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Bach: Weihnachts-OratoriumMarsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir, Julian Wachner Conductor
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If you were to hear this performance of Bach's Christmas Oratorio by the Boston Bach Ensemble in Marsh Chapel at Boston University one snowy Sunday afternoon, you'd probably county yourself darned lucky to have been there. It's got good to very good soloists—tenor Robert Pitcher is good while bass Max van Egmond is very good—it's got a strong, supple chorus in the Chorus of Marsh Chapel, a colorful, powerful orchestra in the Boston Bach Ensemble and cool, competent leadership in conductor Julian Wachner and organist Peter Watchorn. If, however, after listening to a recording of the same performance, you reflect that there are recordings of the work which seem to go deeper into the spirit and the music—you might, for example, thinks immediately of John Eliot Gardiner—you would still not regret having spent the two plus hours communing with a fully worthy if not perhaps ultimately immortal performance of one of the great seasonal sacred choral works. Titanic's 1998 digital sound is rich, warm, full and deep if not quite as vivid as a major label recording.© James Leonard, All Music Guide
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 1: Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage (Christmas Day), BWV248, No.1 Work
26:45
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 1 | 1.Chorus: Jauchzet, frohlocket! Auf, preiset die Tage | 8:22 |
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| 2 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Es begab sich aber | 1:17 |
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| 3 | 3.Recitative (Alto): Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam | 0:51 |
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| 4 | 4.Aria (Alto): Bereite dich, Zion | 5:23 |
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| 5 | 5.Chorale: Wie soll ich dich empfangen | 1:09 |
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| 6 | 6.Recitative (Tenor): Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn | 0:28 |
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| 7 | 7.Chorale (Soprano) and Recitative (Bass): Er ist auf erden kommen arm | 2:55 |
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| 8 | 8.Aria (Bass): Großer Herr, O starker König | 5:07 |
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| 9 | 9.Chorale: Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein (Vom Himmel hoch) | 1:13 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 2: Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend (Dec. 26), BWV248, No.2 Work
26:35
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 10 | 1.Sinfonia ('Shepherd's Music') | 4:50 |
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| 11 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend | 0:39 |
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| 12 | 3.Chorale: Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht | 0:55 |
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| 13 | 4.Recitative (Tenor, Soprano): Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen | 0:46 |
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| 14 | 5.Recitative (Bass): Was Gott dem Abraham verheißen | 0:37 |
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| 15 | 6.Aria (Tenor): Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet | 3:55 |
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| 16 | 7.Recitative (Tenor): Und das habt zum Zeichen | 0:21 |
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| 17 | 8.Chorale: Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall | 0:36 |
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| 18 | 9.Recitative (Bass): So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht | 0:44 |
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| 19 | 10.Aria (Alto): Schlafe, mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh ('Slumber Aria') | 8:59 |
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| 20 | 11.Recitative (Tenor): Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel | 0:12 |
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| 21 | 12.Chorus: Ehre sei Gott in der Hohe | 2:26 |
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| 22 | 13.Recitative (Bass): So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet | 0:25 |
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| 23 | 14.Chorale: Wir singen dir in deinem Heer | 1:10 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 3: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (Dec. 27), BWV248, No.3 Work
22:52
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 24 | 1.Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen | 2:09 |
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| 25 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren | 0:08 |
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| 26 | 3.Chorus: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem | 0:44 |
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| 27 | 4.Recitatve (Bass): Er hat sein Volk getrost | 0:40 |
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| 28 | 5.Chorale: Dies hat er alles uns getan | 0:44 |
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| 29 | 6.Duet (Soprano, Bass): Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen | 7:19 |
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| 30 | 7.Recitative (Tenor): Und sie kamen eilend | 1:16 |
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| 31 | 8.Aria (Alto): Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder | 5:20 |
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| 32 | 9.Recitative (Alto): Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren | 0:23 |
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| 33 | 10.Chorale: Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren | 0:49 |
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| 34 | 11.Recitative (Tenor): Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um | 0:26 |
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| 35 | 12.Chorale: Seid froh dieweil | 0:38 |
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| 36 | 13.Chorus: Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen (da capo) | 2:16 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 4: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben (Jan. 1), BWV248, No.4 Work
22:29
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 1 | 1.Chorus: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben | 6:07 |
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| 2 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Und da acht Tage | 0:33 |
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| 3 | 3.Recitative (Bass) and Chorale (Soprano): Immanuel, O süßes wort. Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben | 2:08 |
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| 4 | 4.Aria (Soprano): Flößt, mein Heiland | 5:00 |
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| 5 | 5.Recitative (Bass) and Chorale (Soprano): Wohlan dein Name soll allein. Jesu, meine Freud und Wonne | 1:15 |
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| 6 | 6.Aria (Tenor): Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben | 5:23 |
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| 7 | 7.Chorale: Jesus richte mein Beginnen | 2:03 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 5: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Jan. 2), BWV248, No.5 Work
23:14
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 8 | 1.Chorus: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen | 6:35 |
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| 9 | 2.Recitative (Tenor): Da Jesus geboren war | 0:22 |
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| 10 | 3.Chorus and Recitative (Alto): Wo ist der neugeborne König. Sucht ihn in meiner Brust | 1:43 |
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| 11 | 4.Chorale: Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt | 0:50 |
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| 12 | 5.Aria (Bass): Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen | 4:28 |
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| 13 | 6.Recitative (Tenor): Da das der König Herodes | 0:12 |
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| 14 | 7.Recitative (Alto): Warum wollt ihr erschrekken? | 0:34 |
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| 15 | 8.Recitative (Tenor): Und ließ versammeln | 1:23 |
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| 16 | 9.Trio (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen | 5:39 |
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| 17 | 10.Recitative (Alto): Mein Liebster herrschet schon | 0:29 |
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| 18 | 11.Chorale: Zwar ist solche Herzensstube | 0:59 |
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Johann Sebastian Bach ComposerChristmas Oratorio (6 Cantatas, from Christmas to Epiphany), BWV248...Oratorio 6: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben (Feast of the Epiphany), BWV248, No.6 Work
25:14
Robert Pitcher Tenor,
Max van Egmond Baritone,
Thomas Gregg Tenor,
Peter Watchorn Organ,
Marsh Chapel Choir, Boston University Chorus/Choir,
Anne Harley Soprano,
Boston Bach Ensemble Orchestra,
Julian Wachner Conductor,
Elizabeth Anker Contralto
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| 19 | 1.Chorus: Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben | 5:21 |
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| 20 | 2.Recitative (Tenor, Bass): Da berief Herodes die Weisen | 0:39 |
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| 21 | 3.Recitative (Soprano): Du Falscher, suche nur | 0:58 |
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| 22 | 5.Aria (Soprano): Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen | 3:55 |
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| 23 | 4.Recitative (Soprano): Als sie nun den König | 1:14 |
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| 24 | 6.Chorale: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier | 1:17 |
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| 25 | 7.Recitative (Tenor): Und Gott befahl ihnen | 0:23 |
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| 26 | 8.Recitative (Tenor): So geht! Genug, mein Schatz | 1:47 |
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| 27 | 9.Aria (Tenor): Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken | 4:56 |
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| 28 | 10.Recitative (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass): Was will der Höllen Schrecken nun | 0:42 |
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| 29 | 11.Chorale: Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen | 4:02 |
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