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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedKatherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton
Layton unwraps it with all due festive pomp and circumstance...In a work incontestably smitten with the alto voice, Iestyn Davies triumphs...Gilchrist's relaxed and lyrical Evangelist maintains... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2013
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMary Bevan (soprano), Clare Wilkinson (alto), Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Matthew Brook (bass) - Cantatas 1, 3, 6), Joanne Lunn (soprano), Ciara Hendrick (mezzo), Thomas Hobbs (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) - Cantatas 2, 4, 5.
Dunedin Consort, John Butt
It has the same sense of freshness as previous releases…[with] a pleasing transparency of texture, and nimbly sprung rhythms under John Butt’s scholarly direction — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd December 2016
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Christine Schäfer (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley & Christian Gerhaher (bass)
Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Disc of the Month
2 CDs
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bär (bass)
Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedLynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo)
The Sixteen, The Symphony of Harmony and Invention, Harry Christophers
Like Gardiner… the Sixteen's recording throbs with the joy of it all. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2005, First Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Herreweghe unwraps JS Bach's Christmas present to Leipzig with a typically easygoing musicality that sometimes lacks fire. — More…
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedElly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Philip Ledger
Recorded in the mid-1970s at King's College Cambridge, this is definitely a 'vintage' Christmas Oratorio. Soloists Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau are on top... — More…
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Franz Crass (bass)
Münchener Bach-Chor & Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter
3 CDs
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedLisa Larsson, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman
Koopman's choir never sacrifices verve to its technical polish and his instrumental forces are outstanding. — More…
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Building a Library, December 2005, Budget Choice
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
RecommendedMartin Lattke (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass)
Leipzig Gewandhausorchester & Dresdner Kammerchor, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly's exhilaration is irresistable — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th November 2010
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