Rise and shine!
Music for Symphonic Wind Orchestra
backChristian Sprenger Conductor
Tonmeister: Holger Busse
Recording: Deutsche Bläserakademie, Bad Lausick, 2022
GEN 26963d EAN 4260036259636
Release 6.3.2026
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Available on all streaming and download platforms
The Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie, Germany’s only professional symphonic wind orchestra, presents an eclectic album on GENUIN under the direction of Christian Sprenger, featuring chorale fantasias, gospel/spirituals, and folk songs. Familiar melodies such as „Geh aus, mein Herz“ or „Kein schöner Land“ meet new compositions and arrangements by Christian Sprenger, Anne Weckeßer, and Dominik Schneider—a creative blend of well-loved and newly discovered music. The ensemble’s precise interplay and warm tonal colors make the stylistic variety vivid and compelling, offering fans of richly orchestrated symphonic wind music a multifaceted listening experience.
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- Christian Sprenger
Jericho - Christian Sprenger; Johann Georg Ebeling
Die güldne Sonne - Christian Sprenger; Johann Rudolph Ahle
Liebster Jesu - Christian Sprenger; anonymous
Risen (Christ ist erstanden) - Christian Sprenger; August Harder
Geh aus mein Herz - Christian Sprenger
The Irish - Christian Sprenger; Anton Wilhelm von Zuccalmaglio
Kein schöner Land - Anne Weckeßer
Rückblick - Christian Sprenger
Looking back the years - Christian Sprenger
Rise and shine! - Anne Weckeßer; Spiritual
Oh, by an' by - Christian Sprenger; Spiritual
Comin’ for to carry me home (Swing low, sweet chariot) - Christian Sprenger; Traditional
Le-lo-la (Un poquito cantas) - Christian Sprenger; Anne Weckeßer; Johann Christian Heinrich Rinck
Abend wird es wieder - Christian Sprenger; Traditional
Farewell to Princes‘ Landing Stage (The Leaving of Liverpool)
The Sächsische Bläserphilharmonie, Germany’s only professional symphonic wind orchestra, presents an eclectic album on GENUIN under the direction of Christian Sprenger, featuring chorale fantasias, gospel/spirituals, and folk songs. Familiar melodies such as „Geh aus, mein Herz“ or „Kein schöner Land“ meet new compositions and arrangements by Christian Sprenger, Anne Weckeßer, and Dominik Schneider—a creative blend of well-loved and newly discovered music. The ensemble’s precise interplay and warm tonal colors make the stylistic variety vivid and compelling, offering fans of richly orchestrated symphonic wind music a multifaceted listening experience.
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