Schütz: Christmas Vespers /Gabrieli Consort & Players · McCreesh

Product Details

Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0028946304624
Label : Archiv Produktion
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1999-11-15
Running Time : 80minutes
UPC : 028946304624

ASIN : B00000JPC9

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Prelude: La piva (Source: Vatican MS Q IV 28) - Kristian Olesen
2. Deus in adjutorium - Domine ad adjuvandum - Charles Pott, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
3. Psalm 2 "Warum toben die Heiden" SWV23 - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
4. Hymn: Christum wir sollen loben schon - Kristian Olesen, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral
5. Die Geburt unsres Herren Jesu Christi (Reconstructed by Timothy Roberts) - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
6. Rezitativ: Es begab sich aber zu derselbigen Zeit... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
7. Intermedium I: Fürchtet euch nicht... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone
8. Rezitativ: Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel... EngeltIntermedium II: - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
9. Intermedium II: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe... - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts
10. Rezitativ: Und da die Engel ... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
11. Intermedium III: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem.. - Rodrigo Del Pozo, Robert "Bob The Builder" Horn, Andrew Carwood, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone
12. Rezitativ: Und sie kamen eilend ... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
13. Intermedium IV: Wo ist der neugeborne König... - Tom Phillips, Angus Smith, Charles Pott, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
14. Rezitativ: Da das der König Herodes hörete... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
15. Intermedium V: Zu Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande... - Roderick Williams, Robert Rice, Simon Grant, Richard Savage, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
16. Rezitativ: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
17. Intermedium VI: Ziehet hin, und forschet fleißig... - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts
18. Rezitativ: Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
19. Intermedium VII: Stehe auf, Joseph... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone
20. Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
21. Intermedium VIII: Stehe auf Joseph... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone
22. Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts
23. Beschluss: Dank sagen wir alle Gott... - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
24. Magnificat anima mea - Et exsultavit - Quia respexit - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
25. Hymn: Wir Christenleut haben itzund Freud - Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald
26. Quia fecit mihi magna-Et misericordia-Fecit potentiam - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
27. Hymn: Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen all zugleich - Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald
28. Esurientes implevit bonis - Suscepit Israel - Sicut .. - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
29. In dulci jubilo - arr. Paul McCreesh - Stefan Olesen, Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald
30. Gloria Patri, et Filio - Sicut erat in principio - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald
31. O bone Jesu, fili Mariae (SWV 471) - Timothy Roberts, Susan Hemington Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Daniels, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort
32. Hymn: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - Kristian Olesen, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral
33. Collect And Benedicamus Domino Vobiscum - Charles Pott, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh
34. Postlude: Benedicamus Domino à 6 (modus pleno organo pedaliter) - Kristian Olesen

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Story, besides being a historical milestone, has always been one of 17th-century music's crowd-pleasers--the former because it's the ancestor of Christmas oratorios by Bach, Charpentier and even Berlioz; the latter because it presents engaging depictions of the characters in the Nativity story with a cornucopia of colourful instruments (piping recorders for the shepherds, a galumphing bassoon--representing the gait of the camels?--for the three wise men, regally blaring cornets for King Herod, and pompous trombones for his priests). As you might expect, there are a number of fine recordings of this proto-oratorio, from the graceful and somewhat delicate rendition of René Jacobs to the high-energy performance of Robert King (on Hyperion). As usual, Paul McCreesh goes where no one has gone before, showing us the context for which Schütz probably wrote the work in the first place: a Christmas Day Vespers service at the court in Dresden where the composer was chapel master. McCreesh's reconstruction includes thrilling performances of two Christmas hymns (with tunes by Luther himself), organ music by Scheidt, a psalm from Schütz's collection Psalmen Davids, a delicate motet for four soloists, and (in an electrifying reading) a lavish multiple-choir Magnificat. Alongside all these, McCreesh's rendition of the Christmas Story seems--well, not lacklustre, exactly (it's very skillfully done, and Susan Hemington Jones as the Angel is a particular treat), but a bit less inspired than the rest of the programme. So if that one work is all you care about, you may want to consider the Jacobs or King versions; otherwise, this disc won't disappoint--it's as exciting a Christmas record as you'll find. --Matthew Westphal

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