Christmas Oratorio BWV 248

Recordings for the season.

 

At age 50, Bach wrote a series of cantatas for the Christmas season which are combined into the Christmas Oratorio.
Part I:      Christmas Day
Part II:     Day after Christmas
Part III:    Third Day of Christmas
Part IV:    New Years
Part V:     Sunday after New Years
Part VI:    Feast of the Epiphany, January 6

 

 

Recordings I have:

Conductor: Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden
Tölz Boys' Choir, Collegium Aureum
Soprano: Hans Buchhierl
Alto: Andreas Stein
Tenor: Theo Altmeyer
Bass: Barry McDaniel
Harmonia Mundi
1973

Conductor: René Jacobs
Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, Academy for Ancient Music Berlin
Soprano: Dorothea Röschmann
CounterTenor: Andreas Scholl
Baritone: Werner Güra
Bass: Klaus Häger
Harmonia Mundi 2901630
1997
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Conductor: Harry Christophers
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Soprano: Libby Crabtree
Soprano: Lynda Russell
Mezzo Soprano: Catherine Wyn-Rogers
Tenor: Mark Padmore
Bass: Michael George
Label: Brilliant#: 93102-128, 129
1993

Jan Willem de Vriend: conductor
Combattimento Consort
Daniel Reuss: choirmaster
Cappella Amsterdam
Malin Hartelius: soprano
Kristina Hammarström: alto
Jörg Dürmüller: tenor
Detlef Roth: bass
Challenge 76607
10/09/2007

Karl Richter: conductor
Munich Bach Orchestra
Munich Bach Choir
Gundula Janowitz: soprano
Christa Ludwig: alto
Fritz Wunderlich: tenor
Franz Crass: bass
Deutsche Grammophon 427236
Recorded: 1965

Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists / Monteverdi Choir
Nancy Argenta: Soprano
Anne Sofie von Otter: Mezzo Soprano
Ruth Holton: Soprano
Katie Pringle: Soprano
Bernarda Fink: Alto
Anthony Rolfe Johnson: Tenor
Hans-Peter Blochwitz: Tenor
Olaf Bär: Bass
Archiv Produktion Dg: 423232
Recorded: 1987

Conductor: Phillippe Herreweghe
Collegium Vocale, Ghent
Barbara Schlick: Soprano
Michael Chance: Alto
Howard Crook: Tenor
Peter Kooy: Bass
Virgin Veritas 7777 59530 2
Recorded: 1989

Recordings I don't have:

Conductor: Martin Flämig
Dresden Kreuz Choir, Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra
Arleen Augér: Soprano
Annelies Burmeister: Mezzo Soprano
Peter Schreier: Tenor
Theo Adam: Bass
Berlin Classics 183892
Recorded: 10/2006

Director: Nicholas Harnoncourt
Concentus Musicus Wien & the Arnold Schoenberg Chor
Christine Schafer: soprano
Bernarda Fink: mezzo soprano
Werner Gura: tenor
Gerald Finley: bass
Christian Gerthaher, bass
12/2006
Posted by on 2009, December 29 at 03:51 PM


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