Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn - Sacred Music, Vol. 1

Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY (1809-1847)

Christus Op. 97 oratorio fragments for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Part I: The Birth of Christ 

Part II: The Passion of Christ

Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser (Psalm 42) Op. 42

Cantata for soloists, mixed choir and orchestra

Fanny HENSEL-MENDELSSOHN (1805-1847)

Lobgesang ‛Meine Seele ist stille’

Cantata for soprano, alto , mixed choir and orchestra

RIAS Kammerchor Berlin

Kammerakademie Potsdam

Justin Doyle

Janacek - The Diary of One Who Disappeared; Sinfonietta

Leos JANACEK (1854-1928)

Tagebuch eines Verschollenen

(The Diary of One

Who Disappeared)

for tenor, three women voices and piano

Orchestral version: Ota Zitek & Vaclav Sedlacek

Sinfonietta op. 60

Philip Langridge (tenor)

Brigitte Balleys (contralto)

Marcus Creed (chorus master)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Women of the RIAS Kammerchor

Claudio Abbado

Recorded: 1987-11-21 at Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin

Franz Schreker - Der Ferne Klang (An Opera in Three Acts)

Franz SCHREKER (1878-1934)

Der Ferne Klang - an opera in three acts 

Grete - Gabriele Schnaut (soprano); 

Fritz -Thomas Moser (tenor); 

Der alte Graumann - Victor von Halem (bass); Frau Graumann - Barbara Scherler (mezzo); 

Der Wirt - Johann Erner Prien (bass); 

Altes Weib - Julia Juon (mezzo); 

Ein Schauspieler - Hans Helm (baritone); Dr.Vigelius - Siegmund Nimsgern (bass); 

Barbara Hahn; Rolf Appel; Gudrun Sieber;Claudio Crelli; Gertrude Ottenthal; Peter Haage; Roland Hermann; Gideon Saks; Robert Worle

RIAS Kammerchor

Rundfunkchor Berlin

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

Gerd Albrecht

rec. Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin, 16-20 October 1990

Ernst Krenek - Motets After Kafka, Choral Works

Ernst KRENEK 

6 Motets to Words by Franz Kafka. 5 Prayers. Cantata on the Transcience of Earthly Things. 1 3 Mixed A Cappella Choruses. 2 Choruses on Jacobean Poems. MONTEVERDI/KRENEK Lamento della Ninfa 1 

 Caroline Stein (sop); 1 Philip Mayers (pn)

Hans-Christoph Rademann Conductor

Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir