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The Telarc Collection, Volume 9
Telarc Aug 2008

1 disc

CD
$15.99

Capriccio

Angel Voices: The Boys' Choirs Christmas Celebration

CD · 3 discs

$21.99

Composer: MENDELSSOHN MOZART BRAHMS
Artist: Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Regensburger Domspatzen
Released: Nov 16, 2010

Traditional choruses and excerpts of Christmas music from the Baroque era to the time of Saint-Saens. Performing groups include: Wiener Sängerknaben, Regensburger Domspatzen, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Thomanerchor Leipzig, Tölzer Knabenchor, Academy of London, Dresdner Philharmonie, Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig, Martin Flämig, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Roland Büchner, Peter Marschik.

Selections include:
Bach, J S:

Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV469

Brahms:

O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74 No. 2

Grieg:

Ave Maris Stella

Grüber, F:

Stille Nacht

Handel:

Messiah: Hallelujah Chorus
Tochter Zion, freue dich

Mendelssohn:

Von Himmel hoch: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her

Ave Maria, Op. 23 No. 2

Saint-Saens

Christmas Oratorio (Excerpt)

Mozart:

Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339

Reger:

Mariä Wiegenlied, Op. 76 No. 52

Traditional:

Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging
In Dulci Jubilo
Adeste fideles
Stille, stille, lasst uns lauschen
Es ist ein Ros'
O Jesulein suss, O Jesulein mild

REVIEW:

Performances, as you would expect with such esteemed choirs at work, are mostly excellent; recording ambiences and quality are quite variable, but generally fine. The spare booklet contains no notes, texts, or information about the original albums these selections no doubt came from; all we get is titles, performers, and track timings. Still, if you’re a Germanophile or favor a boychoir kind of Christmas, this pleasant collection should enrich your holidays.

– American Record Guide

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Angel Voices: The Boys' Choirs Christmas Celebration
Capriccio Nov 2010

3 discs

CD
$21.99

HARMONIA MUNDI

BACH: WEIHNACHTS-MAGNIFICAT HANDEL: UTRECHT TE

CD · 1 disc

$22.49

Artist: AKADEMIE FUR ALTE MUSIK BERLIN
Released: Nov 15, 2024

For their liturgical debuts in London and Leipzig respectively, Handel and Bach played the card of vocal and orchestral splendor. Whether celebrating the Peace of Utrecht (Handel's Te Deum) or the Nativity (Bach's Magnificat, performed here in it's original version), the RIAS Kammerchor offers us a flamboyant interpretation of these seminal works.

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BACH: WEIHNACHTS-MAGNIFICAT HANDEL: UTRECHT TE
HARMONIA MUNDI Nov 2024

1 disc

CD
$22.49

Brilliant Classics

Opera Overtures, Choruses And Duets

CD · 3 discs

$21.99

Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Staatskapelle Berlin, Chor Der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin, Schreier, Adam, Staatskapelle Dresden, K
Released: Apr 05, 2019

From Mozart to Leoncavallo: three hours of opera's greatest hits in rhythmically buoyant, highly enjoyable East-German recordings. Taped between 1959 (Wagner's Der fliegende Holländer) and 1993 (Die Fledermaus), a collection of overtures gets this operatic compilation off to a (literally) flying start. Suitner in particular directs deliciously sprung performances of Humperdinck (Hansel und Gretel), Smetana (The Bartered Bride) and Suppé (Dichter und Bauer / Poet and Peasant and Leichte Kavallerie / Light Cavalry). The Austro-Germanic angle of the first half of the release is widened on the second half by a selection of opera choruses that represents some of the most powerful moments of 19th-century Italian opera. There is the triumphant hymn in praise of Egypt from the second act of Aida as well as the sublime song of pride and defiance, 'Va pensiero', that crowns Nabucco and became before long the unofficial anthem of the Risorgimento and the struggle for Italian unification. Verismo choruses are here too, taken from that evergreen pairing of Pagliacci and Cavelleria rusticana. Favourite German operatic choruses include the Chorus of Guests in Wagner's Tannhäuser as well as the hymn of the priests in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. Suitner directs all these: a compilation album made in Berlin in 1978. He also exercises a subtle guiding hand over the Staatskapelle Dresden for a compilation of tenor/baritone opera duets recorded in 1972 with the two foremost East-German male singers of their generation, Peter Schreier and Theo Adam. 'Expectably' commented Fanfare, 'the results are echt Deutsch' - even if the repertoire itself again covers Smetana, Gounod and Verdi as well as Mozart and Lortzing, with all the numbers sung in German and 'performed with zest'.

