Mexican Baroque Music for Christmas on CPO

 

Mexican Baroque Music for Christmas on CPO 

Christianity in all its forms excels through its high degree of adaptability. We encounter one of the more fascinating examples of adaptation in Latin American Catholicism that developed in the colonies of "New Spain". 

Not least did the veneration of Mary find especially receptive genius loci here, whose musical disposition soon wedded to an artistic concept that was the non plus ultra for the rulers of the Old World. For some composers, the transatlantic regions thus had such appeal that they abandoned their traditional sphere of activity. 

One of them was the Italian Ignacio de Jerusalem, who worked at the cathedral in Mexico City; he was joined by the Mexican "home-grown talent" Manuel de Sumaya as well as two Spanish musicians who were only known and beloved in the land of the Aztecs only for their printed works - this yields a truly exquisite mix for Christmas.

Ia. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison

Ib. Kyrie. Christe eleison

Ic. Kyrie. Kyrie eleison

IIa. Gloria. Gloria in excelsis

IIb. Gloria. Et in terra pax

IIc. Gloria. Laudamus te

IId. Gloria. Domine deus

IIe. Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi

eIIf. Gloria. Quoniam tu solus

IIg. Gloria. Cum Sancto Spiritu, Amen

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CPO issues "From Forte to Piano - A Christmas Instrumental Journey"

 

CPO issues "From Forte to Piano - A Christmas Instrumental Journey"

From Forte to Piano - A Christmas Instrumental Journey

Gerhard Weinberger (organ), Irmgard Gorzawski, Birte Kulawik, Hans Jörg Mammel (tenor), Roland Pöntinen (piano), Christina Bjørkøe (piano), David Erler, Matthias Lutze

Michaelstein Telemann Chamber Orchestra, Les Amis de Philippe, Saxon Vocal Ensemble, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Orchester der Kölner...

Release date: 21st Nov 2025

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CPO Releases Album of Forgotten Christmas Oratorios

 

CPO Releases Album of Forgotten Christmas Oratorios

In the Shadow of Bach - Forgotten Christmas Oratorios

Monika Mauch (soprano), Kai Wessel, Nico van der Meel, Peter Kooij (bass), Britta Schwarz, Veronika Winter, Anne Bierwirth, Georg Poplutz (tenor), Matthias Vieweg, Markus Schäfer (tenor), Wilfried Jochens, Ingrid Schmithüsen, Lena Susanne Norin, Klaus Mertens (bass-baritone), Gundula Anders.

Georg Gebel II: Weihnachtsoratorium: No. 1, Jauchzet, ihr Himmel! Erfreue dich, Erde! (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Orchestra by Bernhard Klapprott)

Stölzel: Ach, dass die Hülfe aus Zion über Israel käme: No. 2, Seelenwollust, Freud und Wonne

Telemann: Dazu ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes, TWV 1:166: No. 7, Lob, Ehr und Dank sei dir gesungen

Graun, C H: Weihnachtsoratorium: No. 19, Ew'ger Sohn, erhaltner Segen

Telemann: Die Hirten bei der Krippe zu Bethlehem, TWV 1:797: No. 1, O Jesu parvule

Stölzel: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe: No. 6, Des lasst uns alle fröhlich sein

Rolle: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest: No. 7, Werdet voll Freuden, umschränket das Leiden

Graun, C H: Weihnachtsoratorium: No. 1, Mache dich auf! Werde Licht!

Georg Gebel II: Weihnachtsoratorium: No. 3, Nichts, als reine Himmelsfreude (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Orchestra by Bernhard Klapprott)

Rolle: Ach, dass du den Himmel zerrissest: No. 5, Ach, sei uns willkommen, du göttlicher Segen

Georg Gebel II: Weihnachtsoratorium: No. 18, Heil und Starke, Preis und Ehre (Arr. for Voice, Choir & Orchestra by Bernhard Klapprott)

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