Christmas Festive Concert - Bach, J.S. / Handel, G.F. / Praetorius, M. / Manfredini, F.O. / Mendelssohn, Felix / Gabrieli, G.

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Messiah, HWV 56 (more info)
Performed by: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Trinity Church Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling
Michael Erxleben, violin


1.   Messiah, HWV 56: Pastoral Symphony - 02:51


In dulci jubilo, BWV 368 (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Hartwig Eschenburg


2.   In dulci jubilo, BWV 368 - 02:34


Susser die Glocken nie klingen (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Frank Bohme
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor


3.   Susser die Glocken nie klingen - 02:36


Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031 (arr. for trumpet and organ) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Martin Lucker, organ


4.   Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031: II. Siciliano (arr. for trumpet and organ) - 02:10


Sacrae symphoniae (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Gabrieli
Conducted by: Edward H. Tarr


5.   Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon septimi toni - 03:06


Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (more info)
Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Kay Stiefermann, baritone
Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
William Sharp, baritone
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Arnold Grier, organ
Sara Macliver, soprano
Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
David Bachmann, organ
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
Nathan Berg,
Kym Amps, soprano
Stephen Alltop, piano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Sinclair,
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Ivan Sharpe,
Bruce Ford, tenor
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Helen Parker, soprano
David Price,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
Alexander Young,
Jan Kobow, tenor
William Hite, tenor
Maria Jette, soprano
Patrice Djerejian, contralto
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Bejun Mehta,
Hubert Eisdell, tenor
Arleen Auger, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Norma Procter, contralto
Steven Tharp, tenor
Michael Erxleben, violin
Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
Charles Humphries, tenor
Robert Torday, bass-baritone
Martin Wolfel, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor


6.   Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed - 03:11


Den die Hirten lobeten sehre (more info)
Performed by: Munich Residence Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Michael Praetorius
Conducted by: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Reinhard Kammler
Tobias Wall, soprano
Reinhold Zott, soprano
Joachim Schleifer, soprano
Daniel Mock, alto


7.   Den die Hirten lobeten sehre - 03:06


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Concerto Koln Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich Residence Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach James Taylor
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld Karin Freist-Wissing Norman Scribner August Langenbeck Karl Munchinger Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Matyas Antal Ralf Otto Roland Buchner Ferdinand Grossman Reinhard Kammler
Johannes Kammler, bass
Tamara Matthews, soprano
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Ferdinand Geirhos, boy alto
Ivo Hartmann, boy soprano
Markus Goppel, boy soprano
Sebastian Maurer, boy alto
Elly Ameling, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Judit Nemeth, alto
Janos Toth, bass
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Erich Majkut, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Gerhard Werlitz, tenor
Christopheren Nomura, baritone
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Friederike Sailer, soprano
Erika Winkler, contralto
Hannes Swedberg, bass
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Tom Krause, bass-baritone
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Stefan Horz, organ


8.   Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Chorus: Jauchzet, frohlocket - 07:26
9.   Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker Konig - 04:22
10.   Choral: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein - 01:07


Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12 (more info)
Performed by: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90
Composed by: Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek
Simon Standage, violin
Pal Nemeth, flute
Michael Erxleben, violin
Recording date: January-March 1989 and June-July 1991


11.   Concerto Grosso in C major, Op. 3, No. 12: I. Pastorale: Andante - 04:07


3 Motets, Op. 39 (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Felix Mendelssohn Eberhard Kraus
Conducted by: Martin Flamig Georg Ratzinger
Clare Wilkinson, contralto
Mark Williams, organ
Richard Marlow, organ
Eugenie Cheng, soprano
Rachel Bennett, soprano
Michael Winkler,
Michael-Christfried Winkler, organ
Stefan Mainka, boy soprano
Vincent Madry, boy soprano
Martin Kolditz, boy alto


