4260052383537

Schneider: Christus Das Kind

Dorothea Brandt; Elvira Bill; Santiago Sanchez; Christoph Scheeben; Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke; Alexander Luken; Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal

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Format: SACD

Cat No: ARS38353

Release Date:  17 February 2023

Label:  ARS Produktion

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4260052383537

Genres:  Classical  Choral  

  • Description

    This new release from ARS Produktion presents the world premiere recording of Friedrich Schneider's Christus das Kind (Christ the Child). Any discussion of the German oratorio tradition during the first half of the 19th century will include the name of Friedrich Schneider, the court Kapellmeister of Anhalt-Dessau, although usually focusing on Das Weltgericht (The Last Judgment), his second contribution to the genre and one of the most frequently performed oratorios of the early 19th century.

    The fixation on Das Weltgericht is paradigmatic for the consolidation of the concert business as well as for musicological research practice concentrating on individual works at the expense of a rich and rewarding oratorio oeuvre. In the case of Schneider's musical output, this inclination was so severe that he was colloquially known as the "Weltgericht-Schneider".

    His oratorio Christus das Kind, which has been recorded here for the first time, was not nearly as well known as Das Weltgericht during Schneider's lifetime; it forms the beginning of a cycle of four full-length oratorios about the life of Jesus, which was a novelty at the time.

    Christus das Kind comprises three unspecified parts that can be summarized with the following titles: 1. Annunciation

    2. Birth, Worship by the shepherds and the wise men from the east, and Flight

    3. Return to Israel and Praise.

    The main textual basis is formed by the Gospels of Luke and Matthew, supplemented by texts from the Old Testament, particularly Isaiah

    "With a good quartet of soloists and a conductor who clearly has the measure of this work's architectural span, this is a fine reading of this neglected work." – Choir & Organ (4 STARS)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Schneider: Christus das Kind: Part I: Einleitung
      • 2. No. 1. Finsternis bedecket das Erdreich
      • 3. No. 2. Siehe! Ich will senden meinen Engel
      • 4. No. 3. Jauchzet, ihr Himmel, freue dich Erde
      • 5. No. 4. Und sein Name wird heißen: Wunderbar! Friedefürst!
      • 6. No. 5. Maria! Gegrüßet sei, Holdselige, Maria!
      • 7. No. 6. Der in dem Himmel thront
      • 8. No. 7. Welch himmlisch süßer Chorgesang
      • 9. No. 8. Welch ein Gruß!
      • 10. No. 9. Ich bin des Herren Magd
      • 11. No. 10. Holdselige, Gebenedeiete unter den Frauen!
      • 12. Christus das Kind: Part II: No. 11 Und du, Bethlehem im Lande Juda
      • 13. No. 12. O holdes Kind, o süßer Knabe
      • 14. No. 13. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe!
      • 15. No. 14. Gelobet sei der Herr, Israels Gott!
      • 16. No. 15. Ist es Wahrheit, ist es Traum?
      • 17. No. 16. Wir bringen dir der Ehrfurcht Gabe
      • 18. No. 17. Mache dich auf, werde Licht
      • 19. No. 18. Und es erschien vor Joseph ein Engel des Herrn
      • 20. No. 19. O Mutterfreude, Mutterlust
      • 21. No. 20. Zu Rama hört man ein Geschrei und viele Klagen!
      • 22. No. 21. Vernichtung, schneller Tod
      • 23. Christus das Kind: Part III: No. 22 Und es erschien ein Engel des Herrn
      • 24. No. 23. Bald wird kommen der Herr zu seinem Tempel
      • 25. No. 24. Zion, mache dich auf!
      • 26. No. 25. Komm herbei, zu überwinden, Friedensherzog, Siegesheld!
      • 27. No. 26. Machet die Tore weit auf, denn uns ist ein Sohn gegeben!