Messe und andere Vokalwerke

December 2013 will mark the 50th anniversary of Paul Hindemith's death, but this is not the only reason for the SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart to turn...

Motetten zur Weihnacht, Deutsche Messe op. 89

Today, the name of Arnold Mendelssohn scarcely ranks as a footnote in most musical textbooks, despite his seminal role in the revival of German...

Carmina Burana

Carmina Burana is a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff in 1935 and 1936. It is based on 24 of the poems found in the medieval collection Carmina...

Choral Works

SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart

The self-taught Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos is best remembered today for his brilliant and idiomatic works for guitar and his series of...

Romances and Ballads, op. 67, 69, 75, 91, 145, 146

200 years after his birth, much of the music of Robert Schumann remains to be discovered. For apart from a few songs, piano works and concertos, the...

Choral Works

Last year, in celebration of Elliot Carter's 100th birthday, the thoroughbred's of choral ensembles performed and recorded a program of the great...

Silence and Music - SACD

Finally - one of the best choirs in the world have released, for the FIRST TIME a disc of English music for a cappella chorus. Vaughan Williams'...

Psalms - Complete Recording

Today Charles Ives is remembered as the wildly experimental composer, who was by day a successful insurance executive, composing his visionary scores...

Mass in E Minor & Motets - SACD

The phenomenal choir of the Southwest German Radio, the Vokalensemble Stuttgart, shows here that their expertise is in no way limited to the...

Complete Choral Works

Wolrd Premiere

The three works for vocal ensembles recorded here are examples of an extreme form of vocal chamber music - an instrumental music for singers. Despite...