Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (1996)
Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 646 Mb | Total time: 76:25+67:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-14635-2 | Recorded: 1996
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 646 Mb | Total time: 76:25+67:00 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-14635-2 | Recorded: 1996
When this recording was released in 1996, the words most often used to describe it were "luminous" and "radiant." The adjectives fit: the choir and orchestra have a glowing sound that makes the chorales in particular wondrous to hear. The most extroverted choruses and arias lack the extra measure of vigorous excitement of John Eliot Gardiner's performance, but Koopman's tender approach is beguiling. What's more, his male soloists are marvelous: bass Klaus Mertens is sensitive and energetic in equal measure; Christoph Prégardien manages the fearsome tenor arias easily and his singing of the Evangelist's recitatives strikes a fine balance between vocalism and narration. Lisa Larsson's soprano and Elisabeth von Magnus's contralto have a purity suggestive of the teenage boys for whom Bach wrote (though one sometimes hears a youthful fragility in the voices as well). Pointing out tiny flaws in performances as admirable as this one and those by Gardiner and Masaaki Suzuki can seem like quibbling, but all three are so good that those tiny flaws might be all one can use to choose between them.–Matthew Westphal
Performer:
Lisa Larsson (Soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (Alto)
Christoph Prégardien (Tenor)
Klaus Mertens (Bass)
The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir
Conductor - Ton Koopman
Tracklist:
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Weihnachts-Oratorium
CD1:
01. Part 1 "Jauchzet, frohlocket" [Choir]
02. Part 1 "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit" [Evangelist]
03. Part 1 "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam" [Contralto]
04. Part 1 "Bereite dich, Zion" [Contralto]
05. Part 1 "Wie soll ich dich empfangen" [Choir]
06. Part 1 "Und sie gebar" [Evangelist]
07. Part 1 "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm" [Soprano, Bass]
08. Part 1 "Grosser Herr, o starker König" [Bass]
09. Part 1 "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein" [Choir]
10. Part 2 Sinfonia
11. Part 2 "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend" [Evangelist]
12. Part 2 "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht" [Choir]
13. Part 2 "Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen" [Evangelist, Angel]
14. Part 2 "Was Gott dem Abraham verheissen" [Bass]
15. Part 2 "Frohe Hirten, eilt" [Tenor]
16. Part 2 "Und das habt zum Zeichen" [Evangelist]
17. Part 2 "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall" [Choir]
18. Part 2 "So geht denn hin" [Bass]
19. Part 2 "Schlafe, mein Liebster" [Contralto]
20. Part 2 "Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel" [Evangelist]
21. Part 2 "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe" [Choir]
22. Part 2 "So recht, ihr Engel" [Bass]
23. Part 2 "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer" [Choir]
24. Part 3 "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" [Choir]
25. Part 3 "Und da die Engel" [Evangelist]
26. Part 3 "Lasset uns nun gehen" [Choir]
27. Part 3 "Er hat sein Volk getröst'" [Bass]
28. Part 3 "Dies hat er alles uns getan" [Choir]
29. Part 3 "Herr, dein Mitleid" [Soprano, Bass]
30. Part 3 "Und sie kamen eilend" [Evangelist]
31. Part 3: "Schliesse, mein Herze" (Contralto)
32. Part 3 "Ja, ja, mein Herz" [Contralto]
33. Part 3 "Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren" [Choir]
34. Part 3 "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um" [Evangelist]
35. Part 3 "Seid froh dieweil" [Choir]
36. Part 3 "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" [Choir]
CD2:
01. Part 4 "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben" [Choir]
02. Part 4 "Und da acht Tage um waren" [Evangelist]
03. Part 4 "Immanuel, o süsses Wort!" [Soprano, Bass]
04. Part 4 "Flösst mein Heiland" [Soprano]
05. Part 4 "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" [Soprano, Bass]
06. Part 4 "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben" [Tenor]
07. Part 4 "Jesus richte mein Beginnen" [Choir]
08. Part 5 "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen" [Choir]
09. Part 5 "Da Jesus geboren war" [Evangelist]
10. Part 5 "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Jüden?" [Choir, Contralto]
11. Part 5 "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt" [Choir]
12. Part 5 "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen" [Bass]
13. Part 5 "Da das der König Herodes hörte" [Evangelist]
14. Part 5 "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?" [Contralto, Tenor]
15. Part 5 "Und liess versammlen alle Hohepriester" [Evangelist]
16. Part 5 "Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen" [Soprano, Contralto, Tenor]
17. Part 5 "Mein Liebster herrschet schon" [Contralto]
18. Part 5 "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube" [Choir]
19. Part 6 "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben" [Choir]
20. Part 6 "Da berief Herodes" [Evangelist, Herod]
21. Part 6 "Du Falscher, suche nur" [Soprano]
22. Part 6 "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen" [Soprano]
23. Part 6 "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten" [Evangelist]
24. Part 6 "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier [Choir]
25. Part 6 "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum" [Evangelist]
26. Part 6 "So geht!" [Tenor]
27. Part 6 "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken" [Tenor]
28. Part 6 "Was will der Höllen Schrecken nun" [Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass]
29. Part 6 "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen" [Choir]
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Ton Koopman, The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra and Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (1996)
Thanks to the original releaser