Label: COVIELLO SACD 20714
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*WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS!!!
JACOB OBRECHT (1457 – 1505): Missa “Sub tuum praesidium”; *ANONYM: Carmen; Gaudeamus omnes in Domino; Carmen in fa; Alleluia, Anna mater eximia; Luce lucens in aeterna; Diffusa est gratia; Carmen II; Lucis huius festa; Salve Regina; Alleluis, Sancta Dei Genitrix

Gesine Adler, soprano; David Erler, alto; Stephan Gähler, tenor; Sebastian Reim, tenor; Matthias Gerchen, bass
Capella de la Toree/Katharina Bäuml
Capella de la Torre is a group of musicians who have made a name for themselves as specialists in historical performance practice. The ensemble's aim is to give listeners an immediate experience of the rich and hitherto neglected repertoire of mediaeval and renaissance music by performing it to a professional standard. The name "de la Torre" has a double meaning. In the first place, it pays homage to the Spanish composer Francisco de la Torre, who wrote his "Danza Alta" at the beginning of the 16th century. This is probably the most famous piece for what was then known as "capella alta", an ensemble of wind instruments such as shawms, dulcians, sackbuts and cornetti. Capella de la Torre has specialized in music written for the "capella alta". Secondly, the name may be taken in a literal sense: "de la Torre" means "from the tower" and groups of wind players (Spanish: ministriles) often played on towers or balconies at festivals and other official occasions. "Torres de los Ministriles" are still to be found in many Spanish towns today. Capella de la Torre does not confine itself to Spanish music, however, but also plays music written throughout the rest of Europe for the "hauts instruments" or "loud instruments". In general, it tries to breathe life into the old traditions of "ministriles", "piffari" and "Stadtpfeiffer". In the music world of today there are very few ensembles centered around historical double-reed instruments. This is particularly so in Germany.

Label: COVIELLO SACD 30612
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Rhapsody for Violoncello & Orchestra; Suite de “Les amants de Téruel”

Johannes Moser, cello
Symphony Orchestra Aachen/Marcus Bosch
In November 2005, the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis was honored in Aachen with the IMCUNESCO Music Prize, recognized worldwide as one of the most important distinctions in the field of music. The criteria for its conferment include efforts on behalf of peace and understanding between nations and the conservation of traditional cultural assets. Following the ceremony, the symphony orchestra of Aachen performed works by the evening’s prizewinner in a special concert. The live recording of that event is contained on the present Hybrid-SACD. In the ballet Les Amants de Téruel, Theodorakis finds new ways of combining European modernism with traditional melodies; in the Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, Johannes Moser, who has attained worldwide renown, finds abundant opportunities to demonstrate his formidable lyrical and virtuosic powers.