Bach Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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J.S. Bach: - No. 10 Sinfonia

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

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

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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 (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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

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

Olaf Bär, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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J.S. Bach: - No.29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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J.S. Bach: - No.39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"

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

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

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J.S. Bach: - No.41 Aria (Tenor): "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"

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

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

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

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

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

J.S. Bach: - No.49 Rezitativ (Alt): "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"

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J.S. Bach: - No.51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hans Peter Blochwitz, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

J.S. Bach: - No.62 Aria (Tenor): "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 (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "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"

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