Tod 8

With "Hinterland", Casper has redefined the boundaries of what HipHop can be. The successor of the breakthrough album "XOXO" lifted his sound to a whole new level. An innovation performance, which was rewarded not least with platinum albums, sold out tours and headliner performances at the biggest and most important festivals of the republic.

Reiner's classic account of Tod & Verklärung is no doubt one of the most sublime and richly expressive versions on record, and can stand test of time, a kind of performance which never loses freshness. Each time you listen, there's something new to discover.

This collection of Tod Machover's (b. 1953) music focuses on chamber and orchestral music composed during the last decade, both with and without electronic enhancement. Machover's music is a fascinating blend of expressive and lyrical melody combined with a sophisticated ear for textural complexity... The largest composition on this disc is the piano concerto Jeux Deux, scored for large orchestra, with the soloist performing on a "hyperpiano"- a concert grand piano which interacts with sensors and computer programs in order to expand its technical possibilities.

A six-member ensemble, Germany's Santiano make a rootsy blend of sea shanties, European folk, schlager, and contemporary pop music…

There's nothing meek or morbid about Telemann's 'Jesu' in this passion oratorio. This is a confident muscular Jesu, closer to the Saxon Heliand than to the Man of Sorrows depicted on the CD cover; the first aria proclaims Him a hero: "Du Held… du kannst und willst mein Schutzgott sein." (You Hero… you can and will be my Protector-God.) Before that, the Siegfriedesque cantabile for horn that opens the composition sounds not so much like a lament as a call to don one's spiritual armor, and throughout the whole text Jesu is portrayed as indomitable amid the torment and agony of his followers. Specifically, He is the Lion of Judah, the model of Christian fortitude against all enemies.