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Bach, J S - Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci

Bach, J S - Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
The presence of one theorbo, let alone two, seems anachronistic, but woodwind textures have sonorous warmth, and natural trumpets and horns produce piquant colours. The choir (four soloists...

Gramophone Magazine, March 2019

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Bach, J S - Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci

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The presence of one theorbo, let alone two, seems anachronistic, but woodwind textures have sonorous warmth, and natural trumpets and horns produce piquant colours. The choir (four soloists...

Gramophone Magazine, March 2019

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After Handels’s Messiah and the Ode for St Cecilia’s Day, Daniela Dolci and Musica Fiorita present on Pan Classics their version of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio.

Based in Basel, Dolci has easy access to many of the best vocal soloists around and this recording has been no exception: the role of the Evangelist is sung by Hans Jörg Mammel and the other main roles are defended by Gunta Smirnova, Flavio Ferri-Benedetti and Raitis Grigalis.

With such a setup, the question of why a new recording of the Christmas Oratorio is needed is easily answered.

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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Work length2:21:32
Pt. 1: No. 1, Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage
Track length7:41
Pt. 1: No. 2, Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit
Track length1:14
Pt. 1: No. 3, Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam
Track length0:55
Pt. 1: No. 4, Bereite dich, Zion, mit zärtlichen Trieben
Track length5:48
Pt. 1: No. 5, Wie soll ich dich empfangen
Track length1:18
Pt. 1: No. 6, Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn
Track length0:20
Pt. 1: No. 7, Er ist auf Erden kommen arm
Track length2:56
Pt. 1: No. 8, Großer Herr, o starker König
Track length4:44
Pt. 1: No. 9, Ach, mein herzliebes Jesulein
Track length1:14
Pt. 2: No. 10, Sinfonia
Track length5:11
Pt. 2: No. 11, Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend
Track length0:34
Pt. 2: No. 12, Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht
Track length1:44
Pt. 2: No. 13, Und der Engel sprach zu ihnen
Track length0:41
Pt. 2: No. 14, Was Gott dem Abraham verheißen
Track length0:37
Pt. 2: No. 15, Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet
Track length3:27
Pt. 2: No. 16, Und das habt zum Zeichen
Track length0:20
Pt. 2: No. 17, Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall
Track length0:41
Pt. 2: No. 18, So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht
Track length0:51
Pt. 2: No. 19, Schlafe mein Liebster, genieße der Ruh
Track length10:16
Pt. 2: No. 20, Und alsobald war da bei dem Engel
Track length0:14
Pt. 2: No. 21, Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Track length2:21
Pt. 2: No. 22, So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet
Track length0:24
Pt. 2: No. 23, Wir singen dir in deinem Heer
Track length1:15
Pt. 3: No. 24a, Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
Track length1:54
Pt. 3: No. 25, Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren
Track length0:08
Pt. 3: No. 26, Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem
Track length0:40
Pt. 3: No. 27, Er hat sein Volk getröstet
Track length0:33
Pt. 3: No. 28, Dies hat er alles uns getan
Track length0:44
Pt. 3: No. 29, Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen
Track length7:25
Pt. 3: No. 30, Und sie kamen eilend
Track length1:08
Pt. 3: No. 31, Schließe, mein Herze
Track length4:57
Pt. 3: No. 32, Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren
Track length0:21
Pt. 3: No. 33, Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren
Track length0:55
Pt. 3: No. 34, Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um
Track length0:22
Pt. 3: No. 35, Seid froh dieweil
Track length0:49
Pt. 3: No. 24b, Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen
Track length1:55
Pt. 4: No. 36, Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben
Track length5:32
Pt. 4: No. 37, Und da acht Tage um waren
Track length0:27
Pt. 4: No. 38, Immanuel, o süßes Wort!
Track length2:20
Pt. 4: No. 39, Flößt, mein Heiland
Track length5:32
Pt. 4: No. 40, Wohlan, dein Name soll allein
Track length1:39
Pt. 4: No. 41, Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben
Track length3:24
Pt. 4: No. 42, Jesus richte mein Beginnen
Track length1:42
Pt. 5: No. 43, Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen
Track length6:07
Pt. 5: No. 44, Da Jesus geboren war zu Bethlehem
Track length0:22
Pt. 5: No. 45, Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?
Track length1:55
Pt. 5: No. 46, Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt
Track length0:49
Pt. 5: No. 47, Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen
Track length4:22
Pt. 5: No. 48, Da das der König Herodes hörte
Track length0:11
Pt. 5: No. 49, Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?
Track length0:27
Pt. 5: No. 50, Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester
Track length1:18
Pt. 5: No. 51, Ach, wenn wird die Zeit erscheinen
Track length5:05
Pt. 5: No. 52, Mein Liebster herrschet schon
Track length0:27
Pt. 5: No. 53, Zwar ist solche Herzensstube
Track length0:48
Pt. 6: No. 54, Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
Track length4:50
Pt. 6: No. 55, Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich
Track length0:42
Pt. 6: No. 56, Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fallen
Track length0:43
Pt. 6: No. 57, Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen
Track length3:35
Pt. 6: No. 58, Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten
Track length1:10
Pt. 6: No. 59, Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
Track length1:11
Pt. 6: No. 60, Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum
Track length0:20
Pt. 6: No. 61, So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier
Track length1:45
Pt. 6: No. 62, Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken
Track length4:10
Pt. 6: No. 63, Was will der Höllen Schrecken nun
Track length0:42
Pt. 6: No. 64, Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen
Track length3:20

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March 2019

The presence of one theorbo, let alone two, seems anachronistic, but woodwind textures have sonorous warmth, and natural trumpets and horns produce piquant colours. The choir (four soloists with two ripienists on each line) make a robust impact. Bolder music-making suffers from reverberant boominess (the choir is paradoxically distant yet forceful), but there is undeniably a sense of occasion.
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