12.   3 Motets, Op. 39: No. 2. O praise the Lord (Laudate pueri) - 05:22


O Jesulein suss, o Jesulein mild, BWV 493 (more info)
Performed by: Lautten Compagney
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Frank Bohme Roland Buchner
Carolyn Sinclair,
Michael Jarvis,
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Georg Ettstaller, soprano
Hermann Klaiss, cello
Lisedore Praetorius, harpsichord
Margaret Gay, cello


13.   O Jesulein Suss, BWV 493 - 03:29


Concerto Grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8, "Christmas" (more info)
Performed by: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
Composed by: Pietro Antonio Locatelli
Conducted by: Jaroslav Krecek Jeanne Lamon
Michael Erxleben, violin


14.   Concerto Grosso in F minor, Op. 1, No. 8: VII. Pastorale - 03:43


Pueri, concinite (more info)
Performed by: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Studio orchestra Vienna Volksoper Orchestra Wiener Volksoper Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Ritter von Herbeck
Conducted by: Peter Marschik Helmut Froschauer
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Daniel Behle, tenor
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


15.   Pueri concinite - 04:08


The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) (arr. for flute and harp) (more info)
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Janos Balint, flute
Deborah Sipkai, harp


16.   The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter): II. Largo (arr. for flute and harp) - 02:15


Stille, stille, lasst uns lauschen (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Martin Flamig
Michael Dietrich, boy soprano
Michael Diedrich, boy soprano


17.   Stille, stille, lasst uns lauschen - 03:13


Joy to the World (more info)
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Peter Marschik Donald Hunt Doug Fullington Joseph Flummerfelt Vance George
Daniel Beckwith, organ
Robert Stringer, treble
Raymond Johnston, organ
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


18.   Joy to the World - 02:14


Sonata for Flute and Viola da Gamba in E minor, Op. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Francesco Barsanti
Eckart Haupt, flute
Christine Schornsheim, piano
Siegfried Pank, viola da gamba


19.   Sonata for Flute and Viola da gamba in E minor, Op. 2: Sicilliano - 01:49


Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63 (more info)
Performed by: Hungarian State Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Capella Leopoldina
Composed by: George Frideric Handel
Conducted by: Miklos Erdelyi Helmut Froschauer
Deborah York, soprano
Bejun Mehta,
Lydia Vierlinger, alto
Jorg Zwicker, cello


20.   Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63: Daughter of Sion, Rejoice - 03:02

Vom Himmel hoch (more info)
Performed by: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Martin Flamig Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Ute Selbig, soprano
Egbert Junghanns, baritone
Erich Ferstl, piano


1.   Vom Himmel hoch - 05:36


Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana" (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Carl Davis
Conducted by: Stefan Sanderling Neeme Jarvi
Audrey Park, violin


2.   Suite No. 4 in G major, Op. 61, "Mozartiana": III. Preghiera - 03:45


Cantique de Noel (O Holy Night) (Sung in French) (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Radio Orchestra
Composed by: Adolphe Adam
Conducted by: Helmut Froschauer
David Cordier, counter-tenor
Ulla van Daalen, harp


3.   O Helga natt (Cantique de Noel, O Holy Night) - 03:23


Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (arr. for flute and harp) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Janos Balint, flute
Deborah Sipkai, harp


4.   Keyboard Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056: II. Largo (arr. flute and harp) - 02:58


Sacrae symphoniae (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Gabrieli
Conducted by: Edward H. Tarr


5.   Sacrae symphoniae: Canzon No. 14 - 03:05


Tauet Himmel den Gerechten (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Peter Marschik
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


