This collection consists of a multitude of short stories inspired by mythologies, epics and tragedies both Greek and Roman: A world-book, in turn uplifting, gallant and burlesque whose voice is inspired by Michel Vuillermoz, member of the Comédie-Française, reveals the spirit and the flavors of the work. Frémeaux & Associés and Les Belles Lettres offer, for the first time in audio books, an ideal library of the great literary texts of Greek and Latin Antiquity. Whether one has read these works or always dreamed of doing so, this collection brings to the fore texts that are still current, served by faithful translations and by the interpretation of the greatest French-language actors. 9782844681423 FRAS8142.2 39428936 .00 32.99 .43 FREMEAUX & ASSOC. FR COMPACT DISCS POP SPOKEN / COMEDY / RADIO SHOWS BOX SETS (AUDIO / VIDEO ONLY) 10/04/2019 08/31/2026 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/52/3718752-2509800.jpg 11 4 Y ROTH / ROYER DIVERGENTE 2 This release is the second installment in Veronica Roth's renowned Divergent series. Abandoning a city with fire and blood, Tris is on the run. Thanks to her faculties, she managed to escape from the Erudite's program, which manipulated and launched the Bold soldiers to attack the Altruists. In three days, Tris lost her faction, his friends, his parents. With her brother, Caleb, and her boyfriend, Tobias, she has to find allies among the other factions. Marine Royer reads the book in French. 9782844689238 FRAS8923.2 39428998 .00 32.99 .37 FREMEAUX & ASSOC. FR COMPACT DISCS POP SPOKEN / COMEDY / RADIO SHOWS 10/04/2019 https://mediacdn.aent-m.com/prod-img/500/58/3718758-2509802.jpg 5 2 N TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY / VARIOUS TIDINGS OF COMFORT & JOY / VARIOUS This recording provides a glimpse of the festive and intimate sounds with which the season of Christmas is celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, Georgia. Included are first international commercial recordings of works by Craig Phillips, Charles Beaudrot, Frank Boles, Stephen Paulus, and Howard Helvey. Dale Adelmann was named Canon for Music at the Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta, in 2009, having served previously as director of music for All Saints' Beverly Hills; the Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus; St. Paul's Cathedral, Buffalo; and the Gentlemen of St. John's College, Cambridge. He is one of America's leading interpreters of the Anglican-Episcopal choral tradition. Reviewers hailed his book on the revival of Anglican choral worship as essential reading" for Anglican church historians and musicians alike. In 2018 he was made a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music in recognition of his scholarly and practical contributions to Anglican music.

The Boys of Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. An exciting major commission from Howard Goodall, the TV star and composer of 'The Vicar of Dibley' theme tune featuring the boys' voices of Christ Church, Oxford with the subtle tones of harpist, Catrin Finch. Beautiful and gentle music for winter and Christmas.

To make it's performance easier, Norbert Duechtel has adapted the Christmas Liederspiel "Christnacht" by Joseph Haas (1879-1960) for organ. The cantica nova holzkirchen choir under the direction of Katrin Wende-Ehmer - with inserted texts read by Alex Dorow - delivers a recording that is true to the original intentions of the composer Joseph Haas: "The incredible power of the text's words, though clumsy and awkward, their unique richness of imagery, the outward hardness and coarseness and the inward tenderness and vibrancy of the language appealed to me just as much as the indescribable melodic beauty of the tunes and the diversity of their shaping. This is authentic art of South German farmer baroque!"

Colonel Lowell E. Graham and the United States Air Force Band and the United States Air Force Singing Sergeants present this cheery album of old and new Holiday classics. Originally released in 2000, this album has stood the test of time and will be just as enjoyable this holiday season as it was nearly two decades ago. Traditional songs include sing-a-long favorites Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Up On The Housetop, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, and others, while newer pieces include Pat Ballard’s Mister Santa and Barry Manilow’s Because It’s Christmas. What better way to say "Season's Greetings" than with this special collection of music from The United States Air Force Band that appeals to the youthful, more playful side of our human experience?

