chora, Traditional German

Colors Of Christmas / John Rutter - The Bach Choir

1 CD / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); Ríu, ríu, chíu; I Wonder As I Wander (American); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Deck the Halls (Welsh); John Rutter: The Colour...
Performers: Birch, John; Blane, Ralph; Webb, Huw
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Colours of Christmas is a collection of the greatest Christmas carols by the composer/conductor whose music has, for many, been so associated with Christmas....continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London / Royal Albert Hall, London (01/2011/04/2011)....continue...

In Dulci Jubilo / Choral music for Christmas

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2010-11-09

Works: Friedrich Silcher: Wie soll ich dich empfangen, for chorus; Herbei, o ihr Gläub'gen; Christmas Traditional: Es kommt ein Schiff geladen, carol (German); Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht (Echo Ca...
Conductors: Straube, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; North German Figuralchor

During the first half of the twentieth century songbooks were published in order to promote sacred and secular choral song among the general population. The...continue...
Recording information: St. Osdag Church, Mandelsloh, Germany (08/27/2009-08/29/2009)....continue...

Gottfried Homilius: Erwachet, ihr Christen

1 CD / Carus / 2010-02-09

Works: Traditional German chorale: Nun freut euch, liebe Christen g'mein; Vater unser im Himmelreich; Kyrie, Gott Heiliger Geist; O Heilger Geist, kehr bei uns ein; O Gott, du frommer Gott; Für deinen ...
Performers: Bromsel, Phillip; Dittmann, Friedwart-Christian; Guttler, Ludwig; Kircheis, Friedrich; Lorenz, Andreas; Steude, Barbara Christina; Volkmar, Clemens; Wagner, Dorothea
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Gottfried Homilius was an organist and composer who lived in Dresden and Leipzig. He was one of Bach's circle of students and was director of...continue...
Recording information: Frauenkirche Dresden (03/14/2009-03/20/2009)....continue...

Dresden Kreuzchoir - Legendary Recordings

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Heinrich Schütz: Symphoniae sacrae, Op. 10; Wohl dem, der nicht wandelt (Psalm 1), for double chorus & continuo, SWV 28 (Op. 2/7); Psalms of David, Op. 2; Psalms of David, Op 2; Der Herr ist mei...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Berndt, Tobias; Collum, Herbert; Diedrich, Michael; Ginzel, Reinhart; Hammer, Ernst-Ludwig; Hauptmann, Gerhard; Hoher, Frank; Jaroslawski, Werner; Krahmer, Renate; Krause, Reinhold; Kunze...
Conductors: Mauersberger, Rudolf; Flämig, Martin; ; Stier, Gothart
Ensemble: Blasende Music Leipzig; Capella Fidicinia am Musikinstrumenten-Museum der; Dresden Kreuz Choir; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

The Kreuzchor of Dresden developed through a church foundation in the early 13th century, making it one of the oldest institutions of its kind in...continue...

Christmas in Old Austria / Clemencic, Clemencic Consort

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Anonymous, Austrian: Psalmus instrumentaliter, for ensemble; Weyhnachtgsang no 1, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648); Mittit ad Virginem, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648);...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Kummer, Eberhard; Landauer, Bernhard; Pitzl, Pierre; Reithofer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Clemencic, René

The feast of Christmas in Old Austria was more colorful, more vivid, and for the most part more pious than it is today. Christmas matins...continue...

A Bach Album / His Majesties Consort of Voices, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-04-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" BWV 29; Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 686; Cantata no 38, "Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir," BWV 38; Aus tiefer N...
Performers: Gooding, Julia; Hunt, William; MacDonald, Robert [Bass Voice]; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Sharman, Katherine
Conductors:
Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts

Bach's own transcriptions of his works are, on the whole, well known and well documented, but His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts perform here their own...continue...

Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit - Bach: Clavier-Übung Part III

2 CD / Channel Classics Import / 1999-06-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E flat major, BWV 552 "St. Anne"; Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 669; Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 670; Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 671...
Performers: Doeselaar, Leo Van
Conductors: Veldhoven, Jos van
Ensemble: Netherlands Bach Society Choir