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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek, Eberhard Büchner & Robert Holl

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden & Trompetenensemble Ludwig Güttler, Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist)

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Peter Schreier's celebrated 1987 recording catches beautifully the brimming sense of pure human happiness surrounding the birth of the Saviour.

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek, Eberhard Büchner & Robert Holl

Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden & Trompetenensemble Ludwig Güttler, Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist)

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Peter Schreier's celebrated 1987 recording catches beautifully the brimming sense of pure human happiness surrounding the birth of the Saviour.

BBC Music Magazine, December 20074 out of 5 stars

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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Work length2:29:36
No.1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
Track length7:37
No.2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"
Track length1:22
No.3 Rezitativ (Alt): "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam"
Track length1:01
No.4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion"
Track length5:31
No.5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
Track length1:16
No.6 Evangelist, No.7 Choral
Track length3:37
No.8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König"
Track length4:42
No.9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"
Track length1:15
No.10 Sinfonia
Track length6:25
No.11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"
Track length0:51
No.12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht"
Track length1:08
No.13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen"
Track length0:50
No.14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"
Track length0:38
No.15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet"
Track length3:35
No.16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen"
Track length0:23
No.17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall"
Track length0:38
No.18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht"
Track length0:59
No.19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh"
Track length8:54
No.20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel"
Track length0:15
No.21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"
Track length2:46
No.22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet"
Track length0:22
No.23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer"
Track length1:19
No.24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"
Track length1:48
No.25 Evangelist, No.26 Chor, No.27 Rezitativ (Baß)
Track length1:40
No.28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan"
Track length0:47
No.29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"
Track length8:16
No.30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend"
Track length1:23
No.31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"
Track length5:40
No.32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren"
Track length0:28
No.33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren"
Track length0:57
No.34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um"
Track length0:22
No.35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil"
Track length0:54
No.24 Chor (da capo): "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"
Track length1:47
No.36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"
Track length5:26
No.37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren"
Track length0:34
No.38 Rezitativ (Baß): "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen"
Track length2:49
No.39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"
Track length5:37
No.40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne"
Track length1:36
No.41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"
Track length4:53
No.42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen"
Track length2:00
No.43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen"
Track length6:55
No.44 Evangelist, No.45 Chor
Track length2:26
No.46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt"
Track length0:51
No.47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen"
Track length4:44
No.48 Evangelist, No.49 Rezitativ (Alt)
Track length0:46
No.50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester"
Track length1:19
No.51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?"
Track length5:49
No.52 Rezitativ (Alt): "Mein Liebster herrschet schon"
Track length0:29
No.53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube"
Track length0:52
No.54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"
Track length4:54
No.55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forschet fleißig"
Track length0:53
No.56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen"
Track length0:49
No.57 Aria (Sopran): "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen"
Track length3:30
No.58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten"
Track length1:12
No.59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier"
Track length1:02
No.60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum"
Track length0:22
No.61 Rezitativ (Tenor): "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier"
Track length1:53
No.62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken"
Track length4:33
No.63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?"
Track length0:45
No.64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"
Track length3:11

Awards and reviews

December 2007

Peter Schreier's celebrated 1987 recording catches beautifully the brimming sense of pure human happiness surrounding the birth of the Saviour.
4 out of 5 stars

Peter Schreier contributes a fine, fresh version of the Christmas Oratorio, similarly taking on the double duties of conducting and singing the central part of the Evangelist. The Leipzig Radio Choir sings responsively; though modern instruments are used, Schreier consistently shows how he has been influenced by new ideas of authentic performance on period instruments. Though the scale is larger than in a period performance, the speeds are regularly fast, sprightly rather than breathless, with string articulation crisp and light ... the soloists make a strong, consistent team ... full, bright and atmospheric recording ... the layout on three CDs make this issue competitive.
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