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 first 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.