Thomanerchor Leipzig


 

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Thomanerchor Leipzig,Germany 

 

 The Thomanerchor is only half a century younger than the city of Leipzig itself. It has seen a history of more than 780 years marked by political, local, relogious and educational strife. In the year 1212 Otto IV confirmed the foundation of an Augustiner monastery dedicated to St.Thomas. The monastery included a school to prepare youngsters for a clerical career, to which boys from outside the monastery were also admitted. From the beginning, singing for the liturgy was part of the education.
The most well known Thomascantor was Johann Sebastian Bach, who worked here from 1723 to 1750. His music is an important part of the choir's repertoire

 

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  • Rondeau Production Rondeau Production is the official label of Knabenchor Hannover, Thomanerchor Leipzig and Windsbacher Knabenchor
 

Brief Discography

 Singles

 Der Thomanerchor Singt Johann Sebastian Bach
HMV Electrola E 41 066, 45rpm Single 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig

Dutch release.

 

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 Weihnachts Lieder (1960)
Eterna 5 20 031, 45rpm Single  
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Directors: Helmut Koch (side 1) Gunter Ramin (side 2)

  1.   Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen   
  2.   Gesprach der Hirten   
  3.   Die Hirten an der Krippe   
  4.   Frohe Botschaft   
  5.   Kommet, ihr Hirten, ihr Manner und Frau'n   
  6.   Jesulein zart

 

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 Aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248 (1961)
Eterna 5 20 294, 45rpm Single 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig    

  1.   Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben   
  2.   Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde

 

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 LPs

 Bach-Kantaten
Telefunken SMT 1162 , LP 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Solokantaten fur Tenor Von Johann Sebastian Bach, Peter Schreier, Tenor.

 

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 Weihnachten mit dem Thomanerchor Leipzig
Berlin Classics 2008-2, 2CDs 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  & Thomas Neumann, Knabensopran

 

 

 

 Singt dem Herrn ein Lied: Motetten aus sechs Jahrhunderten (1994)
Philips Ph 446 345-2, CD 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Singt dem Herrn ein Lied Motetten aus sechs Jahrhunderten © 1994 (Ph 446 345-2) - Total time 78:32

Available at   Rondeau Production

 

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 Weihnachten (1994)
Philips 446 344-2, CD 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig

 

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 Gloria in Excelsis Deo (1995)
Philips 4469642, CD 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Excerpts from sacred choral works by Palestrina, J.S. Bach, Praetorius, Knupfer, Mendelssohn, Biller and others.

 

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 Thomanerchor Leipzig Porträt (1997)
Philips Ph 462 126-2, CD 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Thomanerchor Leipzig Porträt © 1994-1997 (Ph 462 126-2) - Total time 69:24

Available at   Rondeau Production

 

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 Bach: Die Motetten BWV 225-230 (1997)
Philips , CD  
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig

Available at   Rondeau

 

 

 

 Bach Kantaten (2005)
Berlin Classics 8212413292 CD
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
12 CD set, Recorded ca. 1958 Johannes-Passion, Kantaten BWV 12, 24, 36, 41-43, 51, 57, 65, 67, 72, 73, 79, 92, 95, 103, 106, 111, 119, 128, 131, 137, 138, 144, 177, 179 +Orgelwerke:Toccata & Fuge BWV 565;Präludien & Fugen BWV 540 & 545;Präludium, Largo & Fuge BWV 545 (frühe Fassung) Giebel, Lutze, Oettel, Kästner, Fleischer, Birmele, Richter, Hauptmann, Biederbeck-Schuster, Titze, Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Ramin

 

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 Die Thomaner im 19.Jahrhundert (2005)
Rondeau Production ROP4016, CD 
Featuring Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Die Thomaner im 19. Jahrhundert Werke von Albert Becker, Johannes Brahms, Moritz Hauptmann, Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Arnold Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, August Eberhard Müller, Ernst Friedrich Richter, Wilhelm Rust, Johann Gottfried Schicht, Gustav Schreck und Christian Theodor Weinlig © 2005 (ROP4016) - Total time 63:41

