Bach, J S - Christmas Oratorio, BWV248

Lynda 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

Katherine Watson (soprano), Iestyn Davies (countertenor), James Gilchrist (tenor) & Matthew Brook (bass) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment & Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton

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

Mary 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

Patrick Grahl (tenor), Elvira Bill (alto), Jannes Arndt (soprano), Klaus Hager (bass), Dorothee Mields (soprano), Markus Schäfer (tenor), Clemens Sommerfeld (soprano), Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Gotthold Schwarz

Christine Schäfer (soprano), Bernarda Fink (alto), Werner Güra (tenor) & Gerald Finley & Christian Gerhaher (bass) Concentus Musicus Wien & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Elly Ameling, Janet Baker, Robert Tear & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Philip Ledger

Martin Lattke (Evangelist), Carolyn Sampson (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Wolfram Lattke (tenor), Konstantin Wolff (bass) Leipzig Gewandhausorchester & Dresdner Kammerchor, Riccardo Chailly

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam & Capella Amsterdam, Jan Willem de Vriend

Lisa Larsson, Elisabeth von Magnus, Christoph Prégardien, Klaus Mertens Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, Ton Koopman

Munchener Bach-Chor, Munchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Arleen Augér (soprano), Annelies Burmeister (contralto), Peter Schreier (tenor) & Theo Adam (bass) Dresdner Kreuzchor & Dresdner Philharmonie, Martin Flämig

Collegium Vocale Gent, Philippe Herreweghe

Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman

Kertesi, Ingrid, Nemeth, Judit, Toth, Janos, Mukk, Josef Hungarian Radio Chorus, Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Geza Oberfrank

Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsche Kammervirtuosen Berlin, Markus Schäfer (tenor), Jutta Böhnert (soprano), Thomas Laske (bass vocal), Rebecca Martin (alto) Martin Lehmann

Marga Höffgen (alto, soloist), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone, soloist), Josef Traxel (soloist, tenor), Agnes Giebel (soloist, soprano), Thomanerchor, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Thomas

Malin Hartelius (soprano), Melinda Paulsen (alto), Tom Allen (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet) KlangVerwaltung Orchestra, Chorgemeinschaft Neubeuern, Enoch zu Guttenberg

Arleen Augér (soprano), Julia Hamari (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Wolfgang Schöne (bass) Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling

Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci

Jiri Stivin (recorder), Benjamin Frith (piano), Eteri Andjaparidze (piano), Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Janos Toth (bass), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Christopher Dawes (organ), Jurgen Schuster (trumpet), Stefan Schilli (oboe), Maya Boog (soprano), David Arnot (tenor), Jennifer Lane (mezzo-soprano), Mary Enid Haines (soprano), Linda Dayiantis-Straub (soprano), Dagmar Vankatova (soprano), Pavla Ksicova (contralto), Vaclav Sibera (bass), Josef Ksica (organ), Vladimir Dolezal (tenor) Richard Hayman Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Scholars Baroque Ensemble, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Aradia Ensemble, Cologne Chamber Orchestra, Czech Madrigalists Choir, Czech M, Richard Hayman, Jaroslav Krecek, Jaroslav Krcek, Ondrej Lenard, Geza Oberfrank, Kevin Mallon, Helmut Muller-Bruhl, Frantisek Xaver Thuri

Kurt Equiluz, Paul Esswood & Siegmund Nimsgern Concentus musicus Wien & Wiener Sangerknaben, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Ingrid Kertesi (soprano), Jozsef Mukk (tenor), Judit Nemeth (alto), Janos Toth (bass) Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Geza Oberfrank

Maria João Pires (piano), Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne (vocal ensemble), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto), Michel Brodard (bass), Barbara Schlick (soprano), Jennifer Smith (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Birgit Finnilä (contralto), Lausanne Vocal Ensemble (vocal ensemble), Rachel Yakar (soprano), Margareth Marshall (tenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Schola des Petits Chanteurs de Notre-Dame de Sion (vocal ensemble), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Bernarda Fink (soprano, mezzo-soprano), Sandrine Piau (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), Philippe Huttenlocher (bass), Wally Staempfli (soprano), Claudine Perret (contralto), Gulbenkian Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Michel Corboz

Monteverdi Choir & English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling

Michel Corboz & Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Michel Brodard (bass vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Barbara Schlick (soprano vocals), Carolyn Watkinson (contralto vocals), Fabienne Viredaz (soprano vocals) Lausanne Vocal Ensemble, Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Michel Corboz

Regula Mühlemann (soprano), Anna Lucia Richter (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (mezzo-soprano), Sebastian Kohlhepp (tenor), Michael Nagy (bass) Gaechinger Cantorey, Hans-Christoph Rademann

Peter Watchorn (organ), Robert Pitcher (tenor), Elizabeth Anker (contralto), Anne Harley (soprano), Max van Egmond (bass), Thomas Gregg (tenor) Boston Bach Ensemble, The, Marsh Chapel Choir, Julian Wachner

Kieth Engen (bass), Horst Günter (bass), Cloë Owen (soprano), Gert Lutze (tenor), Hertha Töpper (contralto) Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter

