Sächsische Weihnacht Blechbläserensemble & Ludwig Güttler

• Valerius Otto (1579 - 1616):
• 1Intrada in E-Flat Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis03:46
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Five Variations on "Daughter Zion":
• 2Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation I00:49
• 3Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation II00:52
• 4Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation III01:03
• 5Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation IV00:51
• 6Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation V00:58
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):
• 7Allemanda for two Brass Choirs02:22
• Johann Crüger (1598 - 1662):
• 8Choral for Brass Choir in four Parts: "Wie soll ich dich Empfangen"01:41
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230:
• 9Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: I. Allegro06:46
• 10Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: II. Choral01:09
• 11Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: III. Fuga01:24
• Ludwig Güttler (b. 1943):
• 12Allemande and Courante for two Timpanis03:18
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621):
• 13Motet for Brass in nine Parts: Jubilate Domino02:22
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer 1623 - 1680): Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis:
• 14Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: II. Allemande01:16
• 15Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: III. Bourée00:51
• 16Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: IV. Sarabande01:55
• 17Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: V. Allemande00:46
• Michael Praetorius: Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen":
• 18Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Sinfonia00:57
• 19Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Choral02:00
• Melchior Vulpius (1570 - 1615):
• 20Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Kanon01:15
• William Brade (1560 - 1630):
• 21Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Paduane03:11
• 22"Uns ist geborn" for Brass Choirs in five Parts01:36
• 23"Joseph, lieber Joseph mein" for three Trumpets and Bass Tuba00:25
• Ludwig Güttler, Walter Hensel (1887 - 1956):
• 24Postludium01:52
• Orindio Bartolino:
• 25Canzon No. 30 for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis02:21
• Michael Praetorius:
• 26"Den die Hirten lobeten sehre" Quempas for four Brass Choirs02:22
• Ludwig Güttler:
• 27"Kommet ihr Hirten" for four Brass Choirs and Timpanis01:39
• Adolf Busch (1891 - 1952): Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b:
• 28Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: Gwine Up02:12
• 29Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: Mary an' Martha jes' Gone'long02:36
• 30Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: I'm troubled in Mind01:48
• Bastian Chilese:
• 31Canzon No. 31 for two Brass Choirs "in Echo"02:45
• Michael Praetorius:
• 32Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Canzona in five parts for Brass and Timpani02:11
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 33Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral Setting for Brass01:28
• Johannes Eccard (1553 - 1611):
• 34Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral in five parts for Brass Choir00:33
• Michael Praetorius: Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her":
• 35Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral Setting for Trumpet, French Horn and Trombone from "Musae Sioniae"00:57
• 36Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral Canzon for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis from "Musae Sioniae - Part 9"03:30
• Jeremiah Clarke (1674 - 1707):
• 37The Prince of Denmark's March02:33
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 38Christus ist Geboren02:00
• Total Runtime01:12:20

Info for Sächsische Weihnacht

For his new album, Ludwig Güttler has compiled what he considers to be the most beautiful and contemplative Christmas carols. Although a musical Christmas as we know it - with full churches and making music together - will be difficult this year, Güttler's music brings us together in a different, very intimate way. The great trumpeter gives hope for better times and reminisces about Christmas in his homeland, the Erzgebirge.

"Christmas in the Erzgebirge is very special. Due to the mining tradition it is a festival of light. If you imagine how a miner gets up very early - it is still dark - centuries ago, attends the morning service, then goes down the shaft and comes home from work when it is already dark, then, like this worker, you develop a longing for the light. Today it is hard to understand why we use electric light to illuminate everything around us - and too often we overshoot the mark when we think of the global problem of light pollution. I associate the Christmas of my childhood with a shining reality and thoughts like: What do I give to whom? And more than that, what do I get? When I was five, my grandmother gave me an accordion. A treasure, packed in a simple cardboard box. In terms of my nature and my continued practice on the instrument, its contents were the most lasting gift I have ever received."

The album "Sächsische Weihnacht" contains 36 tracks and two encores, which have been carefully collected from Güttler's concert program in recent years. All previously unpublished material of the great trumpeter, which was recorded together with his brass ensemble in various churches in Saxony, including the Frauenkirche in Dresden, the Marienkirche in Pirna and the church in Polditz. The music gives listeners a feeling of being at home; and they are put into a concert situation that lets you look back on the Christmas celebrations of childhood. Due to the high radiance of the brass instruments, one is additionally filled with a glow that should accompany us all not only on the holidays, but throughout the year.

A Christmas without music is unthinkable for Ludwig Güttler, especially in such unusual times. With this album he wants to give all listeners the opportunity to spend Christmas as contemplatively as possible.

Blechbläserensemble Ludwig Güttler
Ludwig Güttler, Leitung

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