Christoph Graupner: Ein Weihnachts Oratorium
) | Label: Ricercar Catalog: RIC307 Format: CD Ex Tempore, Mannheimer Hofkapelle; Konzertmeister, Swatje Hoffmann; conductor, Florian HeyerickComposed by: Christoph Graupner Director of music to the Darmstadt court, Graupner¹s reputation was greater during his lifetime than was that of his contemporary J.S. Bach. Graupner¹s compositions are now slowly beginning to be rediscovered; Florian Heyerick has also devoted his doctoral thesis to them. This recording brings together several of the Christmas cantatas from the almost 1400 cantatas composed by Graupner. These works are real jewels thanks to the variety and the originality of their structure and instrumental colours; their rediscovery now completes a chapter in music history that was once almost totally unknown.  Price: $39.98 |