Helen Watts (contralto), Peter Pears (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone), Elly Ameling (soprano), Lübecker Kantorei, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Stuttgarter Philharmoniker, Karl Münchinger

Jana Büchner (soprano), Britta Schwarz (alto), Markus Brutscher (tenor), Gotthold Schwarz (bass) Kammerchor der Frauenkirche & Ensemble Frauenkirche, Matthias Grunert

Ingeborg Danz (alto), Christoph Genz (tenor arias), Martin Petzold (tenor recitative), Panajotis Iconomou (bass), Paul Bernewitz, Friedrich Praetorius (boy sopranos) Thomanerchor Leipzig (St Thomas’s Boys Choir) & Gewandhausorchester, Georg Christoph Biller (direction)

Günther Jena & St Michaelis Orchestra, Sabine Ritterbusch (soprano vocals), Peter Schreier (tenor vocals), Marjana Lipovšek (contralto vocals), Andreas Schmidt (bass vocals), Lynne Dawson (soprano vocals) St Michaelis Choir, St Michaelis Orchestra, Günther Jena

Julia Kleiter (soprano), Katharina Magiera (alto), Georg Poplutz (tenor) & Thomas E Bauer (bass) Bachchor Mainz & Bachorchester Mainz, Ralf Otto

Rachel Harnisch (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo soprano), Maximilian Schmitt (tenor / Evangelist), Christian Immler (bass), Max Hanft (organ), Sonja Philippin (soprano (echo aria)) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Peter Dijkstra

Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, Capella Amsterdam, Cappella Amsterdam Jan Willem de Vriend

Juliane Banse, Cornelia Kallisch, Markus Schäfer (Evangelist), Robert Swensen [tenor], Thomas Quasthoff [bass] & Martin Dürr (Echo) Windsbacher Knabenchor & Münchner Bachsolisten, Karl-Friedrich Beringer

Windsbacher Knabenchor, Deutsche Kammervirtuosen Berlin, Markus Schäfer (tenor), Rebecca Martin (alto), Thomas Laske (bass vocal), Jutta Böhnert (soprano) Karl Friedrich Beringer

Charles Daniels, Bernhard Landauer, Klaus Mertens I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis

Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Evangelist), Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bär (bass) The Monteverdi Choir, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Veronika Winter (soprano), Wiebke Lehmkuhl (alto), Jan Kobow (tenor) & Markus Flaig (bass) Rheinische Kantorei & Das Kleine Konzert, Hermann Max

Cristiane Oelze (soprano), Monica Groop (alto), Howard Crook (tenor), Gunnar Lundberg (bass) Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble, Eric Ericson Chamber Choir, Eric Ericson

Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Elly Ameling (soprano), Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Horst Laubenthal (tenor), Brigitte Fassbaender (contralto), Hermann Prey (bass-baritone), Elly Ameling (soprano), Der Tölzer Knabenchor, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum

Tamara Matthews (soprano), Maretta Simpson (mezzo soprano), Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Christopheren Nomura (baritone) The Bach Choir of Bethlehem, The Bach Festival Orchestra, Greg Funfgeld

Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Elly Ameling, Tom Krause Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, Karl Munchinger

Agnes Giebel, Marga Höffgen, Hertha Traxel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Thomanerchor Leipzig, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Kurt Thomas

Fritz Wunderlich (Evangelist/tenor), Friederike Sailer (soprano), Erika Winkler (contralto) & Hannes Swedberg (bass) Stuttgarter Hymnus-Chorknaben & Radiosinfonieorchester Stuttgart, August Langenbeck

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Franz Crass (bass), Münchener Bach-Orchester, Münchener Bach-Chor, Karl Richter

Paul Schweinester (tenor), Daniel Schmutzhard (bass) Wiltener Sängerknaben, Academia Jacobus Stainer, Johannes Stecher

Nancy Argenta (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Olaf Bär (bass) The Monteverdi Choir & The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

The King's Singers & WDR Big Band, Bill Dobbins (director)

Vokalensemble Frankfurt, Ralf Otto

Nikolaus Harnoncourt & Concentus musicus Wien, Siegmund Nimsgern (bass vocals), Paul Esswood (counter-tenor vocals), Kurt Equiluz (tenor vocals), Hans Gillesberger (director), Soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben (soprano vocals) Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Concentus Musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Sunhae Im (soprano), Petra Noskaiova (mezzo-soprano), Stephan Scherpe (tenor), Jan van der Crabben (baritone) La Petite Bande, Sigiswald Kuijken

Maria Keohane (soprano), Bo Kristian Jensen (tenor), Morten Frank Larsen (bass), Andrea Pellegrini (alto) Trinitatis Kantori, Trinitatis Kammerorkester, Per Enevold

Arleen Augér, Annelies Burmeister, Peter Schreier, Theo Adam Dresdner Kreuzchor, Dresdner Philharmonie, Martin Flämig

Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Franz Crass (bass) Münchener Bach-Chor & Münchener Bach-Orchester, Karl Richter

Agnes Giebel (soprano / angel), Charlotte Wolf-Matthäus (alto), Helmut Krebs (tenor / evangelist) & Walter Hauck (baritone / Herodes) RIAS-Kammerchor, RIAS-Knabenchor & RIAS-Kammerorchester, Karl Ristenpart