Celestial Christmas

Celestial Christmas
Capella Antiqua, München; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor, Wien; Concentus Musicus, Wien; Leonhardt Consort, Amsterdam
Celestial Harmonies 18.45 040 [CD]

Contents:

    Anon.
  1. Conditor alme siderum
  2. Domine ad adiuvandum me festina Deus in adiutorium
  3. Magnificat
  4. Ave maris stella, from Marienvesper

    5. Claudio Monteverdi
  5. Excerpt, from L'Orfeo

    6. Henry Purcell
  6. Fantasia: Three parts on a ground in D Z 731

    7. Orlando de Lassus
  7. Da pacem Domine
  8. Gloria patri et filio, et spiritui sancto

    9. William Lawes
  9. Fantasia, from Suite nr. 2 in F
  10. In nomine, from Suite nr. 3 in B

    11. Carlo Farina
  11. Adagio, from Capriccio stravagante

    12. Johann Sebastian Bach
  12. Arioso, from Capriccio for harpsichord BWV 992
  13. Chorales "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
  14. Chorales "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"
  15. Chorales "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer", from Christmas oratorio BWV 248
  16. Sonatina, from Cantata 106
  17. Adagio, from Concerto for two harpsichords in C minor BWV 1060
  18. Chorale "Herr, ich hoff' je, du werdest die in keiner Not verlassen", from Cantata 184
  19. Chorale "Lobe den Herren, was in mir ist, lobe den Namen", from Cantata 137
  20. Chorale "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"
  21. Chorale "Gloria sei dir gesungen", from Cantata 140
  22. Chorale "Jesus bleibet meine Freude", from Cantata 147
  23. Variationen 1, 2 and 6, from Partita über "Wenn wir in höchsten Näten sein"
  24. Chorale "Dein ist allein die Ehre", from Cantata 41
  25. Chorale "Alleluja! Gelobt sei Gott", from Cantata 110
  26. Dona nobis pacem, from Mass in B minor BWV 232
  27. Variation Nr. 10, from Partite diverse sopra "Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig" BWV 768

    28. Georg Friedrich Handel
  28. Largo e piano, from Concerto grosso IV in A minor op. 6, nr. 4

    29. Johann Pachelbel
  29. Partitas 1, 2, 6 and 5, from "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan"

    30. Johann Christoph Bach
  30. Aus meines Herzens Grunde

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Performers: Capella Antiqua, München - Konrad Ruhland, dir.; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor, Wien - Erwin Ortner, dir.; Concentus Musicus, Wien - Nikolaus Harnoncourt, dir.; Leonhardt Consort, Amsterdam - Gustav Leonhardt, dir.

Recording site and date:
Various (?) [1989 or prior], rel.: 1991

Comments:
Information from OPAC des Deutsches Musikarchiv Berlin; most are certainly excerpts from previous LPs or CDs.

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Pierre-F. Roberge