With its first international CD, the Neuer Kammerchor Berlin is standing on strong shoulders: "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants" is the debut of the ensemble founded and led by conductor Adrian Emans in 2016. It presents an exciting cross-section of the young ensemble's repertoire – from Thomas Tallis to neo-romantic music by Max Bruch and Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, pieces with a folkloristic touch by John Rutter, Paul Stanhope and Ken Steven to commissioned compositions by the American Daniel Elder and the Swede Karin Rehnqvist.

This album provides a multifaceted insight into the compositional work of the composer Jürgen Golle from Zwickau, Germany. Spanning works from over four decades, it offers a cross-section of his compositional oeuvre. Jürgen Golle, who was a university lecturer for many years in addition to his compositional activity, sees the core of his work primarily in smaller forms, especially vocal music. This is suitably reflected in the intimacy of the variable duo formations that characterize this album.