Dark Hours ‐ a 6 CD box containing works from the “shadowlands” of classical music. The fan base of the genre is vast, encompassing fantasy, mystery and horror, with cult heroes aplenty. Right on cue as the darker seasons beckon, the media landscape is dotted with films of the genre. Reason enough to search for “dark” treasure in musical history, away from the well‐ trodden compilation paths. Classical composers have always been drawn to the shadowlands of classical music and their works have often provided the inspiration or indeed the foundations for contemporary film scores.

This 6 CD box set contains almost 8 hours of music, including many famous works such as Carl Orff’s “O Fortuna” (Carmina Burana), Giuseppe Verdi’s “Dies irae” (Requiem), Franz Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden”, Anton Bruckner’s “Te Deum” and Mozart’s “Lacrimosa” (Requiem).

Artists

Michael Pohl, Walter Hartwich, Dieter Zechlin (piano), Günter Kootz, Jan Vogler (cello), Bruno Canino, E. Power Biggs, Joachim Dalitz, Süher Pekinel (piano), Güher Pekinel (piano), Rolf Dohler, Barbara Sanderling, Wladyslaw Kedra, Peter Rösel (piano), Siegfried Lorenz (baritone), Norman Shetler, Elka Mitzewa, Cécile Ousset (piano), Magdaléna Hajóssyová, Rosemarie Lang (mezzo-soprano), Peter-Jurgen Schmidt, Hermann Christian Polster (bass), Siegfried Lorenz, Siegfried Vogel, Leipzig Radio Chorus, male section, female section, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Kurt Masur, Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Eberhard Büchner (tenor), Magdalena Falewicz, Ingeborg Springer, Celestina Casapietra, Gerty Herzog, Rosemarie Ronisch, Nelson Freire (piano), Christian Funke, Herbert Kaliga, Dresdner Philharmoniker, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Leipzig Radio Chamber Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung, Staatskapelle Berlin, MDR Sinfonieorchester, Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin, Leipzig Radio Choir, Dresdner Kreuzchor, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Chor der Berliner Staatsoper, Heinz Bongartz, Heinz Ragnar, Gerhard Wiesenhutter, Herbert Kegel, Rolf Kleinert, Heinz Rögner, Claus Peter Flor, Hiroshi Wakasugi, Otmar Suitner, Günther Herbig, Hartmut Haenchen, Helmut Koch, Witold Rowicki, Paavo Berglund, Kurt Masur, Arthur Apelt, Siegfried Matthus, Giuseppe Patanè, Roderich Kreile, Rudolf Kempe, Jörg-Peter Weigle, Kurt Sanderling, Werner Egk, Peter Schreier, Václav Neumann, Michel Plasson