Blarr: Jesus Geburt Weihnachtsoratorium

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr - Jesus-Geburt: Weihnachtsoratorium
Chor der Neanderkirche / Neandersinfonietta / Oskar Gottlieb Blarr
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 459 MB | Artwork, NO Booklet | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Anthologie Deutscher Musik Im Osten" # A 3470/71 | Country/Year: Germany 1992
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary, Oratory, Sacred

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 6 May 1934 in East Prussia) is a German composer, organist and church musician. (…) As a composer Oskar Gottlieb Blarr created oratorios, orchestral works, chamber and organ music. He also composed numerous New Spiritual songs. He published many of his songs under the pseudonym Brother Choral Ogo…

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr - Jesus-Geburt: Weihnachtsoratorium
Chor der Neanderkirche / Neandersinfonietta / Oskar Gottlieb Blarr
EAC+LOG+CUE | 2x CD, FLAC: 459 MB | Artwork, NO Booklet | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Anthologie Deutscher Musik Im Osten" # A 3470/71 | Country/Year: Germany 1992
Genre: Classical | Style: Contemporary, Oratory, Sacred

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 6 May 1934 in East Prussia) is a German composer, organist and church musician. (…) As a composer Oskar Gottlieb Blarr created oratorios, orchestral works, chamber and organ music. He also composed numerous New Spiritual songs. He published many of his songs under the pseudonym Brother Choral Ogo…

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr - The Compositions for Solo Organ
Wolfgang Abendroth an der Beckerath-Orgel, Johanniskirche & der Rieger-Orgel, Neanderkirche, Düsseldorf
EAC+LOG+CUE | 2x FLAC: 836 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Ars Musici # AM 1388-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2004
Genre: Classical, Sacred | Style: Contemporary, Organ, present 21th Century

Oskar Gottlieb Blarr (born 6 May 1934 in East Prussia) is a German composer, organist and church musician. (…) As a composer Oskar Gottlieb Blarr created oratorios, orchestral works, chamber and organ music. He also composed numerous New Spiritual songs. He published many of his songs under the pseudonym Brother Choral Ogo…

Robert Schumann - Complete Works for Violoncello and Piano
Klaus Storck, Violoncello / Aya Ishihara, Piano
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 255 MB | Full Artwork: 101 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "audio.max" # 903 1544-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2009
Genre: Classical | Style: Romantic

"The years spent by Robert Schumann and his Clara in Dresden were a time of perfect happiness, and in 1849 the composer, like a teenager, presented his dearest with a Romanze pervaded by intense passion. An outstanding recording of Schumann’s complete works for violoncello and piano from this time transports us up to the couple’s seventh heaven. The Schumann specialist Aya Ishihara plays Clara’s role at a Steinway grand piano (1901), and her experienced duo partner Klaus Storck is heard as the emotionally profound cellist playing an Italian “Spiritus Sorsana” cello (made in 1730 in Cunei)…"

Ernst Krenek - Karl V. - Stage Work with Music in two parts
Czech Philharmonic Chorus of Brno / Orchester der Beethovenhalle Bonn / Marc Soustrot
2xCD | EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 520 MB | Full Artwork (incl. Libretto): 460 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 337 1082-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2001
Genre: Classical | Style: Opera, Early 20th Century

Krenek’s Karl V is the kind of opera that can be appreciated on several different levels. (…) Remarkably, it’s the earliest large-scale opera to use the 12-note system, though Krenek triumphantly refutes the notion that adherence to this technique inhibits creativity and emotional power. The composer’s widow has claimed that this performance, recorded in connection with the Beethoven Festival in Bonn last year, is by far the finest she has ever heard. With wonderful singing from David Pittman-Jennings as Karl and superb commitment from conductor Marc Soustrot and his fine orchestra, there is little reason to disagree with this verdict.

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 10
Organ of Birmingham Town Hall
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 239 MB | Full Artwork: 166 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 1292-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2008
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 5
Cavaillé-Coll Organ, Saint-Ouen, Rouen
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 268 MB | Full Artwork: 123 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 0955-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2003
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…

Marcel Dupré - Ben van Oosten - Organ Works Vol. 4
Willis-Organ, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 272 MB | Full Artwork: 199 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 316 0954-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2002
Genre: Classical | Style: 20th Century, Organ

…In many ways Dupré may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and in his pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with a high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Chemin de la Croix, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Évocation, and the Cortège et Litanie…

Johann Sebastian Bach - Passio Secundum Johannem (Johannes-Passion) BWV 245, Version II (1725)
Holton / Bartosz - Kölner Kammerchor - Collegium Cartusianum - Peter Neumann
EAC+LOG+CUE | 2x CD, FLAC: 500 MB | Artwork: 166 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Gold" # 332 0983-2 | Country/Year: Germany 2000
Genre: Classical | Style: Sacred, Baroque, Oratorio

“clear diction and outstandingly responsive singing throughout is the biggest single asset of the performance. Superbly dynamic the set is obligatory for all committed Bachians.” (Fanfare)

Heinrich Schütz - Musikalische Exequien & Motetten / Johann Herman Schein - Suite Nr. 10
Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Rainer Johannes Homburg / Musica Fiata
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 291 MB | Full Artwork: 130 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: MDG "Scene" # 902 1784-6 | Country/Year: Germany 2012
Genre: Classical | Style: Baroque, Sacred, Vocal

"This new SACD by the Hymnus Choirboys of Stuttgart and Musica Fiata demonstrates how Schütz worked with opulent Italian impressions while serving as court chapel master in Dresden and employs the finest 2+2+2 technique to transport lavish sound and Venetian grandezza straight to you in your living room…" ~prestoclassical