Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 (excerpts) (1985)
Cover Front Album
Composer Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Conductor Michel Corboz
Orchestra / Ensemble I Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
Length 77:43
Format CD
Genre Oratorio; Vocal
Chorus I Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne
Index 788
Out of Print No
Musicians
Soloist Schlick; Watkinson; Equiluz; Brodard; Viredaz
Credits
Label Erato
Producer Michel Garcin
Track List
01 Part I: For the First Day of the Nativity: No. 1: Chorus "Jauchzet, frohlocket" 08:13
02 Part I: For the First Day of the Nativity: No. 4: Aria (Alto) "Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben" 05:22
03 Part I: For the First Day of the Nativity: No. 5: Chorale "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" 01:33
04 Part I: For the First Day of the Nativity: No. 8: Aria (Bass) "Grosser Her und Starker Konig" 05:10
05 Part II: For the Second Day of the Nativity: Sinfonia 05:15
06 Part II: For the Second Day of the Nativity: No. 19: Aria (Alto) Schlafe, mein Liebster" 09:22
07 Part II: For the Second Day of the Nativity: No. 21: Chorus "Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe" 02:45
08 Part III: For the Third Day of the Nativity: No. 24: Chorus "Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen" 02:10
09 Part III: For the Third Day of the Nativity: No. 29: Duet (Soprano, Bass) "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen" 07:33
10 Part III: For the Third Day of the Nativity: No. 33: Chorale "Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren" 01:01
11 Part IV: For the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ: No. 36: Chorus "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben" 05:47
12 Part IV: For the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ: No. 41: Aria (Tenor) "Ich will nur Dir zu Ehren leben" 05:25
13 Part V: For the Sunday after the Circumcision: No. 43: Chorus "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen" 07:32
14 Part V: For the Sunday after the Circumcision: No. 46: Chorale "Dein Glanz all'Finsternis verzehrt" 01:03
15 Part VI: For Epiphany: No. 54: Chorus "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben" 05:05
16 Part VI: For Epiphany: No. 59: Chorale: Ich steh'an deine Krippen hier" 01:14
17 Part VI: For Epiphany: No. 64: Chorale "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" 03:13
Personal
Purchase Date 4/15/2003
Value $16.50
Store eBay
Condition 100%
Nationality German
Language German
Period Baroque
Details
Studio Casino de Vevey, Switzerland
Catalog Number 2292-45865-2
Live No
Recording Date 1/2/1984
Spars DDD
Reissue No
Sound Stereo
Notes
Barbara Schlick: Soprano
Carolyn Watkinson: Alto
Kurt Equiluz: Tenor
Michel Brodard: Bass
Fabienne Viredaz: Soprano echo

Notes, illustrations, text and translations

Essay: "Chistmas Oratorio: Oratorio or Cantata Cycle?" by Harry Halbreich