Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Abendfriede

Fanny Hensel (1805-1847)
Schweigend sinkt die Nacht

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Nachtwache I
Nachtwache II

Giacomo Mezzalira (1959-)
Guten aben, gut Nacht

Emil Raberg (1985-)
The Tyger

Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (1963-)
Die Stimme des Kindes

Per Norgard (1932-)
Wiigen-Lied

Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928-2016)
Ludus verbalis

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
Trois chansons

Urmas sisask (1960-)
Benedictio

Arvo Pärt (1935-)
the Deer's Cry

Knut Nystedt (1915-2014)
Missa Brevis

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Nachtlied

Deutscher Jugendkammerchor
Florian Benfer, direction

The Deutscher Jugendkammerchor is a select national ensemble consisting of young, highly talented choir singers. Demanding choral music performed at the highest artistic level is what the ensemble, under its conductor Florian Benfer, has to offer on the CD “Nachtschichten” – its impressive first offering. The choir ambles through the various facets of the night with works by, among others, Brahms, Reger, Ravel, Sisask, Pärt, Nystedt and Rautavaara.