‎J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio by Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei, Karl Münchinger

8:12

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Helen Watts

2:40

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion"

Karl Münchinger, Helen Watts, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

5:55

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"

Lübecker Kantorei, Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:11

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger

4:02

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Tom Krause

5:26

Pt. One - For the First Day of Christmas: No. 9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"

Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

1:19

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 10 Sinfonia

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

6:35

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

0:48

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei

1:04

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Sir Peter Pears

0:50

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Tom Krause

0:55

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:56

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei, Elly Ameling

0:59

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht"

Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:01

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helen Watts

10:51

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

3:05

Pt. Two - For the Second Day of Christmas: No. 22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei, Tom Krause, Karl Münchinger

1:42

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei

2:06

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Tom Krause, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

2:22

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Elly Ameling, Tom Krause

7:47

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend"

Helen Watts, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

1:18

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Helen Watts

5:36

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren"

Helen Watts, Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:24

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:08

Pt. Three - For the Third Day of Christmas: No. 35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

2:11

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei

5:30

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Tom Krause, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

3:36

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Elly Ameling

6:17

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Tom Krause, Lübecker Kantorei

1:48

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

5:10

Pt. Four - For New Year's Day: No. 42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

2:39

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei

7:08

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

2:36

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helen Watts, Lübecker Kantorei

0:43

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen"

Karl Münchinger, Tom Krause, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

4:26

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Helen Watts

2:10

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 51 Terzett: Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?

Tom Krause, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger, Elly Ameling

5:39

Pt. Five - For the 1st Sunday in the New Year: No. 52 Rezitativ: "Mein liebster herrschet schon" - Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube"

Karl Münchinger, Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Elly Ameling

1:22

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei

4:37

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forschet fleißig"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

0:50

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Elly Ameling

4:59

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

1:24

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier"

Karl Münchinger, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Lübecker Kantorei

1:07

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum"

Karl Münchinger, Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

2:42

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken"

Sir Peter Pears, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Münchinger

5:23

Pt. Six - For the Feast of Epiphany: No. 63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?"

Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Elly Ameling, Sir Peter Pears, Karl Münchinger, Tom Krause, Lübecker Kantorei, Helen Watts

4:13

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Friedrich Mergner

Composer
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra
Helen Watts

Contralto
Elly Ameling

Soprano

Ray Minshull

Producer
Michael Bremner

Producer
Martin Fouqué

Recording Engineer, Engineer
Michael Bremner

Recording Engineer
Karl Brugger

Recording Engineer

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Friedrich Mergner

Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra

Helen Watts

Elly Ameling

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