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Sunday Baroque Holiday Gift List
The Hymns and Carols of Christmas
Johann Sebastian Bach’s CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
First Hour
St. Jean de Brebeuf (1593-1649), Iesous ahatonhia (Huron carol), Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, François Lazarevitch, Enea Sorini – voice, Alpha, NOEL BAROQUE
Anonymous, Es ist ein Ros entsprungen, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Philipp Ammann, Genuin, GEN15381, STRALANDE JUL – STRAHLENDE WEIHNACHT
Anonymous 15th c., There is no rose of swych virtue, MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Philipp Ammann, Genuin, GEN15381, STRALANDE JUL – STRAHLENDE WEIHNACHT
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), Noels for Instruments: Les Bourgeois de Châtres, Laissez paîtres vos bêtes & Joseph est bien marié, Les Dominos, Florence Malgoire, Ricercar, RIC338, MARC-ANTOINE CHARPENTIER: POUR UN REPOSOIR, NOELS SUR LES INSTRUMENTS & SONATE A HUIT
Juan García Zéspedes (1619-1678), Convidando está la noche, Ensemble Caprice, Matthias Maute, Analekta, AN 2 9957, SALSA BAROQUE
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Concerto Grosso op.6 #8 CHRISTMAS CONCERTO, Academy of Ancient Music, Pavlo Beznosiuk, Alison Balsom – trumpet, Warner Classics, 925116, JUBILO
German traditional carol, In dulci jubilo, Cambridge Singers, John Rutter, Collegium, 106, CHRISTMAS NIGHT: CAROLS OF THE NATIVITY
Giovanni Antonio Guido (c.1675-after 1728), Concerto #4 WINTER, The Band of Instruments, Roger Hamilton – harpsichord, Caroline Balding – violin, Divine Art, dda 25072, GIOVANNI ANTONIO GUIDO * THE FOUR SEASONS
Second Hour
Traditional German, Kommet, ihr Hirten (Come all ye Shepherds), Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra (Kosice), Peter Breiner, Naxos, 550301, CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE
Anonymous, Greensleeves to a Ground, Hesperion XXI, Jordi Savall, Alia Vox, 9820, OSTINATO
Anonymous, Coventry Carol Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child, Tallis Scholars, Peter Phillips, Gimell, 454910, CHRISTMAS CAROLS AND MOTETS
Giuseppe Sammartini (1695-1750), Concerto Grosso #6 in g op.5 CHRISTMAS, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini, Harmonia Mundi, 901245, GIOVANNI BATTISTA & GIUSEPPE SAMMARTINI: CONCERTI & SINFONIE
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), MESSIAH: Pastoral Symphony (Pifa) & chorus – FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN, Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers, CORO, 16125, HANDEL MESSIAH
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669), Winter, The Sirius Viols, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, 88875 190982, CHRISTOPHER SIMPSON THE FOUR SEASONS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata BWV133: opening choral (I find my joy in thee), Collegium Vocale Ghent, Philippe Herreweghe, Harmonia Mundi, 901781/82, CHRISTMAS CANTATAS FROM LEIPZIG
Third Hour
O Tannenbaum, CSSR State Philharmonic Orchestra, Naxos, 550301, CHRISTMAS GOES BAROQUE
Heinrich Franz Ignaz von Biber (1644-1704), Mystery Sonata #3: The Nativity, Ensemble La Tempesta, Patrick Bismuth, Patrick Bismuth – violin, Zig Zag, ZZT040801, LES SONATES DU ROSAIRE
Traditional (16th c. French), Bring a Torch Jeanette Isabella
Traditional (English), The First Noel
Traditional, God Rest You Merry Gentleman
Traditional (English), Wassail Song
Traditional (16th c. English), We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Philadelphia Brass Ensemble, Sony, 7033, FESTIVAL OF CAROLS IN BRASS
Pietro Antonio Locatelli (1695-1764), Concerto Grosso #8 in f op.1 CHRISTMAS, Raglan Baroque Players, Elizabeth Wallfisch & Nicholas Kraemer, Hyperion, 66982, THE RAGLAN BAROQUE PLAYERS
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Cantata #63: opening chorus, Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Deutsche Grammophon, 463589, BACH CHRISTMAS CANTATAS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), L’Inverno (Winter) op.8 #4, Apollo’s Fire, Jeannette Sorrell, Francisco Fullana – violin, AVIE, AV2485, THE FOUR SEASONS LE QUATTRO STAGIONI, OP.8
Medieval carol, As I Lay On Yoolis Night, Anonymous 4, Harmonia Mundi, 907099, ON YOOLIS NIGHT: MEDIEVAL CAROLS & MOTETS
Fourth Hour
Traditional Irish, Wexford Carol (Good People All), The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, CORO, 16085, A TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS CAROL COLLECTION VOL.II
James Oswald (1711-1769), Golden Rod (Winter) & Heart’s-Ease (Winter), Broadside Band, Jeremy Barlow, Janet See – flute, Dorian, 80164, AIRS FOR THE SEASONS
Tune from PIae Cantiones 1582, Up good Christen folk and listen, American Boychoir,, Albemarle Records, AR1004, VOICES OF ANGELS
16th c. french tune, Ding dong merrily on high (vocal), American Boychoir,, Albemarle Records, AR1004,, VOICES OF ANGELS
Johann Christoph Pez (1664-1716), Concerto Pastorale, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Gottfried von der Goltz, Aparte, AP405, GRAND TOUR
English traditional, (arr. H. Walford Davies), The Holly and the Ivy, Choir of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston, Christopher Herrick – organ, Deutsche Grammophon, 445572, CHRISTMAS CAROLS
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Concerto in E RV270 Per il Santissimo Natale, La Pieta, Angele Dubeau – violin, Analekta, AN2 8730, NOEL
Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599), Canite tuba (Sound the trumpet), His Majestie’s Clerkes, Anne Heider, Centaur, 2168, NEWS OF GREAT JOY
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