Alongside Heinrich Schütz and J S Bach, Andreas Hammerschmidt is one of the most significant and popular composers of sacred music in 17th-century Germany. Hammerschmidt wrote motets, concertos and arias, and almost all of his output is sacred vocal music, for specifically Protestant purpose. Hammerschmidt belonged to those who distilled a native German Baroque tradition out of forms and styles imported from Italy.

This CD presents an anthology of sacred, secular and instrumental works, some of which are recorded for the first time.

Recording date: 2011

Contents:
An Anthology:
Lobe den Herren, meine Seele, Wie bin ich doch so herzlich froh, Gott, es ist mein rechter Ernst, Nun treten wir ins neue Jahr, Mein Freund ist mein, Vulnerasti cor meum, Komm Nordwind du, o Süd steh auf, Wie der güldnen Rosen Zier, Sei nun wieder zufrieden, Herr, wie lange willst du mein so gar vergessen, O barmherziger Vater, Herr, nun lässt du deinen Diener im Friede fahren

Instrumental:
Paduan in g, Gaillard in g, Aria in F, Paduan in E, Courente in a, Courente in a, Paduan in a