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This page lists all recordings of Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 (Weihnachts-Oratorium) by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750).
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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
2 CDs
$26.25In stock
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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
2 CDs
$10.75In stock
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 Combattimento Consort Amsterdam & Capella Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend
Jan Willem de Vriend oversees a joyful account of Bach's festive music with light-footed responses to dance rhythms…. I can whole heartedly commend this issue for its expressive warmth, its disciplined... — More…
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Record Review, December 2007, Critics Disc of the Year
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JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio Katja Stuber, Raffaele Pe, Martin Platz, Thomas Stimmel, Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
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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
2 CDs
$21.75Downloads
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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
2 CDs
$14.50In stock
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JS Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Patrick Grahl (tenor), Elvira Bill (alto), Klaus Häger (bass), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Dorothee Mields (soprano)
Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz
A simply magnificent performance of Bach’s great masterpiece, straight from the heart of Leipzig and the composer’s own church. — More…
2 CDs
$27.50In stock
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Bach, J S: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
Helen Donath, Andrea Ihle, Marjana Lipovsek, Eberhard Büchner & Robert Holl
Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden & Trompetenensemble Ludwig Güttler, Peter Schreier (conductor & Evangelist)
Peter Schreier's celebrated 1987 recording catches beautifully the brimming sense of pure human happiness surrounding the birth of the Saviour. — More…
3 CDs
$15.25In stock
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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
$24.00Downloads
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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
2 CDs
$31.75In stock
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