Schütz: Christmas Vespers /Gabrieli Consort & Players McCreesh | 
| Creators: Heinrich Schütz, Traditional, Anonymous, Samuel Scheidt, Paul Mccreesh, Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir & Congregation, Gabrieli Consort, Charles Daniels, Kristian Olesen, Charles Pott
Label: Archiv Produktion
Category: Music
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Sales Rank: 155135
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 80
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 028946304624
EAN: 0028946304624
ASIN: B00000JPC9
Release Date: November 15, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Prelude: La piva (Source: Vatican MS Q IV 28) - Kristian Olesen | | • | Deus in adjutorium - Domine ad adjuvandum - Charles Pott, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort | | • | Psalm 2 "Warum toben die Heiden" SWV23 - Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort | | • | Hymn: Christum wir sollen loben schon - Kristian Olesen, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral | | • | Die Geburt unsres Herren Jesu Christi (Reconstructed by Timothy Roberts) - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | Rezitativ: Es begab sich aber zu derselbigen Zeit... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium I: Fürchtet euch nicht... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone | | • | Rezitativ: Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel... EngeltIntermedium II: - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium II: Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe... - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts | | • | Rezitativ: Und da die Engel ... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium III: Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem.. - Rodrigo Del Pozo, Robert "Bob The Builder" Horn, Andrew Carwood, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone | | • | Rezitativ: Und sie kamen eilend ... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium IV: Wo ist der neugeborne König... - Tom Phillips, Angus Smith, Charles Pott, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Rezitativ: Da das der König Herodes hörete... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium V: Zu Bethlehem im jüdischen Lande... - Roderick Williams, Robert Rice, Simon Grant, Richard Savage, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Rezitativ: Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium VI: Ziehet hin, und forschet fleißig... - Neal Davies, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone, Timothy Roberts | | • | Rezitativ: Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium VII: Stehe auf, Joseph... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone | | • | Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Intermedium VIII: Stehe auf Joseph... - Susan Hemington Jones, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, James Johnstone | | • | Rezitativ: Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein... - Charles Daniels, Paul McCreesh, Timothy Roberts | | • | Beschluss: Dank sagen wir alle Gott... - Gabrieli Consort, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | Magnificat anima mea - Et exsultavit - Quia respexit - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | Hymn: Wir Christenleut haben itzund Freud - Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald | | • | Quia fecit mihi magna-Et misericordia-Fecit potentiam - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | Hymn: Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen all zugleich - Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald | | • | Esurientes implevit bonis - Suscepit Israel - Sicut .. - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | In dulci jubilo - arr. Paul McCreesh - Stefan Olesen, Kristian Olesen, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Finn Evald | | • | Gloria Patri, et Filio - Sicut erat in principio - Robert Harre-Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Pott, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort, Boy's Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral, Kristian Olesen, Finn Evald | | • | O bone Jesu, fili Mariae (SWV 471) - Timothy Roberts, Susan Hemington Jones, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Charles Daniels, Simon Grant, Gabrieli Players, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort | | • | Hymn: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ - Kristian Olesen, Congregational Choir Of Roskilde Cathedral | | • | Collect And Benedicamus Domino Vobiscum - Charles Pott, Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh | | • | Postlude: Benedicamus Domino à 6 (modus pleno organo pedaliter) - Kristian Olesen |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.co.uk Review
Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Story, besides being a historical milestone, has always been one of 17th-century music's crowd-pleasers--the former because it's the ancestor of Christmas oratorios by Bach, Charpentier and even Berlioz; the latter because it presents engaging depictions of the characters in the Nativity story with a cornucopia of colourful instruments (piping recorders for the shepherds, a galumphing bassoon--representing the gait of the camels?--for the three wise men, regally blaring cornets for King Herod, and pompous trombones for his priests). As you might expect, there are a number of fine recordings of this proto-oratorio, from the graceful and somewhat delicate rendition of René Jacobs to the high-energy performance of Robert King (on Hyperion). As usual, Paul McCreesh goes where no one has gone before, showing us the context for which Schütz probably wrote the work in the first place: a Christmas Day Vespers service at the court in Dresden where the composer was chapel master. McCreesh's reconstruction includes thrilling performances of two Christmas hymns (with tunes by Luther himself), organ music by Scheidt, a psalm from Schütz's collection Psalmen Davids, a delicate motet for four soloists, and (in an electrifying reading) a lavish multiple-choir Magnificat. Alongside all these, McCreesh's rendition of the Christmas Story seems--well, not lacklustre, exactly (it's very skillfully done, and Susan Hemington Jones as the Angel is a particular treat), but a bit less inspired than the rest of the programme. So if that one work is all you care about, you may want to consider the Jacobs or King versions; otherwise, this disc won't disappoint--it's as exciting a Christmas record as you'll find. --Matthew Westphal
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