Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier [Import]

1. Oh Freude Über Freude

2. O Heiland, Reiß Die Himmel Auf

3. Lied Vom Verlorenen Jesuskind

4. O Tannenbaum

5. Lied Einer Flüchtlingsfrau

6. Joseph

7. Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging

8. Was Soll das Bedeuten

9. Weihnachten 1919

10. Brief an Einen Soldaten

11. Drei Könige

12. Gottes Licht

13. Die Nacht Ist Vorgedrungen

Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier,Thomas Friz & Klaus Wuckelt,Pläne,World Music

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Merry Christmas Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reinecke, Carl | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Reinecke, Carl | Composers | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Christmas Album: Original Masters A Christmas Carol/Mr. Pickwick's Christmas Weihnachten - A German Christmas The Baroque Christmas Album Christmas In Vienna: Vienna Boys' Choir ASIN: B000B8I8S2 Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. Chor: 'Magnificat' - Karl Richter
2. Maria Durch Ein' Dornwald Ging - Hermann Prey
3. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Hermann Prey
4. Still, STill, Still, Weil's Kindlein Schlafen Will - Hermann Prey
5. In Dulci Jubilo - Hermann Prey
6. Fuga Sopra Il Magnificat BWV 733 - Helmut Walcha
7. Nun Freut Euch, Lieben Christen G'Mein BWV 734 - Helmut Walcha
8. Fuga Sopra: Vom Himmel Hoch Da Komm Ich Her BWV 769 - Helmut Walcha
9. Hirten, Wachet Auf - The Trapp Family Singers
10. Zu Bethlehem Geboren - The Trapp Family Singers
11. Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen Alle Gleich - The Trapp Family Singers
12. Ihr Kinderlein Kommet - The Trapp Family Singers
13. Es Wird Scho Glei Dumpa - The Trapp Family Singers
14. Weihnachtslied - Jorg Demus
15. Der Hirtenlied Am Krippelein, Op.22 H.1 No.3 - Jorg Demus
16. An Das Christkind - Jorg Demus
17. Christleins Wiegenlied Op.137 No.10 - Jorg Demus
18. Maria Am Rosenstrauch Op.142 No.3 - Jorg Demus
19. Marien Kind - Jorg Demus
20. Cantique De Noel - Jorg Demus
21. O Du Frohliche, O Du Selige - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken
22. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken
23. Am Weihnachtsbaum Die Lichter Brennen - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken
24. Alle Jahre Wieder - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken
25. Kling, Glockchen, Kling - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken
26. Ihr Kinderlein, Kommet - Grosses Orchester Mit Chor Und Glocken

Tracks:

1. Sinfonia - Berliner Philharmoniker
2. Arie: 'Frohe Hirten, Eilt, Ach Eilet' - Berliner Philharmoniker
3. Chor: 'Ehre Sei Gott In Der Hohe' - Berliner Philharmoniker
4. Rezitativ: 'So Recht, Ihr Engel, Jauchzt Und Singet' - Berliner Philharmoniker
5. Choral: 'Wir Singen Dir In Deinem Heer' - Berliner Philharmoniker
6. Pastorale BWV 590 - Helmut Walcha
7. Es Kommt Ein Schiff Geladen - Singgemeinde Eschwege
8. Macht Hoch Die Tur - Singgemeinde Eschwege
9. Als Ich Bei Meinen Schafen Wacht - Singgemeinde Eschwege
10. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier - Singgemeinde Eschwege
11. Bruder, Ich Geh Auch Mit Dir - Singgemeinde Eschwege
12. Das Neugeborne Kindelein - Norddeutscher Singkreis
13. In Dulci Jubilo - Norddeutscher Singkreis
14. O Tannenbaum - Frauenchor Und Jugendchor
15. Leise Rieselt Der Schnee - Frauenchor Und Jugendchor
16. Alle Jahre Wieder - Frauenchor Und Jugendchor
17. Adeste Fideles - Hellmut Wormsbacher
18. Stille Nacht - Hellmut Wormsbacher
19. Lieber Guter Weihnachtsmann - Hellmut Wormsbacher
20. Morgan Kommt Der Weihnachtsmann - Hellmut Wormsbacher
21. Eine Muh, Eine Mah - Hellmut Wormsbacher
22. O Tannenbaum - Hellmut Wormsbacher
23. Cantate Domino (Antiphon)-Magnificat - P. Corbinian Gindele
24. Bells Of St. Martin's Abbey, Beuron - St. Martin Beuron

