UNS IST EIN KIND GEBOREN: KONZERTE UND ARIEN ZUR WEIHNACHT

Hans-Jorg Mammel (tenor) & L'arpa Festante

A seasonal treat for Christmas: a wonderful recording of Concertos and Arias for Christmas from Accent. Featuring tenor Hans-Jorg Mammel, he is accompanied on various pieces on this disc by the musicians of the L’arpa festante ensemble.

Protestant church music of the Baroque period can be regarded as an inexhaustible treasure trove; in the period between the two “leading composers,” Heinrich Schütz and Johann Sebastian Bach, a vast repertoire of concertante music for voice with different instrumental accompaniment was composed, much of which is still awaiting rediscovery.

The disc is a variety of orchestral pieces and songs, with various different orchestrations including flutes, trombones, violins, bassoons and basso continuo, providing a wonderful accompaniment to your Christmas lunch!

Bernhard:
 Fürchtet euch nicht
 Fürchtet euch nicht Currite, pastores

Böddecker:
 Natus est Jesus

Schein:
 O Maria, gebenedeiet bist du
 Uns ist ein Kind geboren

Schildt:
 Ach mein herzliebstes Jesulein

Schmelzer:
 Sacro-Profanus Concentus Musicus
 Sonata à 3 'La Pastorale'

Telemann:
 Ach, welcher holde Ton
 Göttlichs Kind, laß mit Entzücken, TWV 1:1020a
 O Jesu Christ, dein Kripplein, TWV 01:1200
 Steige, falle, kreise, walle
 Wenn mich Welt (Choral)

Vejvanovsky:
 Sonata tribus quadrantibus

Zelenka:
 Laudate pueri in D major, ZWV81
 Psalm 112 in F major, ZWV 82, "Laudate pueri Dominum"

"Hans Jörg Mammel is a specialist in this kind of repertoire...This results in a completely idiomatic approach...Mammel's ability to make sure every single word is audible cannot be welcomed enough...This is a very attractive and compelling programme of music for the Christmas period, well suited to repeated listening."
MusicWeb International - 18th November 2013