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J S Bach - Christmas Oratorio | EMI - Gemini 2176252

J S Bach - Christmas Oratorio

Label: EMI - Gemini

Cat No: 2176252

Barcode: 5099921762529

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Christmas

Release Date: 6th October 2008

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Contents

Artists

Elly Ameling
Janet Baker
Robert Tear
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Conductor

Sir Philip Ledger

Works

Bach, Johann Sebastian

Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV248

Artists

Elly Ameling
Janet Baker
Robert Tear
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

Conductor

Sir Philip Ledger

About

Johann Sebastian Bach performed his Christmas Oratorio during the festive season 1734/5 in Leipzig. It does not conform to the usual meaning of the word Oratorio in that it is not a single self-contained work but is split into six sections or cantatas for six different services between Christmas Day and Epiphany, indeed the soloists and instrumentalists employed are varied, thus enforcing the view that Bach did not expect all six to be performed in one evening concert. There is the usual blend of choruses and chorales for the choir with arias and recitatives for the soloists, with the Tenor also allocated the role of Evangelist.

This recording, featuring the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, together with soloists closely associated with the works of the composer and of international renown, took place in July and December 1976 in King’s College Chapel with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under the direction of the Sir Philip Ledger, the then College musical director.

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