Christmas Album: Original Masters

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Performer), Hermann Prey (Performer), Helmut Böcker (Performer), Sepp Grünwald (Performer), Gerhard Stenzel (Performer), Robert Bodenröder (Performer), Anonymous (Composer), Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer), Peter Cornelius (Composer), Franz Xaver Gruber (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Friedrich Mergner (Composer), Max Reger (Composer), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (Composer), Valentin Schumann (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), German Traditional (Composer), John Francis Wade (Composer), August Wenzinger (Conductor)

Product Details

• Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hermann Prey, Helmut Böcker, Sepp Grünwald, Gerhard Stenzel, et al.
• Conductor: August Wenzinger
• Composer: Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Peter Cornelius, Franz Xaver Gruber, et al.
• Audio CD (October 28, 2003)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B0000AP6HJ
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,567 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music and an astonishing amount of it!, February 27, 2006

By	Doug - Haydn Fan (California) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

The business folks at DG must have a soft spot for Christmas music, probably leftover goodwill from growing up with caroling in the snow. Certainly the German language nations seem to have excelled in producing a wealth of Christmas tunes, jingles, chorales, hymns, and rounds. This compliation is a two CD set of very good to great singers and performers who are quite to the manor born, or maybe I should say manger.
The easy way to decide if two hours of German Xmas gemutlichkeit is for you is simply to listen to the enormous selections on Amazon's sound sampler.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Christmas / holiday performances, August 22, 2007

By	Evan M. Malin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This set is a truly amazing find! Vintage 1950's and 1960's German performances of Christmas and traditional holiday music. This contains an awesome range of artists, from Maria Stader, Fritz Wunderlich and Herman Prey, Gundula Janowitz, Irmgard Seefried, to Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, with music ranging from excerpts from Handel's Messiah to traditional christmas carols. Instrumental and choral performances balance out the collection. Documentation is well-written, and the sound is excellent high-fidelity mono and stereo. Very recommendable!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great music for all nations, December 30, 2008

By	Gina K (PA, USA) - See all my reviews

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Don't be put off by the idea that this is German Christmas music. The range of songs, vocals and instrumentals is so wide you will find something for everyone's classical taste in this compilation. Many of these songs you have likely heard, not knowing they were originally in another language. Beautiful female vocals and choirs bring music make this a very relaxing listening experience in the holiday season.