Christmas Oratorio and other Xmas Essentials

J.S. Bach: - No. 4 Aria: " Bereite dich, Zion"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, Anthony Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 18 Rezitativ: "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht"

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" (I)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

Praetorius: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius

Handel: - 2. "Comfort ye, My people"

Howard Crook, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - IV. "And the Glory of the Lord"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 3 Rezitativ: "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 7 Chorale: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm", Recitativ (Bass): Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn"

Olaf Bär, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 8 Aria: "Großer Herr, o starker König"

Olaf Bär, Crispian Steele-perkins, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 10 Sinfonia

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen"

Ruth Holton, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 14 Rezitativ: "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 15 Aria: "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, Lisa Beznosiuk, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 19 Aria: "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 22 Rezitativ: "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet"

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 26 Chor: "Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 27 Rezitativ: "Er hat sein Volk getröst"

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 29 Duett: "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"

Nancy Argenta, Olaf Bär, Anthony Robson, Valerie Darke, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 31 Aria: "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 32 Recitativ: "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen" (II)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"

Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 38 Rezitativ: "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen"

Nancy Argenta, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 39 Aria: "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"

Nancy Argenta, Katie Pringle, Anthony Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 40 Rezitativ: "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne"

Nancy Argenta, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 41 Aria: "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, Alison Bury, Maya Homburger, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 45 Chor: "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?" - Rezitativ (Alt): "Sucht ihn in meiner Brust"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 47 Aria: "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen"

Olaf Bär, Anthony Robson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 49 Rezitativ: "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 51 Terzetto: "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?"

Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 52 Rezitativ: "Mein Liebster herrschet schon"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forschet fleißig"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 56 Rezitativ: "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen"

Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 57 Aria: "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen"

Nancy Argenta, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

J.S. Bach: - No. 60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum"

Anthony Rolfe Johnson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 61 Rezitativ: "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 62 Aria: "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken"

Hans Peter Blochwitz, Anthony Robson, Valerie Darke, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 63 Rezitativ: "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?"

Nancy Argenta, Anne Sofie Von Otter, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No. 64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir

Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem - Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem

Susan Hemington Jones, Constanze Backes, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul Mccreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli Consort

Praetorius: Kyrie (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -

Tessa Bonner, Sarah Pendlebury, Angus Smith, Tom Phillips, Anton Pauw, Gabrieli Players, Gabrieli Consort, Paul Mccreesh

Praetorius: Gloria (Missa: gantz Teudsch) - Polyhymnia caduceatrix (1619) -

Tessa Bonner, Sarah Pendlebury, Robert "bob The Builder" Horn, Tom Phillips, Angus Smith, Julian Podger, Stephen Charlesworth, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul Mccreesh, Gabrieli Consort

Praetorius: Collect: "Der Herr sei mit euch" - Source (responses): Musae Sioniae VIII (1610) -

Anton Pauw, Gabrieli Players, Paul Mccreesh, Gabrieli Consort

Anonymous: Epistle: "So schreibt der heilig Propheten Jesajas"

Raimund Nolte

Anonymous: Organ prelude: Praeambulum "Vom Himmel hoch"

Timothy Roberts

Praetorius: Gradual hymn: "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" - Musae Sioniae V (1607)/ Urania (1613)

Donald Greig, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul Mccreesh, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli Consort

Anonymous: Gospel: "So schreibt der heilige Lukas"

Raimund Nolte

Luther: Credo: "Wir glauben all an einen Gott" (1524) - Tabulatur-Buch hundert geistl. Lieder und Psalmen - Har. by Samuel Scheidt

Raimund Nolte, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Paul Mccreesh

Anonymous: Organ Prelude: "Resonet in laudibus"

Timothy Roberts

Praetorius: Pulpit Hymn: "Quem pastores laudavere" Source: Puericinium (1621)

Lasse Overgaard Nielsen, Asser Oppfeldt, Rune Tonsgaard Sorensen, Anders Engberg-pedersen, Gabrieli Players, Paul Mccreesh, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Gabrieli Consort

Handel: - I.Symphony

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - III. "Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted"

Howard Crook, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 5. "Thus saith the Lord"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, John Tomlinson

Handel: - VI. "But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming"

Michael Chance, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - VII. "And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - 8. "Behold, a virgin shall conceive"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - IX. "O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - 10. "For behold, darkness shall cover"

John Tomlinson, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 11. "The people that walked in darkness"

John Tomlinson, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - 12. "For unto us a Child is born"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - XIII. "Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 14. "There were shepherds ... And suddenly there"

Arleen Augér, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 15. "Glory to God in the highest"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - XVI. "Rejoice Greatly, o Daughter of Zion"

Arleen Augér, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 17a. "Then shall the eyes of the blind"

Anne Sofie Von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 18a. "He shall feed his flock"

Arleen Augér, Anne Sofie Von Otter, The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock

Handel: - 19. "His yoke is easy"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir

Handel: - 20. "Behold the Lamb of God"

The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock, The English Concert Choir