6.   Tauet Himmel den Gerechten - 03:09


Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (more info)
Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Kay Stiefermann, baritone
Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
William Sharp, baritone
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Arnold Grier, organ
Sara Macliver, soprano
Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
David Bachmann, organ
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
Nathan Berg,
Kym Amps, soprano
Stephen Alltop, piano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Sinclair,
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Ivan Sharpe,
Bruce Ford, tenor
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Helen Parker, soprano
David Price,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
Alexander Young,
Jan Kobow, tenor
William Hite, tenor
Maria Jette, soprano
Patrice Djerejian, contralto
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Bejun Mehta,
Hubert Eisdell, tenor
Arleen Auger, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Norma Procter, contralto
Steven Tharp, tenor
Michael Erxleben, violin
Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
Charles Humphries, tenor
Robert Torday, bass-baritone
Martin Wolfel, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor


7.   Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: And He shall purify the sons of Levi - 02:20
8.   Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: For us unto a child is born - 04:03


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Capella Istropolitana Stuttgart Bach Collegium Concerto Koln Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Pavel Baleff Ralf Otto


9.   Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part II: Sinfonia - 05:34


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Concerto Koln Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich Residence Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach James Taylor
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld Karin Freist-Wissing Norman Scribner August Langenbeck Karl Munchinger Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Matyas Antal Ralf Otto Roland Buchner Ferdinand Grossman Reinhard Kammler
Johannes Kammler, bass
Tamara Matthews, soprano
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Ferdinand Geirhos, boy alto
Ivo Hartmann, boy soprano
Markus Goppel, boy soprano
Sebastian Maurer, boy alto
Elly Ameling, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Judit Nemeth, alto
Janos Toth, bass
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Erich Majkut, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Gerhard Werlitz, tenor
Christopheren Nomura, baritone
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Friederike Sailer, soprano
Erika Winkler, contralto
Hannes Swedberg, bass
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Tom Krause, bass-baritone
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Stefan Horz, organ


10.   Aria: Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet - 03:27
11.   Choral: Schaut hin! dort liegt im finstern Stall - 00:44
12.   Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Aria: Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh - 09:26


Schlaf, mein Kindelein (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch


13.   Schlaf, mein Kindelein - 03:05


Hirtenlied (more info)
Performed by: Kleine Konzert, Das
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach
Conducted by: Hermann Max


14.   Hirtenlied - 02:04


Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto" (arr. for trumpet and organ) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Arcangelo Corelli
Frank Berger, trumpet
Hans-Dieter Weber, organ


15.   Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op. 6, No. 8, "Christmas Concerto": I. Grave (arr. for trumpet and organ) - 02:43


Heil'ge Nacht auf Engelsschwingen (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch


16.   Heil'ge Nacht auf Engelsschwingen - 02:51


Ouverture a la Pastorelle (more info)
Composed by: Georg Philipp Telemann
Pal Nemeth, flute


17.   Ouverture a la Pastorelle - 04:44


Es ist ein Ros' enstprungen (Lo' how a Rose e'er Blooming) (arr. M. Praetorius) (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Michael Praetorius Traditional
Conducted by: Peter Marschik Helmut Froschauer Martin Flamig
Ekkehard Vogler,
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ
Michael Diedrich, boy soprano
Friedmann Buttner, alto
Jens Neubert, tenor


18.   Es ist ein Ros' enstprungen (Lo' how a Rose e'er Blooming) - 02:11


Ich steh' an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Frank Bohme
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Franz Vitzthum, alto
Jochen Kowalski, counter-tenor
Axel Kohler, counter-tenor
Peter Dicke, organ
Hermann Klaiss, cello
Lisedore Praetorius, harpsichord


19.   Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 - 01:29


Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737 (more info)
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Antoine Bouchard, organ
Dietrich Kollmannsperger, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ


20.   Vater unser im Himmelreich, BWV 737 - 02:49

Adeste fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks for choir) (more info)
Performed by: Cologne Radio Orchestra
Composed by: John Francis Wade Traditional
Conducted by: Robert Shafer Helmut Froschauer Donald Pearson
David Willcocks,
Eric Plutz, organ


1.   Adeste fidelis (O Come All Ye Faithful) (arr. D. Willcocks) - 02:56


Still, still, still (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Joachim Held, lute
Bettina Pahn, soprano
Hermann Prey, bass-baritone


