Paul Hindemith's compositions for a cappella choir are distinguished by a richness of expression and mood manifested in various compositional techniques and artistic forms. Again and again in his writings and textbooks, Hindemith emphasized the important role of the singing voice as a natural instrument for the composer-in-the-making to test his compositional sketches as well as for the layperson and music lover for spontaneous singing and music making. The CD presents choral compositions on texts by Bertolt Brecht, Gottfried Benn, Walt Whitman, Fitz-James O'Brien, medieval and self-composed texts. Both dramatic and humorous, light tones in these choral works show the breadth of Hindemith's skillfulness.
The CD was awarded the Quarterly German Record Critics' Award and the "Echo Klassik 2001" (best choral-work recording)!

Über das Frühjahr (1929, Brecht)
Eine lichte Mitternacht (1929, Whitman)
Du musst dir alles geben (1930, Benn)
Fürst Kraft (1930, Benn)
Vision des Mannes (1930, Benn)
Der Tod (1931, Klopstock)
Lieder nach alten Texten op. 33 (1923/25, Luther, Spervogel, Morungen, Reinmar)
Chöre für vier Männerstimmen (1939, Nietzsche)
Erster Schnee (1939, Keller)
Variationen über ein altes Tanzlied (1939)
Kanons a cappella
The Demon of the Gibbet (1949, O’Brien)