Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

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Ingeborg Danz (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor arias), Martin Petzold (tenor recitative), Panajotis Iconomou (bass), Paul Bernewitz, Friedrich Praetorius (boy sopranos)

Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir) & Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller (direction)

Crucially, all Biller's soprano solos are drawn from within the choir, producing a timbre close to what Bach must have heard...the sound of the St Thomas Choir is a hugely potent 'plus' in the...

BBC Music Magazine, January 20114 out of 5 stars

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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Ingeborg Danz (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor arias), Martin Petzold (tenor recitative), Panajotis Iconomou (bass), Paul Bernewitz, Friedrich Praetorius (boy sopranos)

Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir) & Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller (direction)

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Crucially, all Biller's soprano solos are drawn from within the choir, producing a timbre close to what Bach must have heard...the sound of the St Thomas Choir is a hugely potent 'plus' in the...

BBC Music Magazine, January 20114 out of 5 stars

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Some of the best boys choirs have performed Bach’s Christmas oratorio in splendid fashion over the past decades. In this recording, with St Thomas’s Boys Choir, under the baton of the present cantor at St Thomas, Georg Christoph Biller, the listener will hear a historically informed performance. As intended by Bach, the words from the Bible and the sermon texts of the arias are the work’s focus. In practice, this means that the singers and the choir are the sounding core, not the instruments.

Performed in the historic location of St. Thomas’ Leipzig – and informed by Biller’s abundant knowledge of Bach’s practice, this recording has a very special appeal.

Release date: 15th Nov 2010
Label: Rondeau
Catalogue number: ROP403435
Length: 2 hours 30 minutes
Genre:
- Oratorios & Passions

Contents and tracklist

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Work length2:30:31

Martin Petzold (tenor), Ingeborg Danz (alto), Paul Bernewitz (boy soprano), Friedrich Praetorius (boy soprano), Panajotis Iconomou (bass), Christoph Genz (tenor)
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Georg Christoph Biller

Part I: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage … (Chorus)

Track length7:41

Part I: Recitative: Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit … (Evangelist)

Track length1:22

Part I: Recitative: Nun wird mein liebster Brautigam … (Alto)

Track length00:56

Part I: Aria: Bereite dich, Zion, mit zartlichen Trieben … (Alto)

Track length5:29

Part I: Chorale: Wie soll ich dich empfangen (Chorus)

Track length1:20

Part I: Recitative: Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn … (Evangelist)

Track length00:22

Part I: Chorale and Recitative: Er ist auf Erden kommen arm, Wer will die Liebe recht erhohn … (Soprano, Bass)

Track length2:42

Part I: Aria: Grosser Herr, o starker Konig … (Bass)

Track length4:54

Part I: Chorale: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein … (Chorus)

Track length1:14

Part II: Sinfonia

Track length6:12

Part II: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend … (Evangelist)

Track length00:41

Part II: Chorale: Brich an, o schones Morgenlicht … (Chorus)

Track length1:07

Part II: Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen, Furchtet euch nicht … (Evangelist)

Track length00:43

Part II: Recitative: Was Gott dem Abraham verheissen … (Bass)

Track length00:42

Part II: Aria: Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet … (Tenor)

Track length3:40

Part II: Und das habt zum Zeichen … (Evangelist)

Track length00:26

Part II: Chorale: Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall … (Chorus)

Track length00:45

Part II: Recitative: So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht … (Bass)

Track length00:50

Part II: Aria: Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh … (Alto)

Track length9:29

Part II: Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel … (Evangelist)

Track length00:13

Part II: Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe … (Chorus)

Track length2:32

Part II: Recitative: So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet … (Bass)

Track length00:26

Part II: Chorale: Wir singen dir in deinem Heer … (Chorus)

Track length1:30

Part III: Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen … (Chorus)

Track length1:53

Part III: Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren … (Evangelist)

Track length00:08

Part III: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem … (Chorus)

