Heinrich Schütz: Gib unsern Fürsten
Every month a member of the Carus team introduces his/her favorite work, whether it be a choral piece, a CD, a songbook or an instrumental work. The recommendation for August 2019 was contributed by Iris Pfeiffer.
Favorite Works
Here we focus on the personal: music which touches us, recordings which move us, or works which have a very personal significance. On this page members of the Carus staff, editors, and colleagues in the music business reveal their favorite pieces – this might be a choral edition, a CD recording, a song book, an organ edition, or our choir app. 
Schütz: Sei gegrüßet, Maria
The works by Schütz which Werner Breig most admires include the sacred concerto “Sei gegrüßet, Maria”. Schütz undoubtedly entered the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice countless times, and anyone who entered it immediately saw Jacopo Tintoretto’s painting of the Annunciation. Did this image have a lasting impression on Schütz and his composition?
Heinrich Schütz: Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock
For Hans-Christoph Rademann the motet “Ich bin ein rechter Weinstock” from Geistliche Chor-Music 1648 is one of the most beautiful compositions by Heinrich Schütz. This motet teaches you how to see with your ears and listen with your eyes in a way that hardly any other musical piece can…
Under the overall musical direction of Hans-Christoph Rademann, the Dresdner Kammerchor and Carus have concluded the first Heinrich Schütz Complete Recording. This month sees the release of the last CD in the Complete Recording.
Heinrich Schütz: Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt
One of the best-known motets by Schütz has accompanied Calmus for several years and has become a real favorite. The ensemble loves singing the motet right at the beginning of a concert. And incidentally, with 140,000 hits, the live recording of Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt uploaded on Youtube in 2008 is Calmus’s most frequently played video.
Heinrich Schütz: Anima mea liquefacta est / Adiuro vos, filiae Hierusalem SWV 263-264
Every month a member of the Carus team introduces his/her favorite work, whether it be a choral piece, a CD, a songbook or an instrumental work. The recommendation for April 2019 was contributed by Uwe Wolf.
Heinrich Schütz: Madrigale & Hochzeitsmusiken
One of her favorite times in every CD production is the moment when Anna Bockisch receives the final CD master on her desk – what a privilege to be able to listen to the end result of a long project as the first person after the sound engineer and performers. And sometimes there are recordings which captivate you so completely that all other work priorities have to give way to a pure, euphoric listening experience.
Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in B flat major op. 77
The Mass in B flat major by Hummel impresses our student trainee Renita Steinwand greatly, it sounds extremely majestic, and every time she hears it it really gets under her skin. It is simply overwhelming. Listening to the Mass is a really worthwhile experience, and even better to be singing or playing in it yourself one day!
LIEDERPROJEKT: Folk Songs
Calmus Ensemble’s CD recording with international folk songs from the popular LIEDERPROJEKT is a wonderful journey around the world. Embark on it, and you will get to know folk tunes typical of their country of origin. Right now it is the favorite CD of Ester Petri, Managing Director of Carus-Verlag. And she has discovered that the CD is not only wonderful for discovering, enjoying, and relaxing, but it also makes a wonderful gift.
LIEDERPROJEKT: Christmas Carols
Musically, Miriam Wolf already feels very well prepared for Christmas this year. When Advent approaches she always turns to the Christmas carols from the LIEDERPROJEKT. This volume is indisputably her favorite in the LIEDERPROJEKT series with its many wonderful song books.
Beethoven: Missa solemnis
When conductor Jan Schumacher heard a recording of Beethoven’s Missa solemnis for the first time, he was stunned: and even ten years later he still had not overcome his awe and fear of the work. You can read why Schumacher’s enthusiasm for the work since then knows no bounds …