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Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium Arien & Chöre Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000000SGE Release Date: 1992-08-04

Tracks:

1. ARIEN & CHORE: Jauchzet, Frohlocket
2. ARIEN & CHORE: Bereite Dich, Zion
3. ARIEN & CHORE: Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen
4. ARIEN & CHORE: Grober Herr, O Starker Konig
5. ARIEN & CHORE: Sinfonia
6. ARIEN & CHORE: Brich An, O Schones Morgenlicht
7. ARIEN & CHORE: Frohe Hirten, Eilt
8. ARIEN & CHORE: Schaut Hin, Dort Liegt
9. ARIEN & CHORE: Schlafe, Mein Liebster
10. ARIEN & CHORE: Herrscher Des Himmels
11. ARIEN & CHORE: Herr, Dein Mitleid
12. ARIEN & CHORE: Flobt Mein Heiland
13. ARIEN & CHORE: Ich Will Nur Dir Zu Ehren Ieben
14. ARIEN & CHORE: Dein Glanz All' Finsternis Verzehrt
15. ARIEN & CHORE: Erleuchtet Auch Meine Finstre Sinnen
16. ARIEN & CHORE: Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippen Hier
17. ARIEN & CHORE: Nun Mogt Ihr Stolzen Feinde
18. ARIEN & CHORE: Nun Seid Ihr Wohl Gerochen

Average customer rating: Great music and an astonishing amount of it!

Christmas Album: Original Masters Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corelli | Corelli, Arcangelo | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cornelius, Peter | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reger, Max | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Reger, Max | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Merry Christmas Christmas In Vienna: Vienna Boys' Choir Weihnachten - A German Christmas Frohe Weihnachten Mit Den Stille Nacht - A German Christmas ASIN: B0000AP6HJ Release Date: 2003-10-28

Tracks:

1. Jauchzet, Frohlocket, Auf Preiset Die Tage - RIAS Kammerchor
2. Alle Jahre Wieder - Rita Streich
3. Maria Auf Dem Berge - Rita Streich
4. Ihr Kinderlein Kommet - Rita Streich
5. Echolied Der Hirten - Rita Streich
6. O Du Frohliche - Rita Streich
7. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Rita Streich
8. Vom Himmel Hoch, O Englein, Kommt - Fritz Wunderlich
9. Was Soll Das Bedeuten - Fritz Wunderlich
10. O Freude Uber Freude - Fritz Wunderlich
11. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier - Fritz Wunderlich
12. Gottes Sohn Ist Kommen (Gott, Durch Deine Gute) BWV 600 - Helmut Walcha
13. Gelobet Seist Du, Jesus Christ BWV 604 - Helmut Walcha
14. Der Tag, Der Ist So Freudenreich BWV 605 - Helmut Walcha
15. Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her BWV 606 - Helmut Walcha
16. Vom Himmel Karn Der Engel Schar BWV 607 - Helmut Walcha
17. O Du Frohliche, O Du Selige - Maria Stader
18. On Christmas Night - Maria Stader
19. Als Die Welt Verloren - Maria Stader
20. Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging - Maria Stader
21. Herbei, O Ihr Glaubigen - Maria Stader
22. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen - Maria Stader
23. Marie Et Joseph - Maria Stader
24. In Dulci Jubilo - Maria Stader
25. Kommet Ihr Hirten - Maria Stader
26. Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her - Maria Stader
27. Freu Dich, Erd' Und Sternenzelt - Maria Stader
28. O Jesulein Zart - Maria Stader
29. D'ou Viens-tu, Belle Bergere - Maria Stader
30. Ach Du Mein Liebes Jesulein - Maria Stader
31. Seht, Das Kindlein Weinet - Maria Stader
32. Kindlein Zart - Maria Stader
33. Schlaf, Mein Kindlein - Maria Stader
34. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Maria Stader
35. Denn Es Ist Uns Ein Kind Geboren - Gundula Janowitz
36. Es Waren Hirten Beisammen Auf Dem Felde - Gundula Janowitz
37. Ehre Sei Gott In Der Hohe - Gundula Janowitz

