Sinfonieorchester Wuppertal; A - Friedrich Schneider: Christus Das Kind [CD]

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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

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'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.' u2013 Choir & Organ (4 STARS)

Schneider: Christus das Kind: Part I: Einleitung

No. 1. Finsternis bedecket das Erdreich

No. 2. Siehe! Ich will senden meinen Engel

No. 3. Jauchzet, ihr Himmel, freue dich Erde

No. 4. Und sein Name wird heixdfen: Wunderbar! Friedefxfcrst!

No. 5. Maria! Gegrxfcxdfet sei, Holdselige, Maria!

No. 6. Der in dem Himmel thront

No. 7. Welch himmlisch sxfcxdfer Chorgesang

No. 8. Welch ein Gruxdf!

No. 9. Ich bin des Herren Magd

No. 10. Holdselige, Gebenedeiete unter den Frauen!

Christus das Kind: Part II: No. 11 Und du, Bethlehem im Lande Juda

No. 12. O holdes Kind, o sxfcxdfer Knabe

No. 13. Ehre sei Gott in der Hxf6he!

No. 14. Gelobet sei der Herr, Israels Gott!

No. 15. Ist es Wahrheit, ist es Traum?

No. 16. Wir bringen dir der Ehrfurcht Gabe

No. 17. Mache dich auf, werde Licht

No. 18. Und es erschien vor Joseph ein Engel des Herrn

No. 19. O Mutterfreude, Mutterlust

No. 20. Zu Rama hxf6rt man ein Geschrei und viele Klagen!

No. 21. Vernichtung, schneller Tod

Christus das Kind: Part III: No. 22 Und es erschien ein Engel des Herrn

No. 23. Bald wird kommen der Herr zu seinem Tempel

No. 24. Zion, mache dich auf!

No. 25. Komm herbei, zu xfcberwinden, Friedensherzog, Siegesheld!

No. 26. Machet die Tore weit auf, denn uns ist ein Sohn gegeben!

• Genre: Classical
• Product Type: AUDIO CD
• Barcode: 4260052383537

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