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SCENE Jewels from a German Christmas / Kabitz, Wachowski, Würzburg Bach Choir

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-11-11

Works: Recorded Sound: Bells; Gerd Wachowski: Christmas March, improvisations on German carols for organ; Improvisation on "Ihr Kinderlein kommet", for organ; Christmas Chorale Preludes, for organ; Improvis...
Performers: Wachowski, Gerd
Conductors: Kabitz, Christian
Ensemble: Würzburg Bach Choir

On this CD all-time favorite Christmas and Advent carols and hymns such as "Macht hoch die Tur," "Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Lo, How a...continue...

Silent Night, Holy Night - Carols / Schreier, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christmas Traditional: O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima"); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through the Thorn); Es ...
Performers: Berndt, Tobias; Buttner, Friedemann; Klingner, Christoph; Otto, Hans; Ritschel, Markus; Rost, Monika; Ryden, Susanne; Schreier, Peter; Sommer, Martin; Stockloáa, Erik; Uhle, Cornelius; Winkler...
Conductors: Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Stier, Gothart; Siedel, Annegret
Ensemble: Bell'Arte Salzburg; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipziger Thomanerchor

Just as Germany brought us the custom of the Christmas tree, Berlin Classics now brings us these unique Christmas collections. 'Silent Night. Holy Night' presents...continue...

SCENE Praetorius: Christmas Motets, Chorale Concertos

1 CD / MD&G / 2001-10-23

Works: Michael Praetorius: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix); Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Vom Himmel h...
Performers: Brutscher, Markus; Geitner, Petra; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Kogel, Tilman; Leibundgut, Michael; Mammel, Hans-Jorg; Mehltretter, Florian; Schonberger, Birgit; Seidenbusch, Helmut; Seifert, Rainer
Conductors: Raml, Franz
Ensemble: Hassler Consort

"...These were some of the most popular cantiones of the fifteenth century, some of them macaronic (mixing Latin and vernacular phrases), and the duality was...continue...