‎Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248) by English Baroque Soloists

No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

7:41

No. 2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:10

No. 3 Rezitativ (Alt): "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam"

Anne Sofie von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:51

No. 4 Aria (Alto): "Bereite dich, Zion"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sofie von Otter, Anthony Robson

5:02

No. 5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:03

No. 6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:20

No. 7 Chorale: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm", Recitativ (Bass): Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:56

No. 8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Crispian Steele-Perkins, English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, John Eliot Gardiner

4:21

No. 9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:13

No. 10 Sinfonia

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

5:17

No. 11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:34

No. 12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht"

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:00

No. 13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, Ruth Holton, John Eliot Gardiner

0:37

No. 14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, John Eliot Gardiner

0:40

No. 15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, Lisa Beznosiuk, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

3:18

No. 16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:22

No. 17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

0:38

No. 18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, John Eliot Gardiner

0:48

No. 19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh"

English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sofie von Otter, John Eliot Gardiner

9:20

No. 20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel"

English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner

0:14

No. 21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

2:26

No. 22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, John Eliot Gardiner

0:22

No. 23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:08

No. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir

1:50

No. 25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

0:08

No. 26 Chor: "Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:38

No. 27 Rezitativ (Baß): "Er hat sein Volk getröst"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, John Eliot Gardiner

0:35

No. 28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:42

No. 29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"

Valerie Darke, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Anthony Robson

6:48

No. 30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend"

English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner

1:08

No. 31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Sofie von Otter

4:59

No. 32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sofie von Otter

0:20

No. 33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:50

No. 34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um"

John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists

0:22

No. 35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

0:42

No. 24 Chor, reprised: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

1:55

No. 36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

5:31

No. 37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

0:32

No. 38 Rezitativ (Baß): "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner

2:15

No. 39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"

Anthony Robson, English Baroque Soloists, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, Katie Pringle

5:39

No. 40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner

1:21

No. 41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, Alison Bury, Maya Homburger, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:23

No. 42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen"

Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

1:58

No. 43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

5:55

No. 44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem"

English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Eliot Gardiner

0:22

No. 45 Chor: "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?" - Rezitativ (Alt): "Sucht ihn in meiner Brust"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Sofie von Otter, Monteverdi Choir

1:40

No. 46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt"

John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists

0:45

No. 47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen"

English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Anthony Robson, John Eliot Gardiner

3:59

No. 48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte"

John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists

0:11

No. 49 Rezitativ (Alt): "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?"

Anne Sofie von Otter, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

0:30

No. 50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:24

No. 51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?"

Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists

5:34

No. 52 Rezitativ (Alt): "Mein Liebster herrschet schon"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sofie von Otter

0:25

No. 53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

0:46

No. 54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

4:58

No. 55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forschet fleißig"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

0:42

No. 56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen"

English Baroque Soloists, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner

0:55

No. 57 Aria (Sopran): "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen"

Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists

4:23

No. 58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

1:02

No. 59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier"

English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner

1:02

No. 60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum"

John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson

0:23

No. 61 Rezitativ (Tenor): "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Hans Peter Blochwitz

1:51

No. 62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken"

Valerie Darke, English Baroque Soloists, Hans Peter Blochwitz, John Eliot Gardiner, Anthony Robson

3:59

No. 63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?"

Anne Sofie von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Nancy Argenta, John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Olaf Bär

0:37

No. 64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

3:25

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Friedrich Mergner

Composer
English Baroque Soloists

Orchestra, Ensemble
John Eliot Gardiner

Conductor
Monteverdi Choir

Choir

Charlotte Kriesch

Producer
Dr. Andreas Holschneider

Producer
Karl-August Naegler

Producer
Karl-August Naegler

Recording Engineer, Balance Engineer
Gregor Zielinsky

Recording Engineer

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248)

RECORD LABEL

Johann Sebastian Bach

Friedrich Mergner

English Baroque Soloists

John Eliot Gardiner

Monteverdi Choir

Production

Bach: Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248)

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