Sanctus: Baroque Music For The Nativity

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Brossard de Montancy (Composer), Anonymous (Composer), Guillaume Bouzignac (Composer), Crestot (Composer), Michel Corrette (Composer), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Composer), Giovanni Gabrieli (Composer), Claudio Monteverdi (Composer), Arcangelo Corelli (Composer), Christmas Traditional (Composer), George Frederick Handel (Composer), Orlando Gibbons (Composer), Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (Composer), Samuel Scheidt (Composer), Heinrich Schutz (Composer), Dietrich Buxtehude (Composer), Jeffrey Skidmore (Conductor), Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra (Orchestra), Carolyn Sampson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Carolyn Sampson
• Orchestra: Ex Cathedra Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra
• Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Brossard de Montancy, Anonymous, Guillaume Bouzignac, Crestot, et al.
• Audio CD (October 15, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Gaudeamus
• ASIN: B0000030P9
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,479 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Mass In B minor: Sanctus

2. Noie, Noie est Venue - Nous Sommes En Voye

3. Noe, Noe! Pastores, Cantate Domino

4. Tous Les Bourgeois De Chastre

5. 'In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christe Canticum': Salve Puerule

6. 'Lauda Spirituale Natalizia a Due Voci': Ecco Il Messia

7. Magnificat a14

8. Christe, Redemptor Ominum

9. Concerto Grosso, Op. 6, No. 8: Fatto per la notte di Natale

10. Quando Nascette Ninno

11. The Messiah: Pastoral Symphony: There Were Shepards - And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord Came Upon Them - And The Angel Said Unto Them - And Suddenly There Was With The Angel - Glory To God

12. Thus Angels Sung: Song 34

13. Christmas Oratorio: Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen

14. Hodie Christus Natus Est

15. In Dulci Jubilo

16. Ehre Sei Gott

17. In Dulci Jubilo

18. Christmas Oratorio: Ach Mein Herzliebes Jesulein

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Magnificat!, October 27, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sanctus: Baroque Music For The Nativity (Audio CD)

This is the most beautiful CD that I have ever heard. It has very religious overtones -- after all, it is "Music of the Nativity". Thus, it makes a delicious Christmas CD. The songs stir the deepest parts of my soul. The sound mix is prime and the performances, especailly the vocal and string renditions, are exceptional. The stand out songs are "Magnificat" and the two songs that follow it. This is like on a moonset/sunrise run on a big empty beach with the bright stars slowly fading in the violet hues of the gaining light. That is what this CD means to me. Check it!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars outstanding!, December 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sanctus: Baroque Music For The Nativity (Audio CD)

This CD contains some of the most beautiful sacred christmas music ever written. The performances are exellent, and each piece follows the next in a perfectly balanced flow. One thing worth noticing is that in addition to the the most commonly heard version of In Dulci Jubilo by Scheidt it also includes the rarer and even more beautiful version by Buxtehude. That version is followed by the last cut, my own favorite Bach choral Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein. If you can't make it to church this christmas, listening to this record might be the next best thing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shiveringly beautiful..., October 22, 2006

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Altogirl (NY, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sanctus: Baroque Music For The Nativity (Audio CD)

Having sung most of the works on this album, I already knew they were moving and beautiful, but the crystalline voices of this ensemble, their blend and precision makes this a must-have for an lover of the genre.