Classical Christmas

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The package in a cardboard box containing 5 CD in jewel cases. Each CD has been released separately, is available for sale individually, and is in MusicBrainz.

Annotation last modified on 2015-10-11 20:16 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1: The Nutcracker: Highlights (Пётр Ильич Чайковский; Berliner Symphoniker, Peter Wohlert, Conductor)
CD 2: Classical Christmas (Various Artists)
CD 3: Classical Christmas Music for Organ & Trumpet (Various Artists)
CD 4: Christmas Music (Johann Sebastian Bach)
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1Tönet, ihr Pauken
orchestra:
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (New Bach Collegium Musicum)
conductor:
Max Pommer (conductor)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1984)
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 214 "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!": I. Coro "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!" (in 1984)
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 Bach7:31
2Sinfonia
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 Bach5:34
3In dulci jubilo
choir vocals:
Rostocker Motettenchor
orchestra:
Capella Fidicinia
conductor:
Hartwig Eschenburg (choir master and conductor)
recording of:
Choralsatz, BWV 368 "In dulci jubilo"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 215) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 368)
version of:
In dulci iubilo (original traditional version in macaronic alteration of medieval German and Latin, use also for unspecified versions)
Johann Sebastian Bach2:40
4Großer Herr, o starker König
bass vocals:
Siegfried Lorenz (baritone)
orchestra:
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (New Bach Collegium Musicum)
conductor:
Max Pommer (conductor)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1984)
recording of:
Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248: Teil I, VIII. Aria (Basso) „Großer Herr, o starker König“ (in 1984)
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1734-12-25)
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 Bach4:47
5Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
choir vocals:
Rostocker Motettenchor
orchestra:
Capella Fidicinia
conductor:
Hartwig Eschenburg (choir master and conductor)
recording of:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, BWV 606
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Das Orgel-Büchlein (number: 8) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 606)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:43
6Hallelujah
trumpet:
Ludwig Güttler (trumpet player) and Kurt Sandau (trumpet player)
choir vocals:
Thomaner Kreuzchor
vocals:
Heinz Heinisch
orchestra:
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum (New Bach Collegium Musicum)
conductor and chorus master:
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch (choral conductor and tenor)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele": VII. Coro "Alleluja. Gedenk Herr, jetzund an dein Amt"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1708)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 143 "Lobe den Herrn, meine Seele"
Johann Sebastian Bach2:13
7Jesu mein Herzens Freud
choir vocals:
Rostocker Motettenchor
orchestra:
Capella Fidicinia
conductor:
Hartwig Eschenburg (choir master and conductor)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1982 until 1983)
recording of:
Choralsatz, BWV 361 "Jesu, meines Herzens Freud"
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Breitkopf 389 Choralgesänge (number: 202) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 361)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:10
8Herr Jesu Christ, Dich zu uns wend
recording of:
Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, BWV 726
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1726)
part of:
Bach Compendium (number: K130) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 726)
Johann Sebastian Bach3:37
9Gloria in excelsis deo
choir vocals:
Rostocker Motettenchor
orchestra:
Capella Fidicinia
conductor:
Hartwig Eschenburg (choir master and conductor)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:20
10Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen
harpsichord:
Walter Heinz Bernstein (harpsichordist and organist)
viola da gamba:
Siegfried Pank (cellist and viol da gamba player)
soprano vocals:
Gisela Burkhardt
recording of:
Die Lieder aus dem Notenbuch der Anna Magdalena Bach: “Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seelen”, BWV 517
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 517)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:38
11Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden
choir vocals:
Rostocker Motettenchor
orchestra:
Capella Fidicinia
conductor:
Hartwig Eschenburg (choir master and conductor)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1982 until 1983)
recording of:
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 (from 1982 until 1983)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach Compendium (number: C6) and Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 230)
Johann Sebastian Bach6:08
12Prelude und Fugue in G, BWV 541
organ:
Matthias Eisenberg (organist, harpsichordist and church musician)
recorded at:
Schlosskirche zu Altenburg in Altenburg, Thüringen (Thuringia), Germany
recording of:
Präludium und Fuge G-Dur, BWV 541 (Prelude and Fugue in G major, BWV 541)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: BWV 541)
Johann Sebastian Bach7:15
13Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu ChristJohann Sebastian Bach2:27
14Air
timpani:
Ralph Peinkofer (percussionist)
trumpet:
Wolfgang Basch Trumpet Ensemble
violin:
Wolfgang Hock
orchestra:
Deutsche Bachsolisten (German Bach Soloists)
conductor:
Helmut Winschermann (oboist/conductor)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1730)
part of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068 (Orchestral suite no. 3 in D major, BWV 1068)
recording of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (catch-all for unknown versions/arrangements)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
reconstructed by:
Siegbert Rampe (harpsichordist and conductor)
arrangement of:
Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur, BWV 1068: II. Air (Air on the G string)
Johann Sebastian Bach34:31
15Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren
recording of:
Kantate, BWV 167 "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe": V. Choral "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-06-24)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) (in 1723)
librettist:
Johann Gramann (in 1530)
part of:
Kantate, BWV 167 "Ihr Menschen, rühmet Gottes Liebe"
Johann Sebastian Bach5:48
16Freut Euch und jubilieret
recording of:
Magnificat Es-Dur, BWV 243a: Vb. Coro "Freut euch und jubiliert"
premiered in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (on 1723-12-25)
composed in:
Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (in 1723)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician)
part of:
Magnificat Es-Dur, BWV 243a
Johann Sebastian Bach1:13
CD 5: Baroque Christmas

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