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The Christmas Story

The Christmas Story


Anerio, G F:

Voi ch'ai notturni rai

Byrd:

O magnum mysterium

Eccard:

Ubers Gebirg Maria geht

Maria wallt zum Heiligtum

Gade, N:

Barn Jesus I en krybbe la (The Jesus Child lay in a manger)

Grandi:

Missus est Gabriel

Gregorian Chant:

Rorate Coeli

Puer natus est nobis

Videntes stellam

Herodes iratus

Vox in Rama

Hopkins, J H:

We three Kings of Orient are

Skempton:

Adam lay y-bounden

Tomasi, B:

Dum deambularet Dominus in Paradisum

trad.:

O come, o come, Emmanuel

Es ist ein Ros'

In Dulci Jubilo

(arr. Pearsall)

Dormi, dormi, bel Bambin

Liebe Hirten

Andachtsjodler

Personent hodie

The Holly and the Ivy

We wish you a merry Christmas


Theatre of Voices, Ars Nova Copenhagen, Paul Hillier

Inspired by the much-loved service of ‘Nine Lessons and Carols’ given every Christmas Eve, this recording presents the Nativity story told through plainchant, motets, 17th Century dialogues and traditional folk carols.

Paul Hillier leads Theatre of Voice and Ars Nova Copenhagen in music he has culled and arranged from Italian, German, Danish, English and American sources.

Their previous disc of music inspired by texts: Stories – Berio & Friends received rave reviews.

“The 65 minutes are designed to be played at a single sitting: the musically curious – and those of genuine religious impulse – will find much that is deeply satisfying.” Mail on Sunday, 27th November 2011

“Tracing a course from Advent through the Nativity and on to Epiphany and Holy Innocents, Paul Hillier has devised a fascinating programme of plainchant, Renaissance music and other apt pieces that poignantly relate the Christmas narrative. Excellent performances bring the sequence vividly to life.” The Telegraph, 9th December 2011

“This lovely disc offers a Danish take on the traditional English carol service...This needs to be listened to in sequence, in one go, and following the texts leads to a pretty profound, immersive experience. Paul Hillier’s arrangements of traditional carols are unfailingly sensitive; the highlights being a radiant version of the Italian Dormi, dormi o bel Bambino and an account of Liebe Hirten” The Arts Desk, 10th December 2011

“As collections of Christmas music go, this one stands out, not only for the impeccably refined and expressive singing, but for the immense breadth of the material it contains...The highlight, for me, is Ars Nova’s beautifully shaped reading of Byrd’s O magnum mysterium.” Sunday Times, 18th December 2011

“Only one work from Carols for Choirs has made it into Paul Hillier's strikingly original Christmas sequence. Pungent arrangements of "Personent Hodie" and "Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen" jostle for space with ancient plainchant...Ars Nova's ripe choral sound outclasses the thready blend of Theatre of Voices.” The Independent on Sunday, 11th December 2011 ****

Super Audio CD

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Harmonia Mundi - HMU807565

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$17.50

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Machet die Tore weit

Machet die Tore weit

Christmas Choral Music


Bach, J S:

Motet BWV228 'Fürchte dich nicht'

Becker, A:

Fürchtet euch nicht

Brahms:

O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, Op. 74 No. 2

Clanché:

Wunderbare Nacht!

Eccard:

Nun komm der Heiden Heiland

Ubers Gebirg Maria geht

Hammerschmidt:

Machet die Tore weit

Praetorius, M:

Der Morgenstern ist aufgedrungen

Den die Hirten lobeten sehre

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen

Reda:

Magnificat peregrini toni

Riedel, K:

Kommet, ihr Hirten

Schmidt, Walther:

Zu Beth'lem überm Stall

Schütz:

Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, SWV 386

Also hat Gott, SWV 380

Willcocks, D:

Herbei, o ihr Gläubigen

O komm, o komm Immanuel


Kay Johannsen (organ)

Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben, Rainer Johannes Homburg

Christmas with the Stuttgart Hymnus Choirboys, a choir looking back on 111 years of tradition. The spectrum of their new release on this freshly recorded Super Audio CD ranges over the centuries, from Eccard and Schütz by way of Bach and Brahms through to Reda and Willcocks. Fully dimensioned motets, intimate choral pieces, and festive polychoral compositions resonating throughout the sacred space of the church interior are represented on this release. The choir director Rainer Johannes Homburg can draw on substantial instrumental resources: the organ, cello, and violone form the basso continuo are joined by three percussionists!

“I admire the choir's singing and its sense of style, and the unarranged pieces are done rather well.” MusicWeb International, November 2012

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MDG Scene - MDG9021725

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Eccard: Mein Schönste Zier

Eccard: Mein Schönste Zier


Eccard:

Missa 'Mon cœur se recommande à vous' (after di Lasso)

Zu dieser österlichen Zeit

Ubers Gebirg Maria geht

Zacharias war ganz verstummt

Freut euch, ihr lieben Christen

Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her

Maria wallt zum Heiligtum

O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig

Der Heilig Geist vom Himmel kam

Sei fröhlich allezeit

Nun bitten wir den heiligen Geist

Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ

Herr Jesu, Gnadensonne

Mein Schönste Zier

Verleih uns Frieden gnädiglich

Vater unser im Himmelreich


Norddeutscher Kammerchor, Maria Jürgensen

Eccard was one of the leading sacred composers around 1600 and even today his works are found in well-known collections of Protestant church music. This CD honours the 400th anniversary of his death and includes his most important choral works and his only existing mass.

“An all-Eccard CD is long overdue since his music is woefully under-represented in the catalogue...[The choir's] blended tone is beautifully balanced and caught to perfection by the Dabringhaus und Grimm production team. Maria Jürgensen keeps everything moving along. Despite lasting just under an hour, this delightful disc really is a gem.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2011

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MDG Scene - MDG9021694

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