This new release from ArcoDiva features the music of Czech composer Petr Fiala. Born in 1943 to a family with thirteen children, the composer, choirmaster and musician began his musical studies in 1960. From then until 1966 he studied piano, composition, and conducting at the Conservatoire in Brno. Afterward, he continued to study composition at the Janacek Academy of Performin Arts under Jan Kapr. Since 1971 he has worked as a professor of music theory, composition and conducting at the Brno Conservatory. He has written approximately 180 pieces, including a number of vocal and instrumental cycles for children and teenagers, a number of solo pieces for the piano, accordion, guitar, violin, cello, trumpet, and trombone, five string quartets, numerous chamber works, organ concertos, and a number of choral cycles, song cycles, oratorios and cantatas. This album features The Czech Christmas Mass, The Marian Mass, and Maria, Mystical Rose.

Since its inception in 1991, the Singer Pur ensemble have become one of the leading a cappella choirs in Germany. These former members of the Regensburger Domspatzen are known for their tireless international activity as musical Ambassadors from the city of Regensburg. In 2013 the group won the coveted Caeciliaprijs (Belgium) and the Bavarian State Prize for music.

With their brilliant Christmas CD Singer Pur sets new standards in the interpretation of traditional carols. A special 2 CD edition. - Oehms, (translated from German text.)

CD 1
1. We tell you to love Advent - Melody: Heinrich pipe 1954 | Set: Oliver Gies (born 1973), 201 33:22
2. Nun komm - Melody: Martin Luther, 1524 | Set: 1. verse: Melchior Vulpius, 1609 2nd verse: Andreas Raselius, 1599, 3rd stanza: Johann Eccard (1553-1611), 4th verse: Johann Hermann Schein (1586-1630), 5th verse: Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) 03:09
3. Übers mountains' Maria goes - melody and sentence: Johann Eccard, 1575 03:00
4. I ??broke three drought Reiselein - melody and phrase: Hugo Distler (1908-1942) 02:03
5. Us Let's be happy and cheerful - Melody: 19th century | Set: Bernhard Hofmann (* 1959) 2:45
6. Adventlied - Es kommt ein Schiff - Melody: Andernacher Hymns, 1608 | Set: Max Reger (1873-1916 ) 2:04
7. Power up the door - Melodie: Johann Anastasius Freylinghausen (1670-1739) Hall, 1704 - Set: William Hawley (* 1950) 3:00
8. Maria went through a thorn forest - Melody: folk song from Eichsfeld to Harthausen, Spiritual Songs, 1853 - record: Hugh Keyte | Andrew Parrott, 1992 02:07
9. O you quiet time - melody: Cesar Bresgen (1913-1988) | Sentence: Marcus Schmidl (* 1971), 2015 02:46
10. Morgenstern was dark night - Melody: Georg Joseph Vogler (1749-1814) | Set: Heinz-Walter Schmitz (1944) 2:32
11. Awake! ruft uns die Stimme - Melody: Philipp Nicolai by Hans Sachs, 1513 | Set: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750 ) 1:50
12. O Heiland, the heavens tear on - Melody: Augsburg, 1666 | Set: Reiko Füting (* 1970), 2014 03:11
13 Es kommt ein Schiff - Melody: Andernacher Hymns, 1608 | Sentence: Marcus Schmidl (* 1971), 201 54:08
14. Now, dear soul, now it is time - set: Johann Eccard (1553-1611 ) 3:05
15. Come O, O come, Immanuel - melody: Dusseldorf, 1836, 4th verse: France (15th Century.) | Set: Florian Mayr (* 1962 ) 4:09
16 And our dear Lady Dream - Melody: Hymns of Nicolaus Beuttner, 1602 | Set: Max Reger (1873-1916 ) 2:11
17. Daughter of Zion, Rejoice - Melody: George Frederick Handel, 1747 | Sentence: Marcus Schmidl (* 1971), late 20th century .2: 01
18 The night has advanced - melody: John Petzold, 1939 | Set: 1st and 4th verse: Jürgen Essl (* 1961), 2nd and 3rd verse: Helmut Brand, 1991 03:48
19. How beautifully shines the morning star - Melody: Strasbourg, 1538 | Set: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 02:43
20. Softly Falls the Snow - Melody: folk song | Set: Heike Beckmann, 2014 03:19
21. Hail, liaba Christ - melody and sentence: Fischbach Auer Liederbüch l1: 51
22. How should I receive you - Melodie: Johann Cruger, 1653 | Set: 1. verse: Friedrich Zipp (1914-1997), 2nd and 3rd verse: Johann Cruger 02:37
23 morning, children's will be what - Melody: Carl Gottlieb Hering, 1809 | Set: Samo Ivacic (* 1974 ) 2:40
24. Merry Christmas everywhere - Melody: since 1885 handed down | Set: Sören Sieg (* 1966) 3:14
Total: 2:07:44

