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CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE II In Christmas Goes Baroque II the Slovak musician Peter Breiner has made again witty arrangements of popular Christmas music in the...

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CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE II

In Christmas Goes Baroque II the Slovak musician Peter Breiner has made again witty arrangements of popular Christmas music in the style of major Baroque composers flourishing in the first part of the eighteenth century, among whom Johann Sebastian Bach, Handel and Vivaldi are pre-eminent. Echoes of Bach dominate "The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy, with more than a touch of a Brandenburg Concerto for "Away in a Manger". The famous Air on the G String, the Air from a Bach Orchestral Suite, is blended miraculously with "A White Christmas", while "Carol of the Bells" give scope for some busy fugal writing. "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing", provides a stately chorale and "Deck the Halls" brings recognisable reminiscences of Vivaldi, before launching into a fugue. "Come, O Come, Emmanuel" opens in the manner of a Corelli slow movement, leading to a passage of thicker texture and flute variants of the theme. Cheerful percussion starts "Angels We Have Heard On High", moving forward into a Brandenburg Concerto, to which the carol provides a countermelody. Breiner introduces "What Child Is This" with the harpsichord, the essential instrument of Baroque music, followed by a repeated note that seems about to introduce the slow movement of the first of the Four Seasons, before the intrusion of the familiar "Greensleeves" melody. Bach introduces the "Carol of the Birds", and "While Shepherds Watched", after a more literal opening, has all the features of a Baroque overture, with stately opening and subsequent fugue. A brilliant solo violin obbligato marks the arrangement of "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town", and percussion again introduces "How Far Is It To Bethlehem", which manages a display of fine Baroque performance from a number of soloists, including the hard-working clarino trumpet-player. The set ends as it began, with "The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy", dignified by the style of Johann Sebastian Bach.

Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

The Hungarian Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia wasformed in 1992 from members of the Hungarian Symphony Orchestra by Ibolya Toth, of the Hungarian Phoenix Studio. The Sinfonia has among its musicians the principal wind-players of the Symphony Orchestra, many of whom have already recorded concertos for Naxos. The conductor of the Sinfonia is the flautist Bela Drahos.

Peter Breiner

Peter Breiner started piano lessons at the age of four, and went on to study at Bratislava Conservatory and at the Prague College of Music and Drama, concentrating at the latter in composition. In 1981, having completed his studies, he began work as musical supervisor in the Czecho-Slovak Radio in Bratislava and for OPUS Record sand Publishing.

Hehashadavariedcareer, involving the direction of the Czecho-Slovak Radio Children's Choir, playing jazz on the piano and working as an orchestral conductor and arranger.

Disc 1

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy - 2:59

Away in a Manger

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Away in a Manger - 3:26

White Christmas

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

White Christmas - 5:49

Carol of the Bells

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Carol of the Bells - 4:04

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous Felix Mendelssohn
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - 5:13

Deck the Halls

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Deck the Halls - 5:27

O Come, O Come, Emannuel

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

O Come, O Come, Emannuel - 6:09

Angels We have Heard On High

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous Traditional
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Angels We have Heard On High - 3:24

What Child is This

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

What Child is This - 4:40

Carol of the Birds

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous Traditional
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Carol of the Birds - 6:02

While Shepherds Watched

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

While Shepherds Watched - 5:27

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

Santa Claus is Coming to Town - 5:04

How Far is it to Bethlehem

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

How Far is it to Bethlehem - 3:56

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy

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Performed by: Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia
Composed by: Anonymous
Conducted by: Peter Breiner

The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy - 1:56

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Composer(s):
Anonymous; Mendelssohn, Felix; Traditional

Conductor(s):
Breiner, Peter

Orchestra(s):
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099567022
Item Number: 8550670
Release Date: Sep 24, 1993