Soprano Theresa Nelles and cathedral organist Winfried BÃ¶nig invite us to an atmospheric Christmas Eve in Cologne Cathedral and present a varied programme of Romantic works from various countries: music for the feast that goes straight to the heart. The great acoustics of Cologne Cathedral have been deliberately captured on this audiophile SACD. Born in Cologne, Theresa Nelles has had close ties with Cologne Cathedral since childhood, not only emotionally but also musically. During her 10 years of choir membership in the girls' choir at Cologne Cathedral, she already received her first solo tasks, was also the singer of a jazz band of the so called Cathedral-music for a long time and, after her High school graduation, studied singing at the Cologne Academy of Music with Prof. Mechthild Georg and in Rome at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia. She attended master classes with Krisztina Laki, Kurt Widmer, Ingeborg Danz and others and continues to work closely with Prof. Michaela KrÃ¤mer in DÃ¼sseldorf. Engagements take the singer to festivals at home and abroad, such as the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra in Italy, Switzerland, South Tyrol, Russia, the International Handel Festival in GÃ¶ttingen, the Beethoven Festival Bonn, the BrÃ¼hl Castle Concerts, to opera houses such as Krefeld/ MÃ¶nchengladbach, Koblenz, Gelsenkirchen, the Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth, the Tonhalle DÃ¼sseldorf, the Cologne and Essen Philharmonics and, last but not least, regularly to large churches, always particularly fond of the local cathedral.

Tracklist:

Weihnachten (Adelheid Wette)
Cantique de NoÃ«l
Pavane Op. 50
Stern von Betlehem (Hedwig Humperdinck)
Christkindleins Wiegenlied (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)
Livre de NoÃ«ls, Op. 60~Offertoire No. 2 sur les NoÃ«ls
Ave Maria
Entre le bouf et l'ne gris
Communion sur un NoÃ«l
Schlafendes Jesuskind
Stern Ã¼ber Betlehem, oratorium~Maria
Weihnachtslieder Op. 8~Nr. 6 Christkind
Weihnachts-Wiegenlied "EG 155"
Weihnachtslieder Op. 8~Nr. 3 Die KÃ¶nige
KÃ¶nige (Canus firmus im Sopran)
Suite, Op. 112~
Gavotte
Mariae Wiegenlied (aus "Schlichte Weisen" Op. 76)

UPC: 4026798112714
Label: Aeolus
Release Date: 11.19.21
Format: CD

Romantische Weihnacht / Various (Hybr) - Romantische Weihnacht / Various (Hybr) (CD)