Notes and Editorial Reviews
Since it was first issued in 1995, this production is one of the undisputed bestsellers in the Carus Christmas Catalog. The main reason for this sustained popularity is the balanced mixture of well-known and lesser known works presented to us by the Knabenchor collegium iuvenum of Stuttgart under the direction of Friedemann Keck.
Conductor: Friedemann Keck
Ensemble: Knabenchor Collegium Iuvenum Stuttgart
Soloist - soprano: Tommy Cockle
Soloist - alto: Timo Bürgler
Soloist - baritone: Matthias Köhler
Soloist - organ: Klaus Weber
Soloist - harp: Petra Kruse
TRACKS:
Glocken (Bells) St. Eberhard's Cathedral Church, Stuttgart, Germany
Friedemann Keck:
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Adeste fideles
Andreas Hammerschmidt: Alleluja! Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle
Heinrich Schütz: Das ist je gewißlich wahr
Peter Cornelius: Drei Könige wandern
Michael Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Sethus Calvisius: Joyful and happy be
Leonhart Schröter: Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen alle gleich
Sethus Calvisius: Glory now give to God in heaven
Johannes Eccard: I stand beside thy cradle here
Carl Riedel: Kommet, ihr Hirten
Andreas Hammerschmidt: Let all the gates be raised
Friedrich Silcher: Macht hoch die Tür
Günter Raphael: Blest Mary wanders through the thorn
Bartholomäus Gesius: Nun jauchzet, all ihr Frommen
Hans Lang: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Johannes Eccard: From heav'n above to earth I come
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Works on This Recording
1.
Machet die Tore weit by Andreas Hammerschmidt
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 8 Secs.
2.
Macht hoch die Tür by Friedrich Silcher
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 19th Century; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 29 Secs.
3.
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf by Hans Lang
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 59 Secs.
4.
Alleluja! Freuet euch by Andreas Hammerschmidt
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 17th Century; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 13 Secs.
Language: German
5.
Nun jauchzet mit hellem Ton by Bartholomäus Gesius
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 17 Secs.
Language: German
6.
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging by Günter Raphael
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: 20th Century
Written: Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 45 Secs.
Language: German
7.
Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen by Leonhard Schröter
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: 16th Century; Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: German
8.
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her by Johannes Eccard
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Length: 2 Minutes 20 Secs.
Language: German
9.
Gloria in excelsis Deo by Sethus Calvisius
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 41 Secs.
Language: Latin
10.
Freut euch und jubiliert by Sethus Calvisius
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: German
11.
Kommet, ihr Hirten by Carl Riedel
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: Germany
Length: 1 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: German
12.
Ich steh ah diener Krippen hier by Johannes Eccard
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Baroque
Length: 2 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
13.
Adeste fideles "O come, all ye faithful" by John Francis Wade
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Classical
Written: by 1782; England
Length: 2 Minutes 7 Secs.
Language: German
14.
Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8: no 3, Die Könige by Peter Cornelius
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Romantic
Written: 1856/1870; Weimar, Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: German
15.
Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11/SWV 369-397: Das ist je gewisslich wahr, SWV 388 by Heinrich Schütz
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Baroque
Written: 1648; Germany
Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs.
Language: German
16.
Musae Sioniae: Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen by Michael Praetorius
Conductor:
Friedmann Keck
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Boys Choir
Period: Renaissance
Written: by 1609; Germany
Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.
Language: German
Sound Samples
O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf
Allelujah! Freuet euch, ihr Christen alle
Nun jauchzet, all ihr Frommen
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen
Es ist ein Ros' enstprungen (Lo' how a Rose e'er Blooming): Es ist ein Ros' enstprungen
Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her
Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
Weihnachtslieder, Op. 8: No. 3. Die Konige
Geistliche Chormusik, Op. 11, SWV 388: Das ist je gewisslich wahr
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