Special offer. Graun, C H: Christmas Oratorio
Monika Mauch (soprano), Marion Eckstein (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Raimund Nolte (bass)
Arcis Vocalists & Baroque Ensemble L’arpa festante, Thomas Gropper
A disciplined reading by Munich’s well-drilled semi-professional choir Arcis-Vocalisten and L’Arpa Festante…Graun’s finely crafted arias are performed by accomplished soloists. Georg Poplutz...
Special offer. Graun, C H: Christmas Oratorio
Monika Mauch (soprano), Marion Eckstein (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Raimund Nolte (bass)
Arcis Vocalists & Baroque Ensemble L’arpa festante, Thomas Gropper
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A disciplined reading by Munich’s well-drilled semi-professional choir Arcis-Vocalisten and L’Arpa Festante…Graun’s finely crafted arias are performed by accomplished soloists. Georg Poplutz...
About
A work caught the attention of musicians during the late 1990s – a Christmas Oratorio by C.H. Graun. The only known copy of it was being housed in the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. But it has so far been impossible to determine either the name of the manuscript copyist or an exact dating of the work and copy. There are many indications that this is a work from the composer’s phase prior to his years in Berlin. After The Death of Jesus, Thomas Gropper and his Arcis Vocalists now proudly present the second oratorio of Graun as a CD production for OehmsClassics.
Contents and tracklist
- Marion Eckstein (alto), Monika Mauch (soprano), Raimund Nolte (bass), Georg Poplutz (tenor)
- Arcis-Vocalisten Munich, L'arpa festante
- Thomas Gropper
- Recorded: 5-8 December, 2016
- Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche, München-Sendling, Germany
Spotlight on this release
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Christmas Releases 2017
6th Dec 2017
Ten of our favourite new festive recordings, from early music collections to traditional carols.
Awards and reviews
December 2017
A disciplined reading by Munich’s well-drilled semi-professional choir Arcis-Vocalisten and L’Arpa Festante…Graun’s finely crafted arias are performed by accomplished soloists. Georg Poplutz sings with stylishness and sincerity…Mauch and Marion Eckstein combine gorgeously in the duet ‘Herr, im Frieden will ich sterben’.
Classical Music December 2018
Graun shines with inventive choruses, graceful solo numbers and colourful orchestration in 80 magical minutes of elegant celebration.
