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	Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players by Gregorian Chant, Heinrich Schutz, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, Andrew Carwood, Susan Hemington Jones, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Robert Horn, James Johnstone, Kristian Olesen, Choir of Roskilde Cathedral
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Product Details EAN 0028946304624 Label Archiv Produktion Manufacturer Archiv Produktion Number Of Discs 1 Release Date October 19, 1999 UPC 028946304624 Availability Usually ships in 1-2 business days Disc 1: La Piva (Prelude) - Heinrich Schütz, Anonymous Deus in Auditorium (Chant) - Heinrich Schütz, Schutz, Heinrich Warum Toben Die Heiden - Heinrich Schütz, Schutz, Heinrich Christum Wir Sollen Loben Schon (Prelude) - Heinrich Schütz, Anonymous Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi: Eingang: Die Geburt Unseres Herren Je Es Begab Sich Aber Zu Derselbigen Zeit (Recitation) Intermedium I (Der Engel): Fürchtet Euch Nicht Und Alsbald War da Bei Dem Engel (Recitation) Intermedium II (Die Menge Der Engel): Ehre Sei Gott in Der Höhe Und da Die Engel (Recitation) Intermedium III (Die Hirten Auf Dem Felde): Lasset Uns Nun Gehen Gen Be Und Die Kamen Eilend (Recitation) Intermedium IV (Die Weisen Aus Dem Morgenlande): Wo Ist Der Neugeborne Da das Der König Gehöret Hatte (Recitation) Intermedium V (Die Hohepriester): Zu Bethlehem Im Jüdischen Lande Da Berief Herodes Die Weisen Heimlich (Recitation) Intermedium VI (Herodes): Ziehet Hin und Forscht Fleißig Als Sie Nun Den König Gehöret Hatten (Recitation) Intermedium VII (Der Engel Zu Joseph): Stehe Auf, Joseph Und Er Stund Auf und Nahm das Kindlein (Recitation) Intermedium VIII (Der Engel Zu Joseph in Egypten): Stehe Auf, Joseph Und Er Stund Auf und Nahm das Kindlein (Recitation) Beschluss: Dank Sagen Wir Alle Gott Magnificat: Magnificat Anima Mea - Et Exultavit - Quia Respexit Wir Christenleut Habn Itzund Freud (Hymn) Quia Fecit Mihi Magna - Et Misericordia - Fecit Potentiam - Deposuit Po Lobt Gott, Ihr Chrsiten All Zugleich (Hymn) Esurientes Implevit Bonis - Suscepit Israel - Sicut Locutus Est In Dulci Jubilo (Hymn) Gloria Patri, et Filio - Sicut Erat in Principio O Bone Jesu, Fili Mariae - Heinrich Schütz, Schutz, Heinrich Gelobet Seist du, Jesu Christ (Hymn) - Heinrich Schütz, Anonymous Collect and Blessing (Chant) - Heinrich Schütz, Schutz, Heinrich Benedicamus Domino (Postlude) - Heinrich Schütz, Warlock, Peter Product Description Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Story, besides being a historical milestone, has always been one of 17th-century music's crowd-pleasers--the former because it's the ancestor of Christmas oratorios by Bach, Charpentier, and even Berlioz; the latter because it presents engaging depictions of the characters in the Nativity story with a cornucopia of colorful instruments (piping recorders for the shepherds, a galumphing bassoon (representing the gait of the camels?) for the three wise men, regally blaring cornets for King Herod, and pompous trombones for his priests). As you might expect, there are a number of fine recordings of this proto-oratorio, from the graceful and somewhat delicate rendition of René Jacobs to the high-energy performance of Robert King. As usual, Paul McCreesh goes where no one has gone before, showing us the context for which Schütz probably wrote the work in the first place: a Christmas Day Vespers service at the court in Dresden where the composer was chapel master. McCreesh's reconstruction includes thrilling performances of two Christmas hymns (with tunes by Luther himself), organ music by Scheidt, a psalm from Schütz's collection Psalmen Davids, a delicate motet for four soloists, and (in an electrifying reading) a lavish multiple-choir Magnificat. Alongside all these, McCreesh's rendition of the Christmas Story seems--well, not lackluster, exactly (it's very skillfully done, and Susan Hemington Jones as the Angel is a particular treat), but a bit less inspired than the rest of the program. So if that one work is all you care about, you may want to consider the Jacobs or King versions; otherwise, this disc won't disappoint--it's as exciting a Christmas record as you'll find. --Matthew Westphal Customers who bought this item also bought Praetorius - Mass for Christmas Morning Venetian Christmas A Venetian Coronation 1595 Giovanni Gabrieli: Music For San Rocco Martin Luther & The Music Customer Reviews for: Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players Rating - Wonderful--but get another Oratorio for comparison First of all, I was enthralled by the singing and the organ sound: very rich and musical in every way. The congregational singing, specifically, is superb, and the CD is worth buying for everything that comes before and after the Christmas Historia. The historia, though, is an edition that is disconcerting to me. Perhaps I have heard versions that are less "authentic" than this one, but there are enough differences between the McCreesh ... Read More Rating - Splendid choral sound and fabulous organ in superb acoustic This fine recording continues the tradition started by the Consort with their Praetorius Christmas recording released several seasons ago. The organ sound is rich and impressive, and the choral sound is, as usual, impeccable. Charles Daniels is an effective evangelist in the Schutz Christmas Oratorio, though he is not as sonorous as John Mark Ainsley on Hyperion. This as close as I come to a cavil regarding this very fine recording. See all music titles by Gregorian Chant, Heinrich Schutz, Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh, Charles Daniels, Neal Davies, Andrew Carwood, Susan Hemington Jones, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Robert Horn, James Johnstone, Kristian Olesen, Choir of Roskilde Cathedral

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