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We have been producing since 2006 Non-Profit Records for documentation purposes and as a gift for the many supporters. In addition to rarely recorded works, the edition, mostly recorded with the Leipzig company Rondeau Production , contains recordings by Johann Sebastian Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, Joseph Haydn, Georg Friedrich Handel and others.
We publish interesting and worth knowing information in cooperation with the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig in the THOMANER journal. The magazine is used for public relations, recruiting young talent and as an information medium for the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig. Our members receive the THOMANERjournal. Other choir friends and interested parties can purchase and subscribe to the magazine in the KulturShop Leipzig (official shop of the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig).
to 2011 | special edition: The one recorded on the occasion of the Bach Festival on June 17th, 2010 St. John Passion, BWV 245, second version of Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750), published as a special edition.
The soloists on this double CD are Veronika Winter (soprano), Andreas Scholl (alto), Andreas Karasiak and Christoph Genz (tenor), Klaus Mertens and Detlef Roth (bass). The nationally and internationally acclaimed Leipzig Baroque Orchestra can be heard.
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(2016 | X| DVD) carol night (1st recording with THOMANERCHOR Leipzig conducted by Gotthold Schwarz)
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(2015 | IX| CD) Haddock- Choral cantata by Stephan König (last concert of the Thomaner conducted by Georg Christoph Biller)
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(2013 | VIII)​
to 2010 | V: That on the occasion of the 325th birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach(1685-1750) on March 21, 2010, the high point of the Thomaner year, recorded on a double CD two cantatas the most important Thomaskantor compositions his eldest son Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788) and his godfather Georg Philipp Teleman (1681-1767).
Martin Petzold (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass), the Thomaner Friedrich Praetorius and Paul Bernewitz (soprano), Stefan Kahle (alto) and the Leipzig Baroque Orchestra, which plays exclusively on historical instruments, sing and play music, a sought-after and lively and differentiated orchestra A well-known special ensemble for orchestrations of music from the 17th and 18th centuries.
to 2012 | VII: In 2012, on the occasion of their 20th anniversary, the funding institutions of the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig and the Dresdner Kreuzchor decided on a joint double CD and selected the concert of the Bach Festival 2011 in the Thomaskirche Leipzig.
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach - Cantata 'Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life' | Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy - Fragment 'Christ' | Franz Liszt - Oratorio 'Christ' Part 3
In addition to well-known soloists and the Staatskapelle Weimar, the Dresden KREUZCHOR and the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig will sing under the direction of Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller.​
to 2007 | II: The one featured on the phonogram St. John Passion WeyWV 64 (1957) by Johannes Weyrauch (1897-1977) as well as that 'Te Deum' by Heinz Werner Zimmermann (*1930) are world premiere recordings.
Christine Wolff (soprano) and Thomas Wittig (baritone) were engaged as soloists for the “Te Deum”, which also “praises” the fall of the Berlin Wall in autumn 1989. The soloists Stephan Heinemann (baritone), Johannes Unger (organ) and the Gewandhaus Orchestra sing and make music in the St. John Passion.
As formulated by the Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller, Weyrauch's 'Little Passion' in its '... musical language characterized by Easter light and hymn-like gestures is a very unusual setting of the Passion'. (unavailable)
to 2009 | IV: The double CD with the recording of the 'Messiah' by George Frideric Handel (1685-1791), the'Missa Sancti Nicolai' by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and the 'Te Deum' by Felix Mendelson Bartholdy (1809-1847) commemorates the anniversaries of these important composers in 2009.
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In addition to the soloists of the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig are Gesine Adler and Monika Eder (soprano), Inga Lampert (alto), Stefan Görgner (alto), Martin Lattke and Patrick Grahl (tenor), Stephan Heinemann and Daniel Ochoa (bass), the Gewandhaus Orchestra and Thomas Organist to hear Ullrich Böhme. What is unusual about this CD is the fact that the third part of the "Messiah" contains the version shortened and re-orchestrated by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. (unavailable)
to 2007 | II: The one featured on the phonogram St. John Passion WeyWV 64 (1957) by Johannes Weyrauch (1897-1977) as well as that 'Te Deum' by Heinz Werner Zimmermann (*1930) are world premiere recordings.
Christine Wolff (soprano) and Thomas Wittig (baritone) were engaged as soloists for the “Te Deum”, which also “praises” the fall of the Berlin Wall in autumn 1989. The soloists Stephan Heinemann (baritone), Johannes Unger (organ) and the Gewandhaus Orchestra sing and make music in the St. John Passion.
As formulated by the Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller, Weyrauch's 'Little Passion' in its '... musical language characterized by Easter light and hymn-like gestures is a very unusual setting of the Passion'. (unavailable)
to 2011 | VI: The double CD with the designation '...according to Italian taste' corresponds to the motto of the Bach Festival 2011.
In the opening concert sound from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) two cantatas and the Organ Concerto in D minor, BWV 596, played by the university organist Daniel Beilschmidt, which, as an organ arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto in D minor, illustrates Bach's particular interest in the music of the Italian Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) is that 'Gloria' in D major RV 589 and that 'Magnificat' in G minor Listen to RV 610.
The solo parts are sung by Daniel Johannsen (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass) and the boy soloists of the THOMANERCHOR Leipzig Paul Bernewitz, Luis Fischer and Paul Vogel (soprano) as well as Stefan Kahle (alto). It is performed by the Basel Chamber Orchestra, which was founded in 1984 by graduates from various Swiss music academies and has made guest appearances in many renowned concert halls.
to 2008 | III: On the CD 'Works of the Musical-Bach Family' are compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) and his sons Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784), Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach (1714-1788), John Christian Bach (1735-1782) and Johann Christoph Friedrich (1732-1750) to hear.
Accompanied by the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, the soloists will be Christine Maria Rembeck (soprano), Susanne Langner (alto), Julius Pfeifer (tenor) and Markus Flaig (bass). Unfortunately, this live recording is from the Bach Festival on June 21, 2008. (unavailable)
to 2006 | I: Sound on this CD, framed by parts of the Bach motet 'Sing a new song to the Lord', works from the 20th century, most of which were premiered by the Thomaner.
In addition to works by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), there are compositions by Günther Ramin (1898-1956), Hans-Christian Barthel (*1932), Siegfried Thiele (*1934), Volker Brautigam (*1939), Dimitri Terzakis (*1938 ), Steffen Schleiermacher (*1960), Rainer Denewitz (*1937) and Hans-Ulrich Engelmann (*1937). (unavailable)