With an opus of more than 200 compositions, Josef Gabriel Rheinberger made a significant contribution to church music in the second half of the 19th century. Since the beginning of the Rheinberger Complete Edition at Carus, the printed music has been accompanied by a Rheinberger CD series (known as the "Musica sacra" Series). In 1988 "Der Stern von Bethlehem" op. 164 appeared not only as the first volume of the Rheinberger Complete Edition, but at the same time was also released on CD. And just ...