Classical Christmas

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CD 1
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1Sonata Natalis in C major
orchestra:
Virtuosi Saxoniae
conductor:
Ludwig Güttler (trumpet player)
P.J. Vejanovsky4:03
2Messiah: And the Glory of the Lord
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 4. Chorus “And the glory of the Lord”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel3:07
3Messiah: And He Shall Purify
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 7. Chorus “And he shall purify”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel2:21
4Messiah: For Unto Us a Child Is Born
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 12. Chorus “For unto us a Child is born”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel4:07
5Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia in G major
orchestra:
Virtuosi Saxoniae
conductor:
Ludwig Güttler (trumpet player)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil II, X. Sinfonia
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-26)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1734 until 1735)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, "Christmas Oratorio")
Johann Sebastian Bach5:30
6Messiah: All We Like Sheep
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 26. Chorus “All we like sheep”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel4:15
7Concerto in C major, op. 3 no. 12: LargoFrancesco Onofrio Manfredini3:46
8Concerto in C major, op. 3 no. 12: AllegroFrancesco Onofrio Manfredini1:50
9Concerto in C major, op. 3 no. 12: AllegroFrancesco Onofrio Manfredini1:51
10Messiah: Hallelujah
choir vocals:
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II, no. 44. Chorus: “Hallelujah”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
librettist:
Charles Jennens
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part II
Georg Friedrich Händel33:51
11Messiah: Pastoral Symphony
orchestra:
The Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square
conductor:
John Lubbock (English singer, conductor & founder of Orchestra of St. John’s, Smith Square Orchestra)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I, no. 13. Pastoral Symphony (Pifa)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part I
Georg Friedrich Händel3:20
12Messiah: Worthy Is the Lamb-Amen
choir vocals:
RIAS Chamber Chorus (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
RIAS Berlin Sinfonietta
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III, no. 53. Chorus “Worthy is the Lamb… Amen”
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1741)
part of:
Messiah, HWV 56: Part III
Georg Friedrich Händel7:27
13Concerto fatto per la Notte di Natale in G minor, op. 6 no. 8: Allegro - Largo (Pastorale ad libitum)Arcangelo Corelli5:24
14Ave verum corpus (K. 618)
choir vocals:
RIAS Kammerchor (German chamber choir)
orchestra:
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (aka RIAS‐Symphonie‐Orchester, 1946–1956 / Radio‐Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, 1956–1993)
conductor:
Marcus Creed (conductor)
recording of:
Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (for chorus, string and organ)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer) (in 1791)
part of:
Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, ninth edition, 2024, K⁹) (number: 618), Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, original numbering) (number: 618) and Köchelverzeichnis (Köchel catalogue, sixth edition, 1964, K⁶) (number: 618)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart3:29
15Concerto fatto per la Notte di Natale in G minor, op. 6 no. 8: Adagio - Allegro - AdagioArcangelo Corelli2:58
16Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
trumpet:
Ludwig Güttler (trumpet player), Kurt Sandau (trumpet player) and Heinz Stiefel
choir vocals:
Leipziger Universitätschor
orchestra:
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (New Bach Collegium Musicum)
conductor:
Max Pommer (conductor)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 214 "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!": I. Coro "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1733-12-07)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1733)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1733)
librettist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
premiered at:
Zimmermannsches Kaffeehaus in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1733-12-07)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 214 "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!"
Johann Sebastian Bach7:25