2.   Still, still, still - 03:41


Concerto Pastorale (more info)
Performed by: New Berlin Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Melchior Molter
Michael Erxleben, violin


3.   Concerto Pastorale: I. Larghetto - 01:19


Ubers Gebirg Maria geht (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johannes Eccard
Conducted by: Georg Sump Michael Glaser Winfried Toll Martin Flamig Roland Buchner Reinhard Kammler


4.   Ubers Gebirg Maria geht - 02:48


Sacrae symphoniae (more info)
Composed by: Giovanni Gabrieli
Conducted by: Edward H. Tarr


5.   Sacrae symphoniae: Sonata pian e forte - 04:39


Sea Pictures, Op. 37: IV. Where Corals Lie (more info)
Performed by: L'Arco Baroque Orchestra Washington National Cathedral Baroque Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Camerata Cassovia Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Collegium Musicum 90 London Philharmonic Orchestra Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra Trinity Church Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Scholars Baroque Ensemble Stuttgart Bach Collegium Studio orchestra Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, La RIAS Symphony Orchestra Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Mostly Mozart Orchestra New Jersey Symphony Orchestra American Bach Soloists Orchestra Cologne Radio Orchestra Academy of London Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta
Composed by: George Frideric Handel James Taylor
Conducted by: Michael McCarthy Jorg Breiding Peter Marschik Jaroslav Krecek Malcolm Sargent Monica Huggett Marcus Creed William Lacey Adrian Boult Ivars Taurins Richard Hickox Jean-Claude Malgoire Owen Burdick Helmuth Rilling Thomas Beecham Gerard Schwarz Alexander Weimann Daniel Taylor Helmut Froschauer David Parry Valentin Radu Joseph Flummerfelt Jeffrey Thomas Sarah Tenant-Flowers
Nathalie Paulin, soprano
Kay Stiefermann, baritone
Frances Jellard, mezzo-soprano
William Sharp, baritone
Elizabeth Harwood, soprano
Arnold Grier, organ
Sara Macliver, soprano
Susan Lewis Kavinski, soprano
Yvette Smith, mezzo-soprano
David Bachmann, organ
Jeffrey Strauss, baritone
Eric Budzynski, harpsichord
Nathan Berg,
Kym Amps, soprano
Stephen Alltop, piano
Suzie Le Blanc, soprano
Matthew White, counter-tenor
Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
Kathleen Ferrier, contralto
Philip Langridge, tenor
Christopher Robson, counter-tenor
Jennifer Lane, mezzo-soprano
Carolyn Sinclair,
John Shirley-Quirk, bass-baritone
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Ivan Sharpe,
Bruce Ford, tenor
Della Jones, mezzo-soprano
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Helen Parker, soprano
David Price,
Brett Polegato, baritone
Siri Karoline Thornhill, soprano
Alexander Young,
Jan Kobow, tenor
William Hite, tenor
Maria Jette, soprano
Patrice Djerejian, contralto
Basil Lam, harpsichord
Bejun Mehta,
Hubert Eisdell, tenor
Arleen Auger, soprano
Thomas Quasthoff, bass
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Arianna Zukerman, soprano
Norma Procter, contralto
Steven Tharp, tenor
Michael Erxleben, violin
Max Emanuel Cencic, soprano
Charles Humphries, tenor
Robert Torday, bass-baritone
Martin Wolfel, alto
Rufus Muller, tenor
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor


6.   Messiah, HWV 56, Part I: Duet: He shall feed His flock like a shepherd - 04:35


Hort, der Engel helle Lieder (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch


