The Complete Christmas Celebration

~ Release by Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, Part 1 - 3
2▶CD: Bach, J.S.: Christmas Oratorio, Part 4 - 6
3▶CD: Handel: Messiah, Part 1 & 2
4▶CD: Handel: Messiah, Part 2 (Cont.) & 3
5▶CD: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
6▼CD: Weihnachtskonzert
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1O du fröhliche, o du selige (Arr. by Georg Ratzinger)
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
[anonymous]2:23
2Übers Gebirg Maria geht
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Übers Gebirg Maria geht
lyricist:
Ludwig Helmbold
composer:
Johannes Eccard (composer)
Johannes Eccard2:50
3Benedixisti, Domine
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor and chorus master:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Benedixisti Domine à 7, Ch. 11 (Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 1)
composer:
Giovanni Gabrieli (composer)
part of:
Giovanni Gabrieli: A Thematic Catalogue of his Music with a Guide to the Source Materials and Translations of his Vocal Texts (Charteris [Ch.]) (number: Ch. 11)
part of:
Sacrae symphoniae, Liber 1
Giovanni Gabrieli1:56
4"Hodie Christus natus est": Motet
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Motet: Hodie Christus natus est
composer:
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (composer)
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina2:40
5O Jesulein zart
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
O Jesulein zart, SSWV 445
composer:
Samuel Scheidt (composer)
part of:
Samuel-Scheidt-Werke-Verzeichnis (number: SSWV 445)
Samuel Scheidt2:03
6Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Speierisches Gesangbuch, Köln, 1599)
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Praetorius’ harmonisation)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Michael Praetorius (composer and organist) (in 1609)
arrangement of:
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (original anonymous version)
Michael Praetorius2:37
7O Freude über Freud
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
O Freude über Freud
composer:
Johannes Eccard (composer)
Johannes Eccard3:42
8Heilige Nacht
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Heilige Nacht
composer:
Johann Friedrich Reichardt
Johann Friedrich Reichardt2:25
9Quem pastores laudavere
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Quem pastores laudavere
composer:
Carl Loewe (composer)
Carl Loewe3:08
10Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (arranged by Adam Gumpelzhaimer)
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her
lyricist:
Martin Luther (German theologian of the Reformation)
composer:
Adam Gumpelzhaimer (composer)
[traditional]2:03
11Wie schön singt uns der Engel Schar
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Wie schön singt uns der Engel Schar
composer:
Cornelius Freundt (composer)
Cornelius Freundt2:03
12Still, o Himmel
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Still, o Himmel
composer:
Gottfried Rüdiger
Gottfried Rüdiger2:04
13Es blühen die Maien
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Es blühen die Maien
composer:
Gottfried Rüdiger
Gottfried Rüdiger1:34
14Verbum caro factum est
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Verbum caro factum est
composer:
Hans Leo Hassler (latter 16th c. German composer and organist)
Hans Leo Hassler2:48
15Freu' dich, Erd' und Sternenzelt
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Freu' dich, Erd' und Sternenzelt
composer:
Carl Thiel (German composer)
Carl Thiel2:08
16O schlafe, schlafe, göttlicher Knabe: Arr. by Walter Herrmann
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
[anonymous]2:08
17Auf dem Berge da geht der Wind: Arr. by Felix Woyrsch (1860-1944)
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
[anonymous]1:29
18Adeste fideles
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Polydor International GmbH (not for release label use!) (in 1980)
recording of:
Adeste fideles
composer:
Carl Thiel (German composer)
Carl Thiel2:29
19Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Hanns Miessner)
choir vocals:
Regensburger Domspatzen (Regensburg Cathedral Choir, German / Regensburger cathedral choir)
conductor:
Georg Ratzinger (German choir conductor and composer)
recording of:
Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht
lyricist:
Josef Mohr (in 1816)
composer:
Franz Xaver Gruber (in 1818)
part of:
Oh, What a Lovely War! (stage musical)
Franz Xaver Gruber3:01
7▶CD: English Christmas Carols