Tracks:

1. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff
2. O Du Frohliche, O Du Selige - Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff
3. O Tannenbaum - Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff
4. SuBer Die Glocken Nie Klingen - Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff
5. Vivace - Grave - Allegro - Fritz Neumeyer
6. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Fritz Neumeyer
7. Vivace - Fritz Neumeyer
8. Allegro - Pastorale Ad Libitum (Largo) - Fritz Neumeyer
9. Vom Himmel Hoch - Rita Streich
10. Die Hirten Auf Dem Falde - Rita Streich
11. Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging - Rita Streich
12. Still, Still, Still - Rita Streich
13. SuBer Die Glocken - Rita Streich
14. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - Rita Streich
15. In Dulci Jubilo BWV 608 - Helmut Walcha
16. Lobt Gott, Ihr Christen, Allzugleich BWV 609 - Helmut Walcha
17. Wir Christenleut' BWV 612 - Helmut Walcha
18. In Dir Ist Freude BWV 615 - Helmut Walcha
19. Weihnachtslied Der Hirten - Schlaf Wohl, Du Himmels - Knabe Du - Jorg Demus
20. Uns Ist Geboren Ein Kindelein - Jorg Demus
21. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier - Jorg Demus
22. 1. Christbaum - Irmgard Seefried
23. 2. Die Hirten - Irmgard Seefried
24. 3. Die Konige - Irmgard Seefried
25. 4. Simeon - Irmgard Seefried
26. 5. Christus Der Kinderfreund - Irmgard Seefried
27. 6. Christkind - Irmgard Seefried
28. Maria Wiegenlied Op. 76, No. 52 -Maria Sitzt Am Rosenhag- - Wolfgang Schneiderhan
29. Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht - GroBes Chorus Und Glocken
30. O Tannenbaum - GroBes Chorus Und Glocken
31. Kommet, Ihr Hirten - GroBes Chorus Und Glocken
32. Leise Rieselt Der Schnee - GroBes Chorus Und Glocken
33. Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her - GroBes Chorus Und Glocken

Customer Reviews:

Great music and an astonishing amount of it!.......2006-02-28

The business folks at DG must have a soft spot for Christmas music, probably leftover goodwill from growing up with caroling in the snow. Certainly the German language nations seem to have excelled in producing a wealth of Christmas tunes, jingles, chorales, hymns, and rounds. This compliation is a two CD set of very good to great singers and performers who are quite to the manor born, or maybe I should say manger.
The easy way to decide if two hours of German Xmas gemutlichkeit is for you is simply to listen to the enormous selections on Amazon's sound sampler.

Average customer rating: Breathtakingly beautiful! Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate' Not ultimate, but truly classical

Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music New York Philharmonic Orchestra | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Classic Christmas Album The Voices of Christmas Christmas Adagios #1 Christmas Album The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album 2 ASIN: B00006L3OY Release Date: 2002-10-01

Tracks:

1. I Wonder As I Wander - Emily Van Evera
2. Villancico De Navidad - John Williams
3. O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
4. Children's Prayer From Hansel And Gretel - Bernstein
5. Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming - Andre Previn
6. The Coventry Carol - Eileen Farrell
7. Good People All, This Christmastide - Andrew Parrott
8. Watts's Cradle Hymn - Martin Neary
9. Pastoral Ad Libitum - Largo From Concerto Grosso In G Minor Op.6 No.8 'Christmas Concerto' - Richard Kapp
10. O Tannenbaum - Rita Ford Music Boxes
11. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear - Eileen Farrell
12. Largo From Concerto In F Minor For Violin And Orchestra, Op.8 'L'Inverno' (Winter From The Four Seasons) - Zukerman, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
13. Ave Maria - Ayako Shinozaki
14. Pie Jesu From Requiem, Op.48 - Andrew Davis
15. Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippen Hier (I Stand Here By Thy Crib) (Choral) From Christmas Oratorio, BWV248 - Helmuth Rilling
16. Lullay My Liking - Gregg Smith
17. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves) - London Symphony Orchestra
18. O Come, O Come, Emanuel - Philadelphia Orchestra
19. Silent Night - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
20. Wiegenlied 'Guten Abend, Gut Nacht' Op.49, No.4 - Helmut Deutsch

