Hammerschmidt:
Machet die Tore weit
Meine Seele Gott erhebt
Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn
Fürchtet euch nicht
Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Das Wort ward Fleisch
Wo ist der neugeborene König?
Das ist je gewisslich wahr
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
Alleluja! Freuet euch, ihr Christen

Rosenmüller:
Magnifi cat

2011/12 sees the 400th anniversary of the birth of one of the most important masters of the early German Baroque. Hammerschmidt‘s vocal works are known to the wider public today throught just a few pieces such as ‚Machet die Tore weit‘ and ‚Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt‘. His output encompasses a wide range of musical forms: concertos and cantats, motets and instrumental pieces, as well as ‚secular‘ vocal works on the most varied scorings.

This CD is the fi rst of two releases from CARUS with ensemble Gli Scarlattisti which present Andreas Hammerschmidt‘s vocal works in a thematic and theologically-liturgically arranged sequence, and each work is juxtaposed with composition to a Latin text by his contemporary Johann Rosenmüller.

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DDD, 2001/2011