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Das Kleine Konzert & Hermann Max - Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio (2023) [Official Digital Download 24/48]

Das Kleine Konzert & Hermann Max - Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 77:51 minutes | 837 MB
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: CPO, Official Digital Download

During the eighteenth century an oratorio was the dramatic setting of an action that was mostly of sacred character and was represented by several persons as well as by a choir and an orchestra. Various plot elements – even dramatic ones – determined the character of the particular composition. This also applies to the present Christmas Oratorio, which was pieced together in this form not by Telemann himself but for this new pre- sentation as a so-called pasticcio, a form that enjoyed popularity already in the eighteenth century.
Das Kleine Konzert - Georg Philipp Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio  (2023)

Das Kleine Konzert - Georg Philipp Telemann: A Christmas Oratorio (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless [ / MP3 320 kbps | 1:17:53 | 180 / 358 Mb
Genre: Classical

Das Kleine Konzert is an international constituted Baroque orchestra, which is closely associated in its work with the Rheinische Kantorei. Hermann Max's elaborate representation of the Affekte including operatic dramatic effects requires a close cooperation with the instrumentalists. Since 1980 the Rheinische Kantorei has had its own baroque orchestra, Das Kleine Konzert. The name is modelled on that of ‘Das Große Konzert’ orchestra, which was foundedc in Leipzig in 1746 and was for a long time directed by Johann Adam Hiller before becoming, towards the end of the 18th century, the Gewandhaus Orchestra.
Thuringer Bach Collegium - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium / Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (2022)

Thuringer Bach Collegium - Johann Sebastian Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium / Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:18:57 | 319 / 623 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Rondeau Production

The Thuringian Bach Collegium revives the musical gems of the Thuringian residences. The musical state of Thuringia holds a unique treasure of compositions from the time of the Thuringian residences. In the 17th and 18th centuries, with all its courts and residences competing in the arts, Thuringia was at the heart of Germany’s musical landscape, and the »Bache« or Bachs, Johann Sebastian Bach’s ancestors and relatives, became synonymous with it. The name Bach even became the name given to the profession of a musician.

Riccardo Chailly - Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2022)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 22, 2022
Riccardo Chailly - Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2022)

Riccardo Chailly - Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2022)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 3:46:51 | 520 / 1005 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Decca

Riccardo Chailly is a dynamic and sometimes controversial conductor known for his devotion to contemporary music and for his attempts to modernize approaches to the traditional symphonic repertory. His many recordings for the Decca label include modern masterworks by Zemlinsky, Hindemith, and Schnittke, the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, and a number of operas. In 2021, Decca issued a box set of Chailly conducting the complete works of Stravinsky, and he led the La Scala Theater Orchestra in backing Anna Netrebko on her album Amata dalle Tenebre.

Jordi Savall - J. S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2021)  Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Dec. 3, 2021
Jordi Savall - J. S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2021)

Jordi Savall - J. S. Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium (2021)
FLAC tracks | 2:23:53 | 824 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Alia Vox

Universelles Kulturerbe: Johann Sebastian Bach komponierte die sechs Kantaten für die Weihnachtsfeiertage des Jahres 1734, um jeweils eine für jeden Feiertag während der Gottesdienste in den Hauptkirchen von Leipzig, St. Thomas und St. Nikolai, aufführen zu lassen. Sowohl die fortschreitende Erzählung nach den Evangelien von Lukas und Matthäus als auch der musikalische Rahmen geben den Kantaten den Charakter eines autonomen Zyklus, dem sich Jordi Savall und seine Ensembles erstmals stellen.
Gundula Janowitz - Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Remastered) (1965/2016) [Official Digital Download 24/192]

Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, Fritz Wunderlich, Franz Crass, Münchener Bach-Chor, Münchener Bach-Orchester & Karl Richter - Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Remastered) (1965/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/192.0 kHz | Time - 02:43:32 | 6.10 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover+digital booklet

The Christmas Oratorio (German: Weihnachts-Oratorium), BWV 248, is an oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach intended for performance in church during the Christmas season. It was written for the Christmas season of 1734 and incorporates music from earlier compositions, including three secular cantatas written during 1733 and 1734 and a now lost church cantata, BWV 248a. The date is confirmed in Bach's autograph manuscript. The next performance was not until 17 December 1857 by the Sing-Akademie zu Berlin under Eduard Grell. The Christmas Oratorio is a particularly sophisticated example of parody music. The author of the text is unknown, although a likely collaborator was Christian Friedrich Henrici (Picander).
Mainz Bach Orchestra, Ralf Otto, Mainz Bach Choir, Georg Poplutz, Thomas E. Bauer - Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (2018)

Mainz Bach Orchestra, Ralf Otto, Mainz Bach Choir, Georg Poplutz, Thomas E. Bauer, Katharina Magiera, Julia Kleiter & Victoria Braum - Bach: Weihnachts-Oratorium, BWV 248 (2018)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 647 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 334 Mb | Digital booklet | 02:25:11
Classical, Opera | Label: Naxos Records

J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio was written for the Christmas season of 1734, and although it incorporates music from earlier works it belongs firmly among his timeless large-scale compositions. The development of the oratorio, which was to become a new musical form in Protestant church services at that time, was stimulated by Bach’s compositions, particularly by the unusual form of his six-part Christmas Oratorio.
Jan Willem de Vriend - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (2007) [DSD64]

Jan Willem de Vriend - Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (2007) [DSD64]
Classical, Orchestral, Choral, Vocal | DSD64 (*.dsf, tracks), 1-bit/5.64 MHz
Run Time: 02:18:13 | 5.77 GB + 5% Recovery
Label: Challenge Records | Release Year: 2007

“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 choral singing and its natural declamation.”
Gaechinger Cantorey & Hans-Christoph Rademann - Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248 (2017)

Gaechinger Cantorey & Hans-Christoph Rademann - Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248
Classical, Choral | WEB FLAC (tracks) & d. booklet | 151:11 min | 685 MB
Label: Carus | Tracks: 66 | Rls.date: 2017

Originally written for the three days of Christmastide 1734 and the beginning of 1735, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio has since gone on to become an established part of Advent and Christmas – just like turkey and Christmas pudding. With soloists Regula Muhlemann, Anna Lucia Richter, Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Sebastian Kohlhepp, and Michael Nagy, the newly-formed enembles of the Gaechinger Cantorey conducted by Hans-Christoph Rademann celebrate their first Christmas Oratorio together with this recording of all six cantatas!
Jos van Veldhoven, The Netherlands Bach Society - Bach: Christmas Oratorio (2003/2009) [Official Digital Download 24b/192kHz]

Jos van Veldhoven, The Netherlands Bach Society - J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (2003)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time - 145:07 minutes | 4,62 GB
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 145:07 minutes | 2,69 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

This is one of those occasions where beauty and artistry are reflected not only on the surface but right through to the core. This is a marvelous performance of Bach's six-cantata cycle that offers ravishing choral singing, sharply detailed orchestral playing, and superior contributions from the four solo vocalists, all presented in state-of-the-art sound.