Utwory na płycie:

• Sonata "tribus quadrantibus" for chamber ensemble
• Fürchtet euch nicht, "Christmas concerto" for voice & orchestra
• Currite pastores, for voice & ensemble
• O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, strings & continuo (KJE), TWV 1:1200: O Jesu Christ
• O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, strings & continuo (KJE), TWV 1:1200: Aria. Neugebornes Menschenkind
• O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, strings & continuo (KJE), TWV 1:1200: Recitativo. O Kind
• O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, strings & continuo (KJE), TWV 1:1200: Aria. Wenn mich Welt
• O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein ist, sacred cantata for voice, chorus, strings & continuo (KJE), TWV 1:1200: Choral. Die ihr schwebt
• Kundlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis (IV), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings & continuo, TWV 1:1020: Aria. Göttlichs Kind
• Kundlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis (IV), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings & continuo, TWV 1:1020: Recitativo. Ach, welcher holde Ton
• Kundlich gross ist das gottselige Geheimnis (IV), sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trumpets, strings & continuo, TWV 1:1020: Aria. Steige, falle, kreise, walle
• Sonata for 2 violins & continuo ("Pastorella")
• O Maria, gebenedeiet bist du unter den Weibern, cantata for tenor, 2 instruments & continuo (Opella nova, Part 2, No. 27)
• Uns ist ein Kind geboren, cantata for tenor, 3 instruments & continuo (Opella nova, Part 2, No. 4)
• Natus est Jesus, for soprano & basso continuo
• Ach mein herzliebstes Jesulein, Christmas concerto for soprano, 2 violins, bassoon (or viola da gamba) & b.c.
• Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for tenor (or soprano), instruments & organ in D major, ZWV 81: Laudate pueri Dominum
• Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for tenor (or soprano), instruments & organ in D major, ZWV 81: Quis sicut Dominus
• Laudate pueri Dominum (Psalm 112), for tenor (or soprano), instruments & organ in D major, ZWV 81: Amen

Protestant church music of the Baroque period can be regarded as an inexhaustible treasure trove: in the period between the two “leading composers,” Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach, a vast repertoire of concertante music for voice with different instrumental accompaniment was composed, much of which is still awaiting rediscovery.

Alongside Schein and Telemann, this CD includes less well­known church music: Schütz’s star pupil Christoph Bernhard (1627/28–1692) mastered the Baroque musical vocabulary just as fully as Philipp Friedrich Böddeker (1607–1683), who came from the Alsace, became organist at Strasbourg Minster and later was organist at the Stiftskirche in Stuttgart. The excellent qualities of his works can still convince listeners today.

The tenor Hans Jörg Mammel and the Ensemble L’arpa festante present baroque curiosities which are all extremely worth hearing. If you search for new music for Christmas, you will doubtless find it here.