Europäisches Hanse-Ensemble – Music of the Hanseatic Cities, Vol. 3: Medieval Magdeburg CD

Description

After Stralsund and Danzig, Magdeburg is the third stop on Manfred Cordes’ journey through the cities of the Hanseatic League. This stop not only takes him to a city quite far from the sea but also to the earliest period of Protestant church music. Magdeburg introduced the Reformation already in 1524, just seven years after Luther’s decisive act. Immediately, the transformation began of what the former monk from Eisleben cherished as a “gift and blessing from God” and saw as an effective means of preaching the Gospel. A genuine “Magdeburg School” emerged, with it’s representatives cultivating and developing the music of the new faith up until the Thirty Years’ War. This program follows that tradition, bringing to life the works of cantors from Martin Agricola to Heinrich Grimm, thus allowing compositions spanning approximately 120 years to resound once more.

UPC > 761203571024

Format > New CD

Label > Cpo Records

Release Date > Release Date: 8.15.25

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