Franz Wüllner (1832-1902)
Nachtgruss (Weil jetzo alles stille ist)
Still, ihr Winde
Kindelein zart von guter Art

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Es flog Täublein weisse

August von Othegraven (1864-1946)
Vom Himmel hoch, ihr Engel, kommt

Gustav Schreck (1849-1918)
Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Wir schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Stille Nacht

Carl Gottlob Reissiger (1798- 1859)
Es ist ein Reis entsprungen

Carl Loewe (1796-1869)
Puer natus in Bethlehem
Quem pastores laudavere
In dulci jubilo

Robert Fuchs (1847-1927)
Schlaf, mein Kindelein
O Freudenreicher Tag

Max Bruch (1838-1920)
Wiegenlied der Hirten

Max Reger (1873-1916)
Lass mich dein sein und bleiben
Jesu, grosser Wunderstern
Das alte Jahr vergangen ist (Neujahrslied)

Carl Rheinthaler (1822-1896)
Weinachtslied
Hei'ge Nacht

Dresdner Kammerchor
Hans-Christoph Rademann, direction

Just in time for the 30th anniversary season of the Dresdner Kammerchor, a new Christmas CD with the choir under the direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann is being released. The recording features romantic arrangements of classical Advent and Christmas carols. The recorded works are characterized by this revival of the traditional, the old melodies and texts from the 14th to 18th centuries; but at the same time by the merging of the past with the (musical) future. The composers, among them Max Reger, Carl Loewe, Max Bruch and Johannes Brahms, point towards the modern era with their musical languages, the timbres, harmonic progressions and chromatic enhancements. In this sense, the present CD – over and above the worthwhile discovery of unknown works, the artistic enjoyment of the performance and the musical attunement to Christmastide – is also an invitation to let oneself be drawn into a movement in which Advent is recognized as the simultaneity of the past and the future.