Christophorus Colombus

VA - Weihnachten im Erzgebirge / Christmas in the Ore Mountains (1962, ReIssue 1994)

VA - Weihnachten im Erzgebirge / Christmas in the Ore Mountains
Helmut-Stapff-Gruppe / Nürnberger Bläsersolisten / Hymnus-Chorknaben
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 213 MB | Full Artwork | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Christophorus # CHE 0066-2 | Country/Year: Germany 1994, 1962
Genre: Folk | Style: Traditional Christmas

Traditional german christmas songs from the Ore Mountains area.

Himmels-Lieder - Sacred Songs & Cantatas - Franz Vitzthum (2012)  Music

Posted by peotuvave at Jan. 13, 2013
Himmels-Lieder - Sacred Songs & Cantatas - Franz Vitzthum (2012)

Himmels-Lieder - Sacred Songs & Cantatas - Franz Vitzthum (2012)
EAC Rip | Flac (Tracks + cue + log) | 1 CD | Full Scans | 334 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Christophorus | Catalog Number: 77354

The voice of countertenor Franz Vitzthum resounds with lightness and clarity: its almost ‘celestial’ quality appears completely free of all ballast. How appropriate therefore is this programme for Christophorus, in which the yearning for eternal life, when the shackles of mortal existence have been thrown off, was a central theme of the German Baroque period.
Miriam Feuersinger, Klaus Mertens, Ensemble der Bachkantaten in Vorarlberg - Dialog-Kantaten (2023)

Miriam Feuersinger, Klaus Mertens, Ensemble der Bachkantaten in Vorarlberg - Dialog-Kantaten (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:01:30 | 140 / 282 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Christophorus

In Johann Sebastian Bach's vast oeuvre of cantatas, his dialogue cantatas occupy a very special position: as if in a personal dialogue, the 'Christian soul' (soprano) and 'Christ' (bass) enter into a dialogue, which Bach sets to music with the highest emotional power, almost like in an opera.
Ensemble für frühe Musik Augsburg - Neidhart von Reuental (1990)

Ensemble für frühe Musik Augsburg - Neidhart von Reuental
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 276 MB | Full Artwork: 98 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: Christophorus # CHR 77108 | Country/Year: Germany 1990
Genre: Folk, Classical | Style: Medieval

Neidhart von Reuental was one of the most famous German minnesingers. He was probably active in Bavaria and then is known to have been a singer at the court of Friedrich II in Vienna. As a minnesinger he was most active from 1210 to at least 1236. Neidhart is very well known for being rather sarcastic and comical. More melodies survive by him than from any other minnesinger…
Officium Ensemble feat. Wilfried Rombach - Gesänge der Zisterzienser (2019)

Officium Ensemble feat. Wilfried Rombach - Gesänge der Zisterzienser (2019)
WEB FLAC (Tracks +Booklet) | Cover | 01:01:24 | 229 MB
Classical | Label: Christophorus

Die schönsten Blumen blühen im Verborgenen: Nach nur wenigen Monaten veröffentlicht das kleine Label Christophorus eine zweite CD mit einstimmiger Sakralmusik des Mittelalters, die man in jeder Hinsicht als gelungen – ja geradezu als vorbildlich – bezeichnen muss … Aus dem Titel geht nicht hervor, dass die von Bernhard von Clairvaux initiierte Choralreform der Zisterziensier den seit dem 10. Jahrhundert kodifizierten einstimmigen Kirchengesang (fälschlich Papst Gregor dem Großen zugeschrieben) in der Substanz nicht antastete. Vielmehr ging es den Zisterziensern insgesamt darum, das monastische Leben und auch die klösterliche Kunst von jenem überbordenden Luxus zu reinigen, wie er sich im Benediktinerkloster Cluny etabliert hatte. Im Falle des Chorals führte es die zu einer Vereinfachung der überkommenen Melodien. Allzu reiche Melismatik wurde getilgt und die Gesänge tonartlich vereinheitlicht. Bernhard selbst gab ein neues Messbuch in Auftrag. Responsorien daraus bilden die zentrale Substanz der CD. Aufgeteilt in sechs Teile ist darüber hinaus der berühmte Hymnus Jesus Dulcis Memoria zu hören, der wohl fälschlicherweise Bernhard zu geschrieben ist, aber dessen besondere Verehrung von Jesus eindrücklich thematisiert. Die responsorialen Gesänge werden rhythmisch sehr differenziert vorgetragen, die Hymnodie durch improvisierten organalen Gesang klanglich angereichert. Die Gesangskultur befindet sich insgesamt auf höchstem Niveau.
Franz Vitzthum - Gift und Gegengift: Laster und Tugenden in Liedern der Renaissance (2021)

