Distler: Die Weihnachtsgeschichte / Riis, Vocal Group Concert Clemens

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OUR Recordings
Release Date
November 3, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Hugo Distler
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Vocal Group Concert Clemens
    • PERFORMER
      Adam Riis, Carsten Seyer-Hansen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 03, 2023
    • UPC
      0747313168460
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      6220684
    • LABEL
      OUR Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Choral
    Works ⌄

    1. Introduction: Das Volk, so im Finstern wandelt (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    2. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    3. Recitative: Es ward gesandt der Engel Gabriel (Narrator, Angel, Maria)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis, Johanne Fårup, Beke Pfann

    4. Das Roslein, das ich meine (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    5. Recitative: Maria aber stand auf (Narrator, Elisabeth)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis, Ida Cecilie Holm

    6. Wir bitten dich von Herzen (Maria, Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Performer: Beke Pfann

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    7. Recitative: Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit (Narrator)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis

    8. Das Blümelein so kleine (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    9. Recitative: Und es waren Hirten (Narrator, Angel)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis, Johanne Fårup

    10. Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    11. Lasset uns nun gehen (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    12. Die Hirten zu der Stunden (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    13. Recitative: Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem (Narrator)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis

    14. Wo ist der neugeboren Konig (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    15. Zu Bethlehem, um judischen Lande (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    16. Recitative: Denn also stehet geschrieben (Narrator, Herodes)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis, Niels Peder Skaarup Gejel

    17. Lob, Ehr sei Gott dem Vater (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    18. Recitative: Und siehe, ein Mensch war zu Jerusalem (Narrator, Simeon)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Performer: Adam Riis, Søren Tjagvad

    19. So singen wir all Amen (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen

    20. Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt (Chorus)

      Composer: Hugo Distler

      Ensemble: Vocal Group Concert Clemens

      Conductor: Carsten Seyer-Hansen


The inspiration for Hugo Distler’s gem of a Christmas narrative can be found in the German-language protestant sacred music of the early baroque era, especially the music of Heinrich Schütz. Drawing on Schütz’s example, Distler composed his Christmas story exclusively for vocalists – soloists and a 4-8-voiced ensemble – in what is, in Distler’s own words, described as an “Oratorium mit kammermusikalishem Charakter." We also hear parts of the beautiful choral Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, which appears seven times during the course of the narrative. – every time in a new harmonic colour. The story of Hugo Distler’s life is a tragic one. Born in Nuremburg in 1908, he would go on to teach at the School for Church Music in Spandau before being appointed professor of church music in Stuttgart in 1940. Distler, who was a deeply religious man, has been recognized as a forerunner of the New German Church Music, an important musical movement which developed in the 1930s. The Nazis stigmatized Distler’s compositions as “degenerate art”, and when he received his conscription papers, he took his life. Sadly, Distler’s music is seldom performed outside of Germany even to this day. Hailed by Gramophone as “a choir worth listening to for their beautiful singing, which can deliver performances of pure, natural eloquence,” the 16 voices of the award-winning vocal ensemble Concert Clemens, founded by conductor Carsten Seyer-Hansen in 1997, has established itself as one of the leading vocal ensembles in Scandinavia. Their stylistic versatility has been seen in numerous collaborations exploring the connections between jazz and classical music as well as note-perfect interpretations of standard repertoire. The evangelist, tenor Adam Riis, is one of Denmark’s leading voices. Recorded in the DXD format by the Danish “Wizard of Sound”, Preben Iwan, in the resonant sonics of Skt. Markus Kirken, Århus.