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Praetorius: Christmas Music / Choir of Westminster Cathedral, David Hill

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-10-11

Works: Michael Praetorius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland; Nun singet und seit froh, for chorus; Dances from Terpsichore; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Quem pastores laudavere, hymn (Puericinium); Musae Sioniae, Bk...
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Parley of Instruments

Michael Praetorius was a hugely versatile German composer. His 1603 post as Kapellmeister in Wolfenbüttel necessitated extensive travel throughout Germany, enabling him to establish widespread...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral (01/22/1986-01/24/1986)....continue...

Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem, etc

1 CD / CPO / 2008-01-29

Works: Michael Praetorius: Work(s); In dulci jubilo; Musae Sioniae, Bk 7; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Conditor alme siderum; Gelobet seist du, Jesus Christ; A solis ortus cardine
Conductors: Cordes, Manfred
Ensemble: Bremer Barock Consort

Michael Praetorius is famed for his advent and Christmas music. The Bremer Barock Consort under the direction of Manfred Cordes here play charming scores for...continue...

Christmas Concertos - Praetorius, etc / Ehmann, Knall, et al

1 CD / Cantate / 2006-08-20

Works: Michael Praetorious: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Omnis mundus jocundetur; Dietrich Buxtehude: Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13
Conductors: Knall, Klaus; Ehmann, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Freiburg Cathedral Children's Choir; Westphalian Choral Ensemble

Christmas concertos by Michael Praetorius form the nucleus of this recording, specifically late works from his collection 'Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica.' Praetorius was one of...continue...

The Baroque Christmas Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2); Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls (3), H 531; Noëls pour les instruments, H 534; In Nativitatem Domini Ca...
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Giardelli, Mirella; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Standage, Simon; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Pinnock, Trevor; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

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...continue...

Four Centuries of Christmas Music

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2004-10-05

Works: Michael Praetorius: In dulci jubilo; Puer natus in Bethlehem; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from the Polyhymnia caduceatrix); Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Franz Joseph Haydn...
Performers: Bär, Olaf; McFadden, Claron; Zaiser, Uwe

An intelligent collection of joyous music for the holidays! Of special importance to collectors is the rare, utterly charming 'Weihnachtsouverture' by Otto Nicolai....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...

Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Martin Luther: Christum wir sollen loben schon, processional; Wir glauben all an eine Gott, credo; Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Der Herr ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Devaere, Hannelore; Engberg-Pederson, Anders; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Greig, Donald; Horn, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Susan Hemington; Le...
Conductors: ; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir

Personnel: Constanze Backes, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Tusa, Sarah Pendlebury, Tessa Bonner (soprano); Tom Phillips , Robert Horn , Angus Smith (tenor); Donald Greig (baritone); Raimund Nolte, Stephen C...continue...