Sächsische Weihnacht Blechbläserensemble & Ludwig Güttler

• Valerius Otto (1579 - 1616):
• 1 Intrada in E-Flat Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis 03:46
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Five Variations on "Daughter Zion":
• 2 Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation I 00:49
• 3 Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation II 00:52
• 4 Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation III 01:03
• 5 Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation IV 00:51
• 6 Five Variations on "Daughter Zion": Variation V 00:58
• Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741):
• 7 Allemanda for two Brass Choirs 02:22
• Johann Crüger (1598 - 1662):
• 8 Choral 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:
• 9 Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: I. Allegro 06:46
• 10 Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: II. Choral 01:09
• 11 Concerto in C Major from BWV 1051/230: III. Fuga 01:24
• Ludwig Güttler (b. 1943):
• 12 Allemande and Courante for two Timpanis 03:18
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621):
• 13 Motet for Brass in nine Parts: Jubilate Domino 02:22
• Johann Heinrich Schmelzer 1623 - 1680): Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis:
• 14 Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: II. Allemande 01:16
• 15 Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: III. Bourée 00:51
• 16 Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: IV. Sarabande 01:55
• 17 Suite in C Major for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis: V. Allemande 00:46
• Michael Praetorius: Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen":
• 18 Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Sinfonia 00:57
• 19 Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Choral 02:00
• Melchior Vulpius (1570 - 1615):
• 20 Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Kanon 01:15
• William Brade (1560 - 1630):
• 21 Partita on "Es ist ein Ros' Entsprungen": Paduane 03:11
• 22 "Uns ist geborn" for Brass Choirs in five Parts 01:36
• 23 "Joseph, lieber Joseph mein" for three Trumpets and Bass Tuba 00:25
• Ludwig Güttler, Walter Hensel (1887 - 1956):
• 24 Postludium 01:52
• Orindio Bartolino:
• 25 Canzon No. 30 for two Brass Choirs and Timpanis 02:21
• Michael Praetorius:
• 26 "Den die Hirten lobeten sehre" Quempas for four Brass Choirs 02:22
• Ludwig Güttler:
• 27 "Kommet ihr Hirten" for four Brass Choirs and Timpanis 01:39
• Adolf Busch (1891 - 1952): Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b:
• 28 Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: Gwine Up 02:12
• 29 Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: Mary an' Martha jes' Gone'long 02:36
• 30 Seven Madrigals on Negro Sprituals, Op. 58b: I'm troubled in Mind 01:48
• Bastian Chilese:
• 31 Canzon No. 31 for two Brass Choirs "in Echo" 02:45
• Michael Praetorius:
• 32 Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Canzona in five parts for Brass and Timpani 02:11
• Johann Sebastian Bach:
• 33 Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral Setting for Brass 01:28
• Johannes Eccard (1553 - 1611):
• 34 Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral in five parts for Brass Choir 00:33
• Michael Praetorius: Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her":
• 35 Partita on "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich Her": Choral Setting for Trumpet, French Horn and Trombone from "Musae Sioniae" 00:57
• 36 Partita 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):
• 37 The Prince of Denmark's March 02:33
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 38 Christus ist Geboren 02:00
• Total Runtime 01:12:20

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
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