CD 2

1. In dulci jubilo - Set: William Hawley | Text: Heinrich Suso, Peter of Dresden 03:31
2. Christnacht - melody and sentence: Florian Mayr | Text: Auguste vuz Egloffstein 2:12
3. Adventsruf - from Niederrhein | Set: Florian Mayr 03:50
4. Maria went through a 'thorn - Set: Reiko Füting 04:09
5. How a Ros - Set: Michael Praetorius 02:38
6. Come, you shepherds - from Bohemia | Sentence: Peter Wittrich | Text: Carl Riedel 2:15
7. The Savior is born - from Austria | : Hans Schanderl | Text from the county Glatz 02:52
8. Sleep well, you Himmelsknabe you - from Bavaria | Set: Hugh Keyte, Andrew Parrott, Clifford Bartlett, Text: Daniel Schubart: 02:53
9. It is scho Dumpa - from Tyrol | Sentence: Peter Wittrich 03:38
10. A child in the cradle - Set: David Overton 02:24
11. Sleep, my little baby - Set: Howard Arman 3:10
12. From the high heavens, their angels come * - Set: Claudia Reinhard 02:52
13. Still, still, still - from Salzburg | Set: Singer Pur by "Ars Musica" Vol. 2 2:00
14. O Jesus tenderly - Set: Samuel Scheidt 02:10
15. I was in deep night of death - sentence: Johann Eccard | Text: Paul Gerhardt 02:54
16. Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf - sentence: Marcus Schmidl 1:59
17. Three ships sailing I saw - from England | Sentence and translation: Wolfram Buchenberg 02:14
18. Do you remember how it happened? - Set: Marcus Schmidl | Melody: Christian Lahusen | Text: Hermann Claudius 02:54
19. Silent Night - Set: Marcus Schmidl | Melody: Franz Gruber | Text: Joseph Mohr 03:37
20. It is scho Dumpa (Dreigesang) - from Tyrol | traditional set 01:27
Total: 55:39

Not until the subdued applause at the end did it become apparent that this was taken live—the collector will own many studio jobs where the performers provide more noises off than this supernaturally quiet audience. But perhaps because he’s playing to an audience, Norrington’s L’enfance du Christ is Writ Large and taken at a dramatic tack. There’s a propulsive hustle from the opening bars as the nocturnal march becomes a frantic quickstep. Herod’s scene always tempts the operatic, but Mary and Joseph’s numbers, attractively if ringingly interpreted by Oelze and Maltman, might well be from some steamy Massenet thriller. The “Shepherd’s Farewell” skips along like a Wanderlied. One will have heard the Ishmaelites’ flute/harp trio more deftly done—many times. And the final chorus caps the piece with a solemnly oratorio-like massiveness, scanting the sublime aura of mystical reflection. Those things are in the score, and playing L’enfance du Christ in heavy quasi-operatic oils, rather than as a once upon a time pastel, is a matter of emphasis. In comparison with the suave dexterity of Philippe Herreweghe’s vivacious but refined way with it (Harmonia Mundi HMX 901632.33, Fanfare 26:4), one may find this bracingly—emphatic. Sound places soloists and orchestra up-front, with the chorus recessed a bit, all clearly detailed in spaciousness and delivered with gutsy oomph. If you’ve longed to hear its operatic potential mined, this L’enfance du Christ was made for you.

Adrian Corleonis, FANFARE

Let's face it: Christmas can get on your nerves, especially when it's the same procedure year after year. At such a time, even jazz can get on your nerves: shoddy arrangements, monotonous improvisations, and the same timeworn classics you've listened to a thousand times before. What can be done? That's an easy one: you listen to the new Christmas CD by the Opera Swing Jazz Quartet. This is old fashioned, highly refined jazz for connoisseurs played so convincingly that even people who usually abhor this kind of music will just love it.

Another exclusive Carus recording of Christmas carols from around the world featuring the Athesinus Consort Berlin, conducted by Klaus-Martin Bresgott. Containing carols from all points north-south-east and west, from the climes of the Scandinavian regions to the bush of Australia, from France, Spain, Italy, England and the Netherlands as well as Guinea, Korea, Australia, Canada and Venezuela, feast your ears on this lovely collection of holiday favorites the proceeds of which go to benefit "Liederprojekt", a charity project produced by Carus and Southwest German Radio that contributes profits to children's music education in Europe.