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Classical Christmas

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StudioDelta
Release DateSeptember 30, 1993
UPC Code018111359023
 

Tracks

Disc 1
  1. No. 2. March
  2. No. 4. Dance
  3. No. 5. Scene and The Grandfather Dance
  4. No. 6. Scene
  5. No. 7. Scene
  6. No. 8. Scene
  7. No. 12 Divertissement
  8. No. 13. Waltz of the Flowers
  9. No. 14. Pas de deux
  10. No. 15. Closing Waltz and Grand Finale
Disc 2
  1. And the glory of the Lord
  2. And He shall purify
  3. For unto us a Child is born
  4. Sinfonia in G major
  5. All we like sheep have gone astray
  6. Largo
  7. Largo
  8. Allegro
  9. Hallelujah
  10. Pastoral Symphony
  11. Worthy is the Lamb
  12. Allegro
  13. Largo
  14. Ave Maria - Gounod, Ch.
  15. Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten!
  16. Bringet Dem Herrn Ehre Seines Namens - Bach, Johann Sebast
  17. Laudate Dominum KV 339 - Mozart, W.A.
  18. Ave Maria - Schubert, F.
  19. Virga Jesse - Bruckner, A.
  20. Salve Regina Op. 47 D. 223 - Schubert, F.
  21. Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme BWV 645 - Bach, Johann Sebast
  22. Largo (From "Xerxes") - Händel, G.F.
  23. Gloria (From "Magnificat") - Mendelssohn-Barthol
Disc 3
  1. Sleepers, Wake, The Voice Is Calling - Krebs
  2. Wie Schön Leuchter Der Morgenstern - Bach, Johann Sebast
  3. Jesus Christus, Gottes Sohn
  4. Sleppers, Wake, The Voice Is Calling - Bach, Johann Sebast
  5. Kommst du Nun, Jesu, Cvom Himmel Hreunter - Bach, Johann Sebast
  6. In Dulci Jubilo - Bach, Johann Sebast
  7. Wie Schönm Leuchtet Der Morgenstern - Kauffmann
  8. Voluntary - Alcock
  9. Allein Gott in Der Höhe Sei Ehr - Bach, Johann Sebast
  10. Herzlich Lieb Hab Ich Dich - Krebs
  11. Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm' Ich Her - Bach, Johann Sebast
  12. Concerto Noël Allemand - Corrette
Disc 4
  1. Tönet, ihr Pauken
  2. Sinfonia
  3. In Dulci Jubilo - Bach, Johann Sebast
  4. Großer Herr, o starker König
  5. Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her, for chorus
  6. Hallelujah
  7. Jesu Mein Herzens Freud - Bach, Johann Sebast
  8. Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend, chorale prelude
  9. Gloria in excelsis deo, for chorus
  10. Wie Wohl Ist Mir, O Freund Der Seelen - Bach, Johann Sebast
  11. Lobet Den Herrn Alle Heiden - Bach, Johann Sebast
  12. Prelude und Fugue in G, BWV 541 - Bach, Johann Sebast
  13. Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ
  14. Air
  15. Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren
  16. Freut euch und jubilieret, for chorus
Disc 5
  1. In Dulci Jubilo - Praetorius, Michael
  2. Pastorale Per la Notte Di Natale - Heinichen
  3. Sonata Per Chiesa et Camera - Schmelzer
  4. Jubilate Domino - Praetorius, Michael
  5. Concerto Fatto Per la Notte Di Nattale - Corelli, Arcangelo
  6. Sonatta Natalis - Schmelzer
  7. [Unspecified] Vom Himmel hoch
  8. Air
  9. Concerto Per il Natale, RV 270 - Vivaldi, Antonio
  10. Tochter Zion
  11. Concerto in G Minor, Op. 8, No. 6 - Torelli
  12. Trumpet Tune and Air

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.0 (1 reviews)

rating: 4 QuoteA joyful Christmas box of many rare musical jewels.Quote
Laserlight has the rights to so much recorded music - excellent, good, indifferent, bad - & of such varying sound quality, that it's difficult to rate the label's bargain compilations. Most are afflicted with "excerpt-itis," the "greatest hits" disease. However, some compiler with an interesting ear for the offbeat & a sense of humor put this fine five-CD Christmas box together. He or she did so by leaning on some less familiar music & by relying largely on good performances from ye olde East Germany ensembles & conductors, (as do Koch-Schwann & Berlin Classics labels, at higher prices).

The #1 disk is a solid performance of The Nutcracker Suite (also issued as a single disk by Laserlight) by Peter Wohlert conducting the Berlin Symphony (not to be confused with the Berlin Philharmonic). With that over-cooked chestnut out of the way, this compilation gets interesting.

We get some venerable excerpts of Bach cantatas, oratorios, motets & Lutheran hymns, performed by Fidicinia Capella, New Leipzig Bach Collegium Musicum, & the German Bach Soloists, all respectable ensembles. Edita Gruberova even joins in "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen." Plus an earful of grand organ preludes.

Handel is represented by a happy section of "Water Music" & a piece for brass instruments from his oratorio, "Judas Maccabaeus." What, no "Halleluah Chorus?" Believe me, you don't need it! But it's here all the same.

Mozart checks in with the lovely, too brief, "Ave verum Corpus," motet for chorus, strings, & organ, K. 618. We also get snappy, dutiful baroque contributions from Vivaldi, Corelli & Purcell.

The remainder of the set is filled out with music from: Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky; Francesco Onofrio Manfredini; Johann Ludwig Krebs; George Friedrich Kauffmann; John the Elder Alcock; Michel Corrette; Michael Praetorius; Johann David Heinichen; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer; & Giuseppe Torelli. The inclusion of these marvelous obscurities pushes this bargain compilation over the top.

I give it four stars because the performances & sound quality vary considerably. But the compensation comes from hours of joyously felt Nativity music, a good deal of it unfamiliar yet beautiful all the same. Load all five into the CD changer, hit the random button, relax & enjoy your spiced eggnog with family & friends.

The five CDs are titled: 1. The Nutcracker 2. Classical Christmas 3. Christmas Music for Trumpet & Organ 4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Music 5. Baroque Christmas Music. They can be purchased individually. December 9, 2001

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