The Baroque Christmas Album

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Album Summary

Performers

• Mirella Giardelli (Organ)
• Jaap ter Linden (Cello)
• Simon Standage (Violin)
• Micaela Comberti (Violin)
• Timothy Roberts (Organ)

Conductors

• Gardiner, John Eliot
• McCreesh, Paul
• Minkowski, Marc
• Pinnock, Trevor

Ensembles

• English Baroque Soloists
• Gabrieli Consort
• Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• The English Concert

Composers

• Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - 1704)
• Arcangelo Corelli (1653 - 1713)
• Giovanni Gabrieli (circa 1555 - 1612)
• Michael Praetorius (1571 - 1621)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
• Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)

Notes & Reviews:

Experience Christmastide as it was celebrated more than 250 years ago with 18 glorious tracks from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Trevor Pinnock and Marc Minkowski, performing the best of Baroque composers Giovanni Gabrieli, Praetorius, Schutz, Corelli, Charpentier, and Bach!

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Bach, Johann Sebastian : Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2) :: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (openin

• Conductor: John Gardiner
• Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 12/03/1724

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Noëls (3), H 531 :: Vous qui désirez sans fin

• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1690

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Noëls (3), H 531 :: A la venue de Noël

• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1690

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Noëls pour les instruments, H 534 :: Or nous dites, Marie

• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1693

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Noëls pour les instruments, H 534 :: Oú s'en vont ces gais berge

• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 1 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: circa 1693

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Audite principes

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 5 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : In Nativitatem Domini Canticum, histoire sacrée for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo, H. 416

• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Running Time: 4 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1690

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9 :: Kyrie

• Performer: Mirella Giardelli (Organ)
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Running Time: 1 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1694

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine : Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 9 :: Christe

• Performer: Mirella Giardelli (Organ)
• Conductor: Marc Minkowski
• Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1694

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Salvator noster, motet for 15 voices

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 4 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Gabrieli, Giovanni : Symphoniae sacrae, Book 2

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 6 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) : Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi, for chorus, instruments & continuo, SWV 435 :: Dank sagen wir a

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio

Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672) : O bone Jesu, fili Mariae, for 2 sopranos, 2 altos, tenor, bass, 2 violins, 4 violes & continuo, SWV

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 6 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Written: ?1666

Corelli, Arcangelo : Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6 :: Pastoral

• Performers: Jaap ter Linden (Cello); Simon Standage (Violin); Micaela Comberti (Violin)
• Conductor: Trevor Pinnock
• Ensemble: The English Concert
• Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Baroque
• Form: Orchestral

Praetorious, Michael : Puer natus in Bethlehem

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 7 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Praetorious, Michael : Puer nobis nascitur, hymn

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral

Praetorious, Michael : Nun lob, mein Seel, den Herren, organ chorale

• Performer: Timothy Roberts (Organ)
• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 3 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance

Praetorious, Michael : In dulci jubilo

• Conductor: Paul McCreesh
• Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort
• Running Time: 5 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Renaissance
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1619