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Composer Hugo Distler had a conservative style that endeared his music to Nazi cultural authorities. However, the stress of the situation weighed on him, and he eventually committed suicide during World War II. His shorter pieces show up in the repertories of choirs, especially in Germany, but his larger works are rarer. Die Weihnachtsgeschichte ("The Christmas Story") is an unusual item, an a cappella Christmas oratorio. Several large German choirs have recorded it, but this reading by Concert Clemens and its director, Carsten Seyer-Hansen, has much to recommend it. The group is small and appropriate to the reflective nature of the music and to the varied harmonic palette of Distler's music. The inspiration for Die Weihnachtsgeschichte is the oratorio style of Schütz, with its rhythmically free, recitative-like Evangelist's part interspersed among more metrically regular sections for the choir. The texts are biblical or drawn from German chorales or hymns, but Distler expands the harmonic language with quartal intervals and dissonances. It is a flexible language that captures the development of the story in a concise, powerful way. Concert Clemens is a precise yet expressive group, and they are quite persuasive; one would enjoy hearing them in Arvo Pärt or other contemporary virtuoso repertory. The OUR Recordings label contributes idiomatic sound from Copenhagen's St. Mark's church. Those in search of an offbeat and beautifully executed Christmas album will find it here.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Johanne Marie Langkjær Fårup, Soloist - Beke Pfann Bagger, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Ida Cecilie Holm, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Beke Pfann Bagger, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Johanne Marie Langkjær Fårup, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Niels Peder Skaarup Gejel, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Adam Riis, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist - Søren Tjagvad Madsen, Soloist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Anonymous, Lyricist - Hugo Distler, Composer - Vocal Group Concert Clemens, MainArtist - Carsten Seyer-Hansen, MainArtist
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Album review
Composer Hugo Distler had a conservative style that endeared his music to Nazi cultural authorities. However, the stress of the situation weighed on him, and he eventually committed suicide during World War II. His shorter pieces show up in the repertories of choirs, especially in Germany, but his larger works are rarer. Die Weihnachtsgeschichte ("The Christmas Story") is an unusual item, an a cappella Christmas oratorio. Several large German choirs have recorded it, but this reading by Concert Clemens and its director, Carsten Seyer-Hansen, has much to recommend it. The group is small and appropriate to the reflective nature of the music and to the varied harmonic palette of Distler's music. The inspiration for Die Weihnachtsgeschichte is the oratorio style of Schütz, with its rhythmically free, recitative-like Evangelist's part interspersed among more metrically regular sections for the choir. The texts are biblical or drawn from German chorales or hymns, but Distler expands the harmonic language with quartal intervals and dissonances. It is a flexible language that captures the development of the story in a concise, powerful way. Concert Clemens is a precise yet expressive group, and they are quite persuasive; one would enjoy hearing them in Arvo Pärt or other contemporary virtuoso repertory. The OUR Recordings label contributes idiomatic sound from Copenhagen's St. Mark's church. Those in search of an offbeat and beautifully executed Christmas album will find it here.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 00:40:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Vocal Group Concert Clemens Adam Riis Carsten Seyer-Hansen
- Composer: Hugo Distler
- Label: OUR Recordings
- Genre: Classical
2023 2023
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