Luther in der Musik - Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott Blechbläserensemble Ludwig Güttler

• 1 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg 00:51
• 2 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg 00:53
• 3 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg 00:59
• 4 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg, Pt.I 00:55
• 5 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg, Pt.II 00:55
• 6 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg 01:35
• 7 Luther-Choral: Ein feste Burg 00:54
• 8 Choralbearbeitung für Corno da Caccia & Orgel 03:05
• 9 Luther-Choral: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 00:52
• 10 Luther-Choral: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 01:19
• 11 Luther-Choral: Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her 01:28
• 12 Choral: So merket nun das Zeichen recht 02:02
• 13 Vom Himmel hoch 00:27
• 14 Vom Himmel hoch, Pt.I 02:19
• 15 Vom Himmel hoch, Pt.II 00:47
• 16 Vom Himmel hoch 01:33
• 17 Choralbearbeitung für Trompete und Orgel 04:57
• 18 Choralbearbeitung für Corno da Caccia und Orgel 01:36
• 19 Choralbearbitung für Corno da Caccia und Orgel 03:12
• 20 Choralbearbeitung für Corno da Caccia und Orgel 03:56
• 21 Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort 04:33
• 22 Sinfonia für konzertierende Orgel und Orchester 08:18
• 23 Schluss-Choral: Du süße Liebe, schenk uns deine Gunst 00:56
• 24 Luther-Choral: Gelobet seist du Jesu Christ 03:14
• 25 Dona nobis pacem 02:51
• 26 Choralbearbeitung für Trompete und Orgel 01:36
• 27 Choralbearbeitung für Orgel und Blechbläser 02:00
• 28 Teil I: Ich bin ein Fremdling auf Erden 18:22
• Total Runtime 01:16:25

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“He who can exercise this art is of good disposition, fit for all duties.” The album “Luther in Music” opens an unusually varied chapter in music history, ranging from the first 16th-century arrangements of Luther's hymns to the sacred music of the 21st century. The initiator of this development was in every sense a man of his word: Martin Luther.

“A safe stronghold our God is still, / a trusty shield and weapon. / He’ll help us clear from all the ill / that hath us now o’ertaken.” So begins the fine translation by Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) of the hymn “Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott”. The sequence of works on this CD can be understood as an audio history of one of the most important hymns of the Protestant Reformation. It first appeared in 1533 in Martin Luther’s book “Sacred songs newly amended at Wittemberg” (the Klugsches Gesangbuch). Luther wrote the words, no doubt the tune too. And many later composers re-set and rearranged his work. Martin Luther wrote several dozen hymns for all the Christian festivals too. “Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her” (1535) is one of his best known. Some of the adaptations by Eccard, Praetorius or Bach (from the “Christmas Oratorio”) are to be heard on this CD.

Schooled in the Protestant tradition, the trumpeter and conductor Ludwig Güttler regards Luther as a constant point of reference. He acknowledges the great reformer’s current relevance: “A man like Martin Luther, who in the face of all opposition finds a way, goes his own way, with this faith in God, this strength, this fearlessness, insight and perseverance, and who never wearies of praising music as second only to theology, makes use of it and reveals himself as a thoroughly musical person, is more than role model and inspiration for us; he is our strong companion.”

A world premiere and first recording top the album off. The composer, saxophonist and flautist Daniel Schnyder engages with Luther’s “Feste Burg” and creates his own version in the musical form of an oratorio. This work was commissioned by the Frauenkirche Dresden to mark the Luther Decade. Schnyder about Martin Luther: “I am fascinated by his courage, his anarchic streak, his willpower and his skill. Luther’s contemporary Huldrych Zwingli demanded: ‘Do something brave!’ Luther did just that!”

The album contains works by Johannes Eccard, Michael Praetorius, Christian August Jacobi, Dieterich Buxtehude, Johann Sebastian Bach, Max Reger, Jean Langlais etc.

“500 Years of Reformation” – a musical journey through the history of the Reformation.

Hallenser Madrigalisten
Concentus Vocalis Wien
Rundfunkchor Leipzig
Virtuosi Saxoniae
Blechbläserensemble Ludwig Güttler
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig

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