7.   Hort, der Engel helle Lieder - 02:25


Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Washington Choral Arts Society Orchestra Vienna Symphony Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Stuttgart Bach Collegium Failoni Orchestra, Budapest Concerto Koln Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Munich Residence Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach James Taylor
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld Karin Freist-Wissing Norman Scribner August Langenbeck Karl Munchinger Geza Oberfrank Helmuth Rilling Matyas Antal Ralf Otto Roland Buchner Ferdinand Grossman Reinhard Kammler
Johannes Kammler, bass
Tamara Matthews, soprano
Janice Chandler-Eteme, soprano
Ferdinand Geirhos, boy alto
Ivo Hartmann, boy soprano
Markus Goppel, boy soprano
Sebastian Maurer, boy alto
Elly Ameling, soprano
Peter Pears, tenor
Christoph Pregardien, tenor
Ruth Ziesak, soprano
Marietta Simpson, mezzo-soprano
Judit Nemeth, alto
Janos Toth, bass
Hanno Muller-Brachmann, bass-baritone
Erich Majkut, tenor
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Gerhard Werlitz, tenor
Christopheren Nomura, baritone
Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano
Helen Watts, alto
Sibylla Rubens, soprano
Klaus Mertens, baritone
Ingeborg Danz, alto
Marcus Ullmann, tenor
Friederike Sailer, soprano
Erika Winkler, contralto
Hannes Swedberg, bass
Fritz Wunderlich, tenor
Tom Krause, bass-baritone
Benjamin Butterfield, tenor
Stefan Horz, organ


8.   Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen - 01:54
9.   Trio: Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen - 04:50
10.   Choral: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier - 01:14


Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen!, BWV 51 (more info)
Performed by: Bach Festival Orchestra Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra Failoni Orchestra, Budapest German Bach Soloists
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Greg Funfgeld John Eliot Gardiner Matyas Antal Martin Haselbock
Dominique Labelle, soprano
William Towers, counter-tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Judit Nemeth, alto
Istvan Gati, baritone
Julia Paszthy, soprano
James Gilchrist, tenor
Edita Gruberova, soprano
Ingrid Kertesi, soprano
Jozsef Mukk, tenor
Helmut Winschermann, oboe
Malin Hartelius, soprano
Ann Monoyios, soprano


11.   Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: Chorale: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren - 05:44


Trumpet Sonata in G major (more info)
Composed by: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
Vladimir Ruso, organ
Kamil Rosko, trumpet
Frank Berger, trumpet
Hans-Dieter Weber, organ
Recording date: 19-24 September 1990


12.   Trumpet Sonata in G major: III. Lento dolce - 02:47


Kindelein zart von guter Art (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Michael Praetorius
Conducted by: Hans-Joachim Rotzsch


13.   Kindelein zart von guter Art - 02:03


6 Schubler Chorales, BWV 645-650 (more info)
Performed by: Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Johann Sebastian Bach John Weaver
Conducted by: Thomas Dausgaard
J. Reilly Lewis, organ
Johnny van Hal, tenor
Jon Ketilsson, tenor
John Lundgren, baritone
Morten Suurballe, narrator
Julia Brown, organ
Tomoko Miyamoto, organ
Douglas Major, organ
Joan Lippincott, organ
Douglas Cleveland, organ
Erik Suter, organ
Anne Margrethe Dahl, soprano
Poul Elming, tenor
Susanne Resmark, mezzo-soprano
Gerhard Weinberger, organ
Piet Kee, organ
Bine Katrine Bryndorf, organ
Helene Gjerris, contralto
Wolfgang Rubsam, organ
Todd Wilson, organ
Hannes Kastner, organ
Hansjurgen Scholze, organ
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Karel Paukert, organ
Sten Byriel, baritone
Jean Victor Arthur Guillou, organ
Michel Chapuis, organ
Martin Souter, piano
Stefan Horz, organ
Julia Shaw, harp
Nora Bumanis, harp


14.   6 Schubler Chorales, BWV 645-650: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 - 04:56


