Karl Wilhelm Ramler

Of the three oratorios that Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach composed as music director in Hamburg, The Resurrection and Ascension of Jesus, with its magnificent trumpet and timpani sounds and grateful chora...

Das Passionsoratorium "Der Tod Jesu" entstand 1754/55, etwa zur gleichen Zeit wie das vielbeachtete gleichnamige Werk Carl Heinrich Grauns. Als Vorlage beider Kompositionen dient das gleiche Libretto...