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Opera Overtures, Choruses And Duets
Brilliant Classics Apr 2019

3 discs

CD
$21.99

SONG OF JOY:DIE SCHÖNSTEN CHÖR
Berlin Classics Feb 2009

1 disc

CD
$10.99

Centaur Records

The Great Conversation

CD · 1 disc

$18.99

Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Rust, Edelmann, Faigen
Released: Sep 07, 2018

Rebecca Rust, cello, and Friedrich Edelmann, bassoon, have played together in duos, trios and larger chamber music groups for over 30 years. From their home base in Germany, this huband-and-wife team performs in America, Europe and Japan including radio and TV productions. Praised by Carlo Maria Giulini for her "exceptional musicality," the American cellist Rebecca Rust, a native of California, received her first piano lessons with her mother at the age of five and began cello lessons with Margaret Rowell. Rowell said: "Rebecca Rust is one of the most talented cellists that I have had the pleasure of teaching. Blessed with a beautiful ear and facility, she has used these gifts as tools to dig deep into the music itself, thereby giving her listeners a profound musical experience. Rebecca Rust is a brilliant cellist." Friedrich Edelmann grew up in Kaiserslautern, Germany. He studied with Alfred Rinderspacher, Klaus Thunemann, and Milan Turkovic. In 1977 he became the Principal Bassoonist of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. They are joined on this recording by pianist Scott Faigen.

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The Great Conversation
Centaur Records Sep 2018

1 disc

CD
$18.99

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Wedding Classics
Chandos Feb 2003

2 discs

CD
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BR Klassik

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Dijkstra, Harnisch, Vondung, Schmitt, Immler

CD · 4 discs

$39.99

Composer: BACH, JOHANN SEBASTIAN
Artist: Dijkstra, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin
Released: Oct 30, 2012

After the success of his introduction to the St. Matthew Passion, author Wieland Schmid takes US on a journey through the Christmas Oratorio with thrilling insights into Bach's creative process and background information on the composition. Outstanding narrators and the complete recording of the 2010 performance of the Christmas Oratorio with the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks and the Akademie fer alte Musik Berlin under the direction of Peter Dijkstra make this 4-CD set the ideal Christmas gift.

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Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Dijkstra, Harnisch, Vondung, Schmitt, Immler
BR Klassik Oct 2012

4 discs

CD
$39.99

Naxos

A Danish Christmas - Carols By Nielsen, Gade, Et Al / Holten

CD · 1 disc

$19.99

Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Malene, Ny, Bo, Musica Ficta, Nordtorp, Sine, Holten, Sine, Bungaard, Anne Mette, Bundgaard, Balling
Released: Jul 01, 2000

Includes christmas carol(s) by various composers. Ensemble: Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble Copenhagen. Conductor: Bo Holten.
Includes work(s) by Carl Nielsen (Composer), Niels Gade, Christoph Ernst F. Weyse, Johan Peter E. Hartmann, Peter E. Lange-Müller. Ensemble: Musica Ficta Vocal Ensemble Copenhagen. Conductor: Bo Holten.

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A Danish Christmas - Carols By Nielsen, Gade, Et Al / Holten
Naxos Jul 2000

1 disc

CD
$19.99

BIS

The Musical Treasures Of Leufsta Bruk, Vol. 3 / Rombo, Rebaroque

SACD · 1 disc

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Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Elin Rombo, Rebaroque
Released: Jun 07, 2019

An important centre for iron production in 17th-century Sweden, Leufsta Bruk came into the hands of the De Geers, a Dutch family, in the 1640s. In 1730 the young Charles De Geer inherited the estate and the ironworks, and it was here that he kept his extensive collection of sheet music, including many volumes imported from Amsterdam but also works by composers based in or visiting Sweden, such as Hinrich Philip Johnsen and Conrad Friedrich Hurlebusch. Charles played the cello and the harpsichord, and it is probable that much of the music in the Leufsta collection will have been performed by members of the De Geer family themselves. The collection, now housed in the library of the University of Uppsala, thus offers fascinating insights into domestic music-making in 18th-century Sweden. This is the third album to present music from the collection, and the first to focus on vocal music. It also features the famous organ in the church belonging to the estate, built in 1728 by Johan Niclas Cahman. Ranging from Swedish chorales to French opera, the varied selection is performed by soprano Elin Rombo and members of Rebaroque, one of the leading baroque ensembles in Sweden.