Kleine geistliche Concerte, Part I, Op. 8, SWV 282-305 (more info)
Performed by: Kleine Konzert, Das
Composed by: Heinrich Schutz
Conducted by: Jeremy Summerly Manfred Cordes Hermann Max Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Laurence Cummings, harpsichord
Rene Clemencic, nay
Rebecca Outram, soprano
Carys-Anne Lane, soprano
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Veronika Winter, soprano
Else Gohrum, violin
Hermann Hirschfelder, viola
Walter Henschel, viola
Johannes Fink, cello
Roman Summereder, organ
Michael Hell, cello
Max Engel, cello
Gordon Murray, organ
Hermann Klaiss, cello
Max Schulze, double bass


15.   Kleiner geistlichen Concerten, Part I, Op. 8, SWV 282-305: Ein Kind ist uns geboren, SWV 302 - 03:20


Canzon No. 25 (version for brass ensemble) (more info)
Composed by: Gioseffo Guami
Conducted by: Edward H. Tarr


16.   Canzon No. 25 - 02:40


Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Eckhard Weyand Martin Flamig Birgit Ensminger-Busse Hans-Joachim Rotzsch
Thomas Nitschke, treble
Mareike Rother-Spohn, flute
Thomas Winkler, violin
Christoph Kunert, boy soprano


17.   Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging - 03:23


Jesu, meines Herzens Freud, BWV 361 (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Johann Sebastian Bach
Conducted by: Hartwig Eschenburg


18.   Jesu, meines Herzens Freud, BWV 361 - 03:05


The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter) (more info)
Performed by: Wroclaw Chamber Orchestra Leopoldinum Stellenbosch Camerata Bournemouth Sinfonietta Concert Hall Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Camerata Salzburg Capella Istropolitana Canadian National Arts Centre Orchestra Europa Galante Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra Accademia Ziliniana Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra St. Petersburg Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Antonio Vivaldi
Conducted by: Wolfgang Mettler Igor Kipnis Henry Swoboda Fabio Biondi Pinchas Zukerman Jorg-Michael Schwarz Richard Edlinger Stephen Gunzenhauser Iona Brown Gerard Schwarz Constantine Orbelian Stanislav Gorkovenko
Francesca Vicari, violin
Jan Stanienda, violin
Benjamin Schmid, violin
Alexander Jablokov, violin
Anthony Newman,
Massimo Quarta, violin
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Ronald Thomas, cello
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Elmar Oliveira, violin
Jindrich Pazdera, violin
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Louis Kaufman, violin
Edouard Nies-Berger, organ
Edith Weiss-Mann, harpsichord
Yuko Tanaka, harpsichord
Kyoko Tanino, violin
Daniel Rowland, violin
Rinaldo Alessandrini, harpsichord
Pavel Popov, violin


19.   The 4 Seasons: Violin Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4, RV 297, "L'inverno" (Winter): II. Largo - 02:16


Stille Nacht (Silent Night) (more info)
Performed by: Studio orchestra
Composed by: Noel Edison Franz Xaver Gruber
Conducted by: Georg Sump Peter Marschik Eckhard Weyand Martin Flamig Hans-Joachim Rotzsch Erwin Spreitzer Uwe Christian Harrer
Horst Westermann, trumpet
Victor Gerassimez, trumpet
Stephan Schmitz, trombone
Werner Kernspecht, trombone
Heinz Wilhelm Norden, violin
Martin Vollmer, viola
Juliane Meyer-Langenfeld, cello
Josef Pichler, flute
Norbert Kaatze, oboe
Judy Pliquet, bassoon
Ingo Kleppe, clarinet
Harald Huemer, violin
Heinz Hromada, bass guitar
Michael Bloss, organ
Marie Wolf, recorder
Michaela Kuchar, recorder
Edwin Sternberger, flute
Harald Ficke, trumpet
Alfred Staudigt, trumpet
Werner Schnner, horn
Andreas Pfeifer, trombone
Gerhard Preyer, violin
Helga Fischer-Kammerer, viola
Klaus Arbeiter, cello
Thomas Henkes, drums
Georg Stangelberger, organ


20.   Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht - 05:37

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