Verklingend und ewig: Rarities from Wolfenbüttel

The Mädchenchor Hannover and the Knabenchor Hannover set standards for today’s choral repertoire. Their recordings of commissioned works and re-discovered pieces alike have brought the ensembles much acclaim and renown. For the current recording under the auspices of Rondeau Production and the Norddeutscher Rundfunk, the choirs perform some rarietes from the Herzog August Bibliothek at Wolfenbüttel.

The CD takes its listeners back to the time between 1566 and 1701: to the courtly society of Wolfenbüttel, to the cultural circles of the protestant cities of Freiberg, Helmstedt, Leipzig, Lüneburg, Minden, Nuremberg, Tonna (Thuringia), and to Italy. Providing insight into the musical world of the days in which the Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel was founded, these pieces reflect the representational and funerary practices of this time. The new recording features compositions by Andreas Hammerschmidt, Maddalena Caulana, Jacobus Peetrinus, Johann Schelle, Otto Gibel, and others.

Mädchenchor Hannover
Knabenchor Hannover
Gudrun Schröfel
Jörg Breiding