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The Musical Treasures Of Leufsta Bruk, Vol. 3 / Rombo, Rebaroque
BIS Jun 2019

1 disc

SACD
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Musical London c. 1700 - from Purcell to Handel
Chandos Jan 2011

1 disc

CD
$21.99

THEODORA HWV 68
MDG Nov 2000

3 discs

CD
$49.99

ERATO

MY CHRISTMAS

CD · 2 discs

$18.99

Artist: DAMRAU, DIANA
Released: Jan 13, 2023

The perfect winter album from the internationally acclaimed German soprano Diana Damrau. A collection of sacred music and Christmas songs recorded with the Hannover Orchestra under conductor Riccardo Minasi and Richard Whilds Features well-known hits such as "Stille Nacht" ("Silent Night") alongside classical standards such as "Flo¨ßt mein Heiland, flo¨ßt dein Namen" from Bach's Christmas Oratorium.

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MY CHRISTMAS
ERATO Jan 2023

2 discs

CD
$18.99

Haenssler Classic

CHRISTMAS BRASS FESTIVAL

CD · 2 discs

$13.99

Composer: HANDEL PRAETORIUS CRUEGER W
Artist: Schweriner Blechblaser-Collegium, Ernst
Released: Sep 24, 2013

Schwerin Brass Collegium's new release features a mixture of well-known carols and traditional arrangements of Renaissance and Baroque seasonal music. Also included are tasteful transcriptions of popular works such as Corelli's Christmas Concerto as well as interludes for the organ, played by the renowned organist Jan Ernst.

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CHRISTMAS BRASS FESTIVAL
Haenssler Classic Sep 2013

2 discs

CD
$13.99

Trumpet Recital: Guttler, Ludwig - HAYDN, J. / BACH, J.S. /
Berlin Classics Oct 2007

2 discs

CD
$18.99

Berlin Philharmoniker

Wilhelm Furtwangler - The Radio Recordings 1939-1945 / Berlin Philharmonic

SACD · 22 discs

$311.99

Composer: VARIOUS
Artist: Wilhelm Furtwängler (Conductor)
Released: Feb 01, 2019

These discs are hybrid Super Audio CDs playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

The radio recordings between 1939 and 1945 with the Berlin Philharmonic and Wilhelm Furtwängler are among classical music’s most compelling sound documents. Created at the peak of the collaboration between orchestra and conductor, Furtwängler’s artist personality is conveyed more vividly than anywhere else. What can be heard is music in which inspiration and the expressive will know no bounds and in which, not least, the existential experience of the Second World War reverberates. For the first time, the Berlin Philharmonic are releasing a complete edition of these recordings.

Wilhelm Furtwängler is accorded almost mythical status to this day. Biographically and artistically rooted in the 19th century, he embodies a bridge to the late-Romantic period and the founding years of the Berlin Philharmonic, whose chief conductor he was from 1922.

Furtwängler’s auratic charisma stems from an intriguing basic interpretive concept which avoided authoritarian gestures and deliberately aimed at the blurring of tonal contours. The result was a warm, mixed sound, in which developments and intensifications never appear calculated, but seem to grow organically.

This edition not only brings together all surviving radio recordings of the period, but also draws on the best available material – in particular, original tapes, which were taken to the Soviet Union after the war and only returned to Germany from the early 1990s onwards. Especially for this edition, the recordings have been carefully restored, digitally sampled using state-of-the-art technology, and remastered in 24-bit resolution. A total of 21 concerts are presented here, in whole or in part. The edition’s features include numerous historical photos, articles on the history behind the recordings, plus an extensive essay by the American musicologist Richard Taruskin on Furtwängler’s art – all of which results in a release which provides an opportunity to discover and relive this great chapter in the history of the Berliner Philharmoniker in all its facets as never before.

