(2007) Othmar Schoeck: Chorwerke Prix Diamant Harmonie - Paris das Werk zu hören

das Werk zu hören

De Monte also made a modest but particularly valuable contribution to the genre of the French chanson

built by Hans Scherer the younger in 1623–24

they are the first scene in a programme of recordings for 2008 that promises to be rich and varied

the result depends in large part on the conductor

(2007) Othmar Schoeck: Chorwerke Prix Diamant Harmonie - Paris das Werk zu hören*** Cl du Mois ResMusica *** Othmar Schoeck composed a large part of his choral music between the years 1909 and 1915; a time during which he earned his living principally as a choral conductor. Schoeck never particularly liked this occupation; his manner often was considered unconventional and at times even disdainful by his decidedly traditional and conservative choirs. In spite of this he was very successful as conductor; approaching his work with