Franz Vitzthum - Gift und Gegengift: Laster und Tugenden in Liedern der Renaissance (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:13:35 | 375 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Christophorus

In his "Tricinia" Caspar Othmayr deals with the deadly sins and opposes each transgression with a composition as an "antidote" (antidote). Othmayr was a student at the University of Heidelberg and founded the circle of the so-called "Heidelberger Liedmeister" together with musician friends. From this grouping arose countless artistic songs around sacred and secular themes, which Georg Forster collected in the Frische Teutschen Liedlein. Accompanied by the viola da gamba ensemble Dryades Consort, the countertenor Franz Vitzthum presents all seven deadly sins and - as an antidote - the corresponding virtues in artful movements from this fund.
Hamelner Kantorei, Stefan Vanselow, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie - Wolfrum: Ein Weihnachtsmysterium, Op. 31 (Live) (2021)

Hamelner Kantorei, Stefan Vanselow, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie - Wolfrum: Ein Weihnachtsmysterium, Op. 31 (Live) (2021)
FLAC tracks | 1:40:44 | 392 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Christophorus

Philipp Wolfrum (1854-1919) was one of the most influential personalities in German musical life around 1900. He worked as a choirmaster, organist, composer, professor and university music director in Heidelberg and friendships connected him with Engelbert Humperdinck, Max Reger and Richard Strauss; he also maintained close contact with the Bayreuth circle around Richard Wagner's widow Cosima. Liszt and Wagner were his great idols and this is also noticeable in his compositions.
Tilman Hoppstock, Piera Dadomo, Zoran Dukic, Olad Van Gonnissen - Froberger, Buxtehude & Others: Variations for Guitar (2022)

Tilman Hoppstock, Piera Dadomo, Zoran Dukic, Olad Van Gonnissen - Froberger, Buxtehude & Others: Variations for Guitar (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:19:27 | 293 / 181 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Christophorus

Variation means change, and especially in the realm of tones, this is a particularly popular means of creating developments. In the programme of the guitarist Tilman Hoppstock, there are works with the designation "Variation" as well as many others, such as "Double", Passacaglia", "Mutazione" or "Capriccio". At the same time, it also reflects the possibilities of variation through the ages, beginning with compositions from the Baroque with Froberger, Buxtehude and Bach, through the Classical period – Beethoven, Carulli and Matiegka –to Romantic guitar music by Willcocks and Tansman, to the Garden of Dreams by contemporary composer Karl-Wieland Kurz, who in turn spreads his "mutations" over a Renaissance theme
Musica Fiorita, Ars Antiqua Austria, Harmonie Universelle, La Petite Bande - Baroque Instrumental Music for Christmas (2022)

Musica Fiorita, Ars Antiqua Austria, Harmonie Universelle, La Petite Bande - Baroque Instrumental Music for Christmas (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:16:10 | 372 / 175 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Christophorus

This new CD presents a selection of baroque instrumental music for Christmas, performed by ensembles including La Petite Bande, Musica Fiorita, Capricornus Consort Basel and Ars Antiqua Austria.
Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Nikos Athinäos - Josef Rheinberger: Symphonic Works (2010)

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt, Nikos Athinäos - Josef Rheinberger: Symphonic Works (2010)
EAC | FLAC (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 124:44 | 544 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Christophorus | Catalog: CHE 0153-2

This two-CD package brings together several orchestral works and two choral pieces by nineteenth century Germanic composer Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901). Born in Liechtenstein but resident most of his life in Germany, Rheinberger wrote only two symphonies, and is known today more for his chamber music and religious works. The first CD comprises Wallenstein, described by the composer as a symphonic tone painting in four movements.