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Martin Sasse - Swinging Christmas (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Martin Sasse - Swinging Christmas (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 59:57 minutes | 643 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Oh, what hasn't been done to good old Christmas music?

VA - 100 Christmas Classics (2019)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Dec. 12, 2024
VA - 100 Christmas Classics (2019)

VA - 100 Christmas Classics (2019)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.2 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 748 MB
5:23:14 | Classical, Christmas | Label: Capriccio

Certainly, the 'quietest time of year' is also the time when music is to be most frequently heard - not only in public, in shops or markets, but also in the countryside, where Christmas is the time when perhaps the most singing is done. The music author Marius Schneider once underlined this fact by writing:"God hungers for songs." And thus the time which celebrates the symbolic birth of the Lord is a great time for music - even for people who may have no direct religious beliefs. With this 5CD-Set Capriccio presents in total 100 Classical Christmas titles, sung by most famous choruses and soloists. And draws a bow from the high classical Christmas Oratorio by Bach to more simple songs from the country side. And of course the most famous song can't be missed: Silent Night, Holy Night.
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - J.S. Bach: Whitsun Cantatas BWV 172, 59, 74 & 34 (2000)

English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner - J.S. Bach: Whitsun Cantatas BWV 172, 59, 74 & 34 (2000)
WEB | FLAC (tracks) - 324 MB | 01:06:49
Genre: Classical | Label: Archiv Produktion

John Eliot Gardiner has returned to the form reminiscent of his earliest days with the Monteverdi Choir, when performances were bright and fresh and taut and, well, really good. Of course, he’s working with some really fine music, his soloists are all top-notch, and he’s recording in a familiar place (London’s St. John’s Smith Square) with several of the industry’s most seasoned recording wizards at the controls (especially the two Mikes, balance engineers Mike Hatch and Mike Clements). The music, four of Bach’s Whitsun (or Pentecost) cantatas, shows the composer at his most creative in terms of text setting and structural formulations.

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)  Music

Posted by varrock at Nov. 1, 2024
Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 318 MB | Tracks: 17 | 67:04
Style: Classical | Label: Etcetera

There are numerous legends surrounding the Christmas carol "Silent Night". What is certain is that it was first heard on Christmas Eve 1818 in St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg. Sung as a duet with the author Joseph Mohr, who also played the guitar, and the composer Franz Xaver Gruber. The Belgian conductor Erik Van Nevel and his ensemble Currende capture the chamber music atmosphere with only six singers and six instrumentalists. Their Christmas concert with works by mainly Austrian composers was recorded in Leuven in 2023.
Martin Sasse - Swinging Christmas (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Martin Sasse - Swinging Christmas (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 59:57 minutes | 643 MB
Jazz | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Oh, what hasn't been done to good old Christmas music?
Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:07:04 minutes | 679 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Numerous legends are entwined around the Christmas song "Silent Night".
Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 2 [3CDs] (1996)

Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir - Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Cantatas Vol. 2 [3CDs] (1996)
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 864 Mb | Total time: 3h 01m | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | # 0630-12598-2 | Recorded: 1995

In the autumn of 1713, Bach was invited to apply for the post of organist and music director at the Marktkirche in Halle in succession to Handel's teacher, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow. Bach was honoured to accept the invitation and in doing so made it clear that he was keen to extend his activities. Under Zachow, who had created a respectable repertory of sacred works of the most varied genres, including a large number of church cantatas, music in Halle had flourished and reached a level that offered Bach an area of responsibility that he evidently found attractive.

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)  Music

Posted by varrock at Nov. 1, 2024
Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 318 MB | Tracks: 17 | 67:04
Style: Classical | Label: Etcetera

There are numerous legends surrounding the Christmas carol "Silent Night". What is certain is that it was first heard on Christmas Eve 1818 in St. Nikola in Oberndorf near Salzburg. Sung as a duet with the author Joseph Mohr, who also played the guitar, and the composer Franz Xaver Gruber. The Belgian conductor Erik Van Nevel and his ensemble Currende capture the chamber music atmosphere with only six singers and six instrumentalists. Their Christmas concert with works by mainly Austrian composers was recorded in Leuven in 2023.
Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024) [Official Digital Download]

Currende - Ein stille Nacht in Österreich (2024) [Official Digital Download]
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 01:07:04 minutes | 679 MB
Classical | Studio Master, Official Digital Download

Numerous legends are entwined around the Christmas song "Silent Night".
John Eliot Gardiner - Bach: Christmas Oratorio; Cantatas (2022)

John Eliot Gardiner - Bach: Christmas Oratorio; Cantatas (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 1.1 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 665 MB
4:45:10 | Classical | Label: UMG

Conductor John Eliot Gardiner is a leading figure in the historical performance movement, having founded the Monteverdi Choir for performances of Baroque music and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, devoted to music of the 19th century. He is especially noted for performances and recordings of Bach's choral music, and his label, Soli Deo Gloria ("To the Glory of God Only"), takes its name from the small S.D.G. signature Bach affixed to many of his works.