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Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players [Import]

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 Audio CD
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listen  1. Prelude: La piva (Source: Vatican MS Q IV 28)Kristian Olesen 1:53$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Deus in adjutorium - Domine ad adjuvandumCharles Pott 1:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Psalm 2 "Warum toben die Heiden" SWV23Gabrieli Players 3:54$0.99 Buy Track
listen  4. Hymn: Christum wir sollen loben schonKristian Olesen 6:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Die Geburt unsres Herren Jesu Christi (Reconstructed by Timothy Roberts)Gabrieli Consort 1:09$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Es begab sich aber zu derselbigen Zeit...Charles Daniels 3:06$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium I: Fürchtet euch nicht...Susan Hemington Jones 3:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel... EngeltIntermedium II:Charles Daniels0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium II: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe...Gabrieli Consort 2:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen10. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Und da die Engel ...Charles Daniels0:15$0.99 Buy Track
listen11. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium III: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem..Rodrigo del Pozo 1:25$0.99 Buy Track
listen12. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Und sie kamen eilend ...Charles Daniels 2:59$0.99 Buy Track
listen13. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium IV: Wo ist der neugeborne König...Tom Phillips 1:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen14. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Da das der König Herodes hörete...Charles Daniels0:39$0.99 Buy Track
listen15. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium V: Zu Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande...Roderick Williams 2:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen16. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich...Charles Daniels0:28$0.99 Buy Track
listen17. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium VI: Ziehet hin, und forschet fleißig...Neal Davies 2:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen18. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten...Charles Daniels 2:18$0.99 Buy Track
listen19. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Intermedium VII: Stehe auf, Joseph...Susan Hemington Jones 1:33$0.99 Buy Track
listen20. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein...Charles Daniels 3:36$0.99 Buy Track
listen21. Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi, Swv435 (1664) - Intermedium VIII: Stehe Auf Joseph...Susan Hemington Jones 1:32$0.99 Buy Track
listen22. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein...Charles Daniels 2:01$0.99 Buy Track
listen23. Historia der Geburt Jesu Christi, SWV435 (1664) - Beschluss: Dank sagen wir alle Gott...Gabrieli Consort 2:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen24. Magnificat (SWV 468) - Magnificat anima mea - Et exsultavit - Quia respexitRobert Harre-Jones 3:20$0.99 Buy Track
listen25. Hymn: Wir Christenleut haben itzund FreudKristian Olesen 2:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen26. Magnificat (SWV 468) - Quia fecit mihi magna-Et misericordia-Fecit potentiamRobert Harre-Jones 2:40$0.99 Buy Track
listen27. Hymn: Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen all zugleichKristian Olesen 1:17$0.99 Buy Track
listen28. Magnificat (SWV 468) - Esurientes implevit bonis - Suscepit Israel - Sicut ..Robert Harre-Jones 2:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen29. In dulci jubilo - arr. Paul McCreeshStefan Olesen 1:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen30. Magnificat (SWV 468) - Gloria Patri, et Filio - Sicut erat in principioRobert Harre-Jones 1:51$0.99 Buy Track
listen31. O bone Jesu, fili Mariae (SWV 471)Timothy Roberts 6:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen32. Hymn: Gelobet seist du, Jesu ChristKristian Olesen 4:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen33. Collect And Benedicamus Domino VobiscumCharles Pott 1:35$0.99 Buy Track
listen34. Postlude: Benedicamus Domino à 6 (modus pleno organo pedaliter)Kristian Olesen 2:11$0.99 Buy Track


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Product Details

  • Audio CD (August 13, 1999)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Archiv Prod Import
  • ASIN: B00000JPC9
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,467 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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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

 

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid choral sound and fabulous organ in superb acoustic, March 29, 2000
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This review is from: Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players (Audio CD)
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.
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8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful--but get another Oratorio for comparison, April 14, 2000
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This review is from: Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players (Audio CD)
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 and other versions I have heard that I must assume others will be affected the same way.

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