This week we're sampling recent releases that showcase German music from the Protestant and Catholic traditions. We'll hear selections from A Monk's Life featuring The Brabant Ensemble, which traces the life path of a German monk in music. A new recording from Capella de la Torre provides contrast: Abendmusik presents Lutheran church music by Dieterich Buxtehude and Franz Tunder.

• Orlando di Lasso    Sponsa Dei    The Brabant Ensemble
• Bernhard Klingenstein    De vita religiosa    The Brabant Ensemble
• Carolus Andreae    Magnificat    The Brabant Ensemble
• Cipriano de Rore    Agimus tibi gratias    The Brabant Ensemble
• Giovanni Gastoldi    Wer wollt den Wein nit lieben    The Brabant Ensemble
• Orlando di Lasso    Quis rutilat Triadis    The Brabant Ensemble
• Franz Tunder    An Wasserflussen Babylon    Capella de la Torre; Florian Sievers, tenor
• Nathanael Schnittelbach    Suite in G minor    Capella de la Torre 
• Dieterich Buxtehude    Quaemadmodum desiderat cervus    Capella de la Torre; Florian Sievers, tenor
• Dieterich Buxtehude    Alles was ihr tut    Capella de la Torre