Available at   Rondeau Production

 

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 Johann Sebastian Bach, Orgelmesse (2005)
Rondeau Production ROP4017/18, 2CDs 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Johann Sebastian Bach, Orgelmesse Dritter Theil der Clavier Übung erweitert um Bachsche Chorsätze der entsprechenden Choralmelodien © 2005 (2-CD: ROP4017/18) - Total time 56:05/57:57

Available at   iTunes Music Store

Available at   Rondeau Production  

 

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 W.A.Mozart, Requiem d-Moll KV 626 (2006)
Rondeau Production , CD  
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Requiem d-Moll KV 626 Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Jutta Böhnert, Susanne Krumbiegel, Martin Petzold, Gotthold Schwarz, Thomasorganist Ullrich Böhme, Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller © 2006 (ROP4019)

Available at   iTunes Music Store

Available at   Rondeau Production  

 

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J .S. Bach: Messe h-Moll BWV 232 (2006)
Rondeau ROP4009/10, 2CDs 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig

Available at   Rondeau Production

 

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 Paul Gerhardt (2006)
Rondeau Production ROP4023, CD  
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Paul Gerhardt Die großen Choräle und Geistlichen Lieder © 2006 (ROP4023) – Spielzeit 73:09

 

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 Videos

Bach: Mass in b minor (2000)
Image Entertainment , DVD
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Recorded in 2000 at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig where the composer worked as cantor for 25 years, this performance of Bach's Mass in B minor commemorates the 250th anniversary of his birthday. The program features conductor Georg Christoph Biller, the cantor of St. Thomas Church, and soloists Ruth Holton, Matthias Rexroth, Christoph Genz and Klaus Mertens, the Gewandhausorchestra and the men and boys of the Thomanerchor Liepzig. 

Available at   Amazon US (NTSC) 

Available at   SendIt UK (PAL) 

Available at   Crotchet UK

 

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 Gloria in Excelsis Deo (2002)
TDK recording DVCHTBC, DVD  
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
59 mins. Recorded 1995. A camera team accompany the choir of St Thomas' in Leipzig over several months as they progress from the entrance examination to graduation. The choir then perform works by composers who are connected with the history of the choir. These include Schein, Schutz, Mendelssohn Bartoldy, Reger and Bach. Christmas songs, interviews with Biller and the choristers, views of choir school life.
 
  1.   Nun komm der Heiden Heiland   
  2.   Allein Gott der Höh sei Ehr   
  3.   Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her   
  4.   In dulci Jubilo   
  5.   Ich steh and deiner Krippen hier   
  6.   Freut euch end jubiliert   
  7.   Gloria in excelsis Deo   
  8.   Christe redemptor omnium   
  9.   Veni redemptor gentium   
10.   Deutschen Magnificat   
11.   Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern   
12.   Und unser lieben Frauen   
13.   Maria durch ein Dornwald ging   
14.   Frohlocket, ihr Völker auf Erden   
15.   Wach, Nachtigall, wach auf   
16.   Vom Himmel hoch , o Englein kommt   
17.   Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe   
18.   Freu dich, Erd und Sternenzelt   
19.   Lasst alle Gott uns loben   
20.   Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

Available at   JPC

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 Fliegende Klassenzimmer, Das (2003)
 DVD 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
Jonathan Trotz is a 12-year-old orphan who was adopted by a captain. He soon arrives in Leipzig where he is admitted into the Thomanerchor.

Available at   Amazon.de

 

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 Books

 The Leipzig Thomaner Chor, (1962)
Veb Edition Leipzig , Book 
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
by Richard Petzoldt. 96pp. 72 B&W Illustrations. Text in English.

 

 

 

 

 Die Thomaner, (1985)
Union Verlag, Berlin , Book
With The Thomanerchor Leipzig  
by Wolfgang Hanke. 277pp.

 

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