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Schütz: The Christmas story & other works

Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill

Schütz: The Christmas story & other works
The Yale Schola Cantorum comprises roughly 30 singers and a dozen instrumentalists, but they sound light and bright nonetheless. They make a fine impression in the opening Hodie Christus natus...

Gramophone Magazine, December 2019

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Schütz: The Christmas story & other works

Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill

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The Yale Schola Cantorum comprises roughly 30 singers and a dozen instrumentalists, but they sound light and bright nonetheless. They make a fine impression in the opening Hodie Christus natus...

Gramophone Magazine, December 2019

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Schütz’s ‘Christmas story’ is an absolute delight from beginning to end, its charming tableaux of angels, shepherds and wise men completely belying the composer’s old age and constrained circumstances. Here it’s the jubilant climax to a programme of Christmas motets from the 1640s.

Contents and tracklist

Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est, SWV456
Work length5:48
Schütz: Das Wort ward Fleisch und wohnet unter uns, SWV 385
Work length3:42
Schütz: Der Engel Sprach Zu Den Hirten, SWV 395
Work length3:09
Schütz: Ave Maria, gratia plena, SWV 334
Work length6:52
Schütz: Ein Kind Ist Uns Geboren, SWV 384
Work length3:29
  • Emilia Donato (soprano), Addy Sterrett (soprano), Ashley Mulcahy (mezzo-soprano), Haitham Haidar (tenor), James Reese (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone)
  • Yale Schola Cantorum
  • David Hill
Schütz: Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum, SWV468
Work length10:44
Schütz: Weihnachts-Historie, SWV435
Work length37:19
  • James Reese (tenor), Addy Sterrett (soprano), Bradley Sharpe (countertenor), Ashley Mulcahy (mezzo-soprano), Simon Lee (tenor), Will Doreza (bass), Haitham Haidar (tenor), Edward Vogel (baritone), Charles Littlewood (bass), Matt Sullivan (baritone)
  • Yale Schola Cantorum
  • David Hill
No 01. Introduction. Die Geburt unsers Herren
Track length1:31
No 02. Rezitativ. Es begab sich aber zu derselbigen Zeit (Evangelist)
Track length3:21
No 03. Intermedium I. Der Engel zu den Hirten auf dem Felde
Track length3:05
No 04. Rezitativ. Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel die Menge der himmlischen Heerscharen (Evangelist)
Track length0:18
No 05. Intermedium II. Die Menge der Engel
Track length1:57
No 06. Rezitativ. Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren (Evangelist)
Track length0:16
No 07. Intermedium III. Die Hirten auf dem Felde
Track length1:35
No 08. Rezitativ. Und sie kamen eilend und funden beide (Evangelist)
Track length3:10
No 09. Intermedium IV. Die Weisen aus Morgenlande
Track length2:01
No 10. Rezitativ. Da das der König Herodes hörete (Evangelist)
Track length0:41
No 11. Intermedium V. Die Hohenpriester und Schriftgelehrten
Track length2:36
No 12. Rezitativ. Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich (Evangelist)
Track length0:35
No 13. Intermedium VI. Herodes
Track length1:52
No 14. Rezitativ. Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten (Evangelist)
Track length2:43
No 15. Intermedium VII. Der Engel zu Joseph
Track length1:58
No 16. Rezitativ. Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein (Evangelist)
Track length3:39
No 17. Intermedium VIII. Der Engel zu Joseph in Ägypten
Track length1:55
No 18. Rezitativ. Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein (Evangelist)
Track length1:58
No 19. Beschluß. Dank sagen wir alle Gott
Track length2:08

Awards and reviews

December 2019

The Yale Schola Cantorum comprises roughly 30 singers and a dozen instrumentalists, but they sound light and bright nonetheless. They make a fine impression in the opening Hodie Christus natus est, and the choir’s interventions are among the most telling on this CD...Hill’s sense of shaping and narrative sweep is equally positive but cannot really compensate for the set’s major drawback, the unevenness of the soloists.

December 2019

Yale University’s Schola Cantorum sing and play like seasoned professionals, and Hyperion’s documentation is excellent.

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