Track length00:46

Part III: Recitative: Er hat sein Volk getrost … (Bass)

Track length00:41

Part III: Chorale: Dies hat er alles uns getan … (Chorus)

Track length00:48

Part III: Aria (Duet): Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen … (Soprano, Bass)

Track length7:53

Part III: Und sie kamen eilend … (Evangelist)

Track length1:26

Part III: Aria: Schliesse, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder … (Alto)

Track length5:10

Part III: Recitative: Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren … (Alto)

Track length00:29

Part III: Choral: Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren … (Chorus)

Track length1:07

Part III: Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um … (Evangelist)

Track length00:25

Part III: Choral: Seid froh dieweil, dass euer Heil … (Chorus)

Track length00:59

Part III: Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen

Track length2:04

Part IV: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben … (Chorus)

Track length5:49

Part IV: Und da acht Tage um waren … (Evangelist)

Track length00:41

Part IV: Recitative with Chorale: Immanuel, o susses Wort (Bass, Soprano)

Track length2:30

Part IV: Aria: Flosst, mein Heiland, flosst dein Namen … (Soprano)

Track length5:48

Part IV: Recitative with Chorale: Wohlan, dein Name soll allein (Soprano, Bass)

Track length1:35

Part IV: Aria: Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben … (Tenor)

Track length5:16

Part IV: Chorale: Jesus richte mein Beginnen … (Chorus)

Track length1:59

Part V: Ehre sei dir, Gott gesungen … (Chorus)

Track length7:14

Part V: Recitative: Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem … (Evangelist)

Track length00:24

Part V: Chorus and Recitative: Wo ist der neugeborne Konig der Juden? … (Alto, Chorus)

Track length2:08

Part V: Chorale: Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt … (Chorus)

Track length00:56

Part V: Aria: Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen … (Bass)

Track length4:18

Part V: Recitative: Da das der Konig Herodes horte … (Evangelist)

Track length00:12

Part V: Recitative: Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?… (Alto)

Track length00:33

Part V: Recitative: Und liess versammlen alle Hohepriester… (Evangelist)

Track length1:30

Part V: Aria (Trio): Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen … (Soprano, Alto, Tenor)

Track length5:37

Part V: Recitative: Mein Liebster herrschet schon … (Alto)

Track length00:28

Part V: Choral: Zwar ist solche Herzensstube … (Chorus)

Track length00:58

Part VI: Chorus: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben … (Chorus)

Track length5:08

Part VI: Recitative: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich … (Evangelist)

Track length00:52

Part VI: Recitative: Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fallen … (Soprano)

Track length00:55

Part VI: Aria: Nur ein Wink von seinen Handen … (Soprano)

Track length3:46

Part VI: Recitative: Als sie nun den Konig gehoret hatten … (Evangelist)

Track length1:19

Part VI: Choral: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier … (Chorus)

Track length1:13

Part VI: Recitative: Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum … (Evangelist)

Track length00:25

Part VI: Recitative: So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier … (Tenor)

Track length1:44

Part VI: Aria: Nun mogt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken … (Tenor)

Track length4:09

Part VI: Recitative (Quartet): Was will der Holle Schrekken nun … (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)

Track length00:41

Part VI: Choral: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen … (Chorus)

Track length3:18

Awards and reviews

January 2011

Crucially, all Biller's soprano solos are drawn from within the choir, producing a timbre close to what Bach must have heard...the sound of the St Thomas Choir is a hugely potent 'plus' in the search for truthfulness, particuarly when the sopranos hold a descant choral line, or lend wide-eyed poise to aria, duo or trio

November 2013

the once-stodgy Gewandhaus's graps of current Baroque stylistic orthodoxy under Thomascantor Biller seems total...[the choir] have a typically fruity German boy sound, never seem like 84 singers (in a good way), and, despite strong underlying discipline, seem able to enjoy the more joyous moments with true enthusiasm.

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

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