Angelika Kirchschlager (soprano)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Freiburger Domsingknaben
Ensemble Amarcord
German Brass
Tomasz Stanko Quartet

Conductor

Gottfried von der Goltz

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug'

» Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen

Cantata BWV110 'Unser Mund sei voll Lachens'

» Wacht auf, ihr Adern und ihr Glieder

Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248

» Bereite dich, Zion

» Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen

» Grosser Herr, o starker Konig

» Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen

» Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen

» Sinfonia

Keyboard Concerto in D major, BWV972 (Vivaldi)

» Allegro

O Jesulein suss, BWV493
Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major, BWV1068

» II Air 'Air on the G string'

Corelli, Arcangelo

Concerti grossi (12), op.6

» no.8 in G minor 'Christmas'

Gruber, Franz Xaver

Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Silent Night)

Handel, George Frideric

Messiah, HWV56

» He shall feed his flock

» Thou art gone up on high

Mauersberger, Erhard

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
Weihnacht

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'

» Et incarnatus est

Traditional

Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
In dulci jubilo
Maria durch ein Dornwald ging
O du frohliche
Vom Himmel hoch

Vivaldi, Antonio

Violin Concerto in E major, RV270 'Il riposo, per il Santissimo Natale'

Artists

Angelika Kirchschlager (soprano)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Matthias Goerne (baritone)
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Freiburger Domsingknaben
Ensemble Amarcord
German Brass
Tomasz Stanko Quartet

Conductor

Gottfried von der Goltz

About

This extraordinary Christmas edition of the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra presents well-known classical Christmas compositions combined with popular carols and jazzy improvisations.

A special price re-release slipcase edition for the Christmas season, featuring one of the most renowned baroque orchestras in the world: the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Featuring star soloists such as Angelika Kirchschlager (winner of ECHO Klassik), Barbara Bonney and Matthias Goerne (honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music in London), the Tomasz Stańko Quartet, and German Brass. The historic Freiburg Cathedral and the Cistercian monastery of Naumburg provide the perfect atmospheric setting. Recorded in 1999 and 2000. Including excerpts from Bach’s Christmas Oratorio and many other seasonal Bach standards and popular Christmas songs, such as “Es ist ein Ros entsprungen” and “Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht”.

DVD 1: Sounds like Christmas
DVD 2: Baroque Christmas

16:9 - NTSC
PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Running time: DVD 1: 82 mins, DVD 2: 60 mins
Total running time: 122 mins
Language: German
Subtitles: English, Deutsch, Français (DVD 1)