Carolyn Sampson, now the best British early music soprano by quite some distance' [Gramophone] Carolyn Sampson made her opera debut with English National Opera in Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea and returned to sing Tanterabogus in The Fairy Queen with the company in London and Barcelona. She is a renowned concert soloist, and has concertized extensively in the US and Europe. She now turns her formidable talent towards the interpretation of the works of Thomas-Louis Bourgeois. Featured on this disc is Les Sirenes, a work which depicts the famous episode in Ulysses' prolonged voyage in The Odyssey

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Ko Matsushita, born in 1962, approaches choral music in many ways. He himself composes and arranges for choir and his works are performed worldwide. At the same time, he is active as a conductor and artistic director of numerous choirs, which have always gained recognition for outstanding performances at international competitions. Matsushita has received several awards, including the "Robert Edler Prize for Choral Music" in 2005 - the first Asian conductor to do so. Under the direction of Georg Grun, the KammerChor Saarbrucken, one of Germany's leading chamber choirs, dedicates this recording to Matsushita's sacred works for a cappella choir. In addition, the Lieder cycle op. 6 by Max Reger and the famous choral transcription "I'm Abendrot" by Clytus Gottwald after the Adagietto from the 5th Symphony by Gustav Mahler can be heard.

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On the occasion of it's 40th anniversary Carus has initiated a new series Carus Classics, featuring ten outstanding CD productions from the past library of recordings. This exclusive collection, designed by Friedrich Forssman and Cornelia Feyll, is presented in high-quality DigiPacs and each CD includes an extensive booklet. '... exemplary recording.' (New Classics, September 2005)

The Orpheus Vokalensemble, which consists of professional singers, makes a belated but essential contribution to this Schumann year with the present survey of his choral music.

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The Lamentations of Jeremiah presents musical works of the liturgical time around Passover and Easter. The Osnabruck Youth Choir was a winner of the German Choral Competition in 1988 and is one of the leading ensembles in Germany.

Rheinberger’s predominant use of the strophic form hearkens back to the Second Berlin Lied School around Carl Friedrich Zelter. However, where Schubert or Wolf would have emphasized the dark, despairing aspects of a poem, Rheinberger’s lieder display an almost Haydnesque clarity. Most of the songs recorded on this CD are first recordings.