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REVIEW:

Do you want this box? Yes, you do. Is it worth it? Again, yes, almost certainly, it is. For one thing, these are the recordings that have come, more than any other, to define this conductor’s identity, and his legacy. The audio restoration does wonders for the piano concertos in particular. These are the concerts that, so they said later, made life worth living for many Berliners. They matter.

– Gramophone

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Wilhelm Furtwangler - The Radio Recordings 1939-1945 / Berlin Philharmonic
Berlin Philharmoniker Feb 2019

22 discs

SACD
$311.99

WARNER CLASSICS

NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION

CD · 35 discs

$88.32

Composer: 0
Artist: LEONHARDT, GUSTAV
Released: Apr 08, 2022

The abundant legacy of Gustav Leonhardt's recordings for Telefunken's Das Alte Werk series invites us to follow his trajectory as a performer from the early 1960's onwards, a time when the new codes of early music had yet to be invented, when their success depended above all on the strength of conviction of the performer. Leonhardt's was strengthened by dialogue: with a range of partners whose variety defies all preconceived ideas, with ancient instruments or modern copies of all types, with repertoires as diverse as Byrd, Purcell, Rameau, Johann Sebastian but also Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Not forgetting the 1970 Monteverdi LP, which has never been reissued since. The image of a pope of early music isolated in his tower and frozen in a school style does not last long after listening to this historical sum, extended here by the later series of recordings under the Virgin Veritas flag.

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NEW GUSTAV LEONHARDT EDITION
WARNER CLASSICS Apr 2022

35 discs

CD
$88.32

WARNER CLASSICS

LIEDER & SONGS ON WARNER CLASSICS: HMV ELECTROLA

CD · 79 discs

$240.49

Artist: FISCHER-DIESKAU, DIETRICH
Released: May 23, 2025

One of the 20th century's most questing and influential singers Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is celebrated above all for his extraordinary skill and insight in lieder. This complete collection of lieder and songs recorded for HMV, EMI Electrola, Teldec & Erato is brought together here for the very first time, showcasing not only his exceptional talent but also the evolution of his artistry and voice throughout his career, from 1951 to 1992. His relentless drive to renew the genre shines through as he explores a vast repertoire, from Schubert to Schoenberg, led by an unbounded curiosity that brought new dimensions to the art of singing. "... nobody could surely have prophesied that the singer would become such a prodigious phenomenon with a colossal achievement on record, never before matched and unlikely to be repeated in the future." Gramophone Magazine.

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LIEDER & SONGS ON WARNER CLASSICS: HMV ELECTROLA
WARNER CLASSICS May 2025

79 discs

CD
$240.49

Christmas Melodies - Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her
ART Oct 2003

1 disc

CD
$10.99

Capriccio

Capriccio's 40th Anniversary: Instrumental Soloists from Barto to Zimmermann

CD · 10 discs

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Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, Johann Christian Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Al
Artist: Ton Koopmann, Eckart Haupt, Karl-Heinz Schroter, Manfred Pernutz, Christine Schornsheim, Ursula Bund
Released: Aug 05, 2022

Capriccio continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary with this retrospective of some of the greatest instrumental recordings in its catalog. The keyboard mavens: Ton Koopman in Bach-Senior, the great Christine Schornsheim in Bach-Sons Concertos, and Tzimon Barto, the muscular master of the soft touch, in Brahms. Wind-aces Burkhard Glaetzner (oboe), Eckart Haupt (flute), and Reinhold Friedrich (trumpet) playing baroque and classical period masters. The trusty Petersen Quartet and the inquisitive Linos Ensemble, who have always been an essential element of the repertoire exploration that soon became Capriccio’s hallmark, and the arch-musician Tabea Zimmermann and Vladimir Spivakov representing true highlights among the high strings. A generous and tasty synopsis of what this plucky label is about!

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Capriccio's 40th Anniversary: Instrumental Soloists from Barto to Zimmermann
Capriccio Aug 2022

10 discs

CD
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