Tracks:

1. Hallelujah Chorus From Messiah, HWV - Philadelphia Orchestra
2. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Philadelphia Orchestra
3. Cantique De Noel (O Holy Night) - Wiener Symphoniker
4. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Philadelphia Orchestra
5. Carol Of The Drum (Little Drummer Boy) - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
6. Deus IN Adjutorium From Vespers Of The Blessed Virgin - Canadian Brass
7. Laudemus Te From Gloria In D Major, RV 589 - La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy
8. German Dance, K. 605, No.3 'The Sleigh Ride' - Bernstein
9. Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
10. Hark! The HErald Angels Sing - Andrew Parrott
11. Gesu Bambino - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
12. O Come, All Ye Faithful - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
13. The First Noel - Philadelphia Orchestra
14. Ding Dong! Merrily Oh High - Anthony Newman
15. March From The Nutcracker Ballet, Op.71 (Act I) - Philadelphia Orchestra
16. I. Allegro (Exsultate) From Exsultate, Jubilate, K.165 - Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra
17. Canzon Septimi Toni No.2 - Philadelphia And Cleveland Brass Ensembles
18. Die Menge Der Engel (The Hosts Of Angels) From Historia Der Geburt Jesu Christi/History Of The Birth Of Jesus Christ, SWV435, 435A - Barockorchester Stuttgart
19. Joy To The World - The Philadelphia Brass Ensemble
20. Once, In Royal David's City - The Chestnut Brass Company
21. O Sanctissima (O Du Frohliche) - Philadelphia Orchestra
22. Angels We Have Heard On High - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
23. Magnificat From Magnificat In D Major, BWV243 - Helmuth Rilling

Customer Reviews:

Breathtakingly beautiful!.......2007-01-15

Over and over we played "Die Menge der Engel" - - it is stunningly beautiful! The loftiness of the voices, wonderful.

We loved the boys/children's choruses on many of the other pieces on the album. Duets by Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavorati - - magnifico!

It is a pleasant compilation of traditional favorites and awesome classical pieces that are worth listening to again and again.

Pretty good, though maybe not 'ultimate'.......2004-10-08

If you love Christmas as much as I do, you will probably enjoy this album. It features plenty of standard favorites - especially sung by the MoTab, who seem to be a holiday staple. I probably wouldn't pay $17.95 just to hear songs like 'The Little Drummer Boy' of 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas.'

What makes this compillation interesting is the liberal sprinkling of less traditional - or, anyway, less well-known - classical pieces. Vivaldi's 'Gloria', Corelli's 'Christmas Concerto', and the opera 'Hansel and Gretel' all make an appearance. The standout, in my mind, is the ethereally beautiful 'Watt's Cradle Hymn,' which I have never seen or heard anywhere else - that one song alone makes this album worth a listen.

Not ultimate, but truly classical.......2003-11-19

Good mix of the expected ("Silent Night", "O Come All Ye Faithful", etc) and the unexpected (the Vivaldi Gloria, Gabrieli, Schutz). Kudos to the Sony team for uniform clarity & quality of sound, despite source material from 1959 through 1998. Word to the wise: the performance of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" credited to Marilyn Horne is actually by Eileen Farrell from her excellent "Carols for Christmas Eve" release. No disrespect to Ms Horne, who is well represented by two performances with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. If you're truly a classical music fan but don't mind a traditional carol or two, this is an excellent buy.

Average customer rating: Horrible Truly Beautiful

Carols Around the World Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Folk General | Folk | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music $7 - $10 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00000C3HR Release Date: 1989-11-08

Tracks:

1. What Sweeter Music
2. A Christmas Carol
3. Adam Lay Ybounden
4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
5. The Cherry-Tree Carol
6. Sing A Song Of Christmas
7. Deck The Hall
8. In The Bleak Midwinter
9. A Boy Was Born
10. What Cheer?
11. Coventry Carol
12. Lute-Book Lullaby
13. Guillaume, Prends Ton Tambourin
14. Quelle Est Cette Odeur Agreable?
15. Berceuse (Polish Traditional)
16. Rocking (Czech Traditonal)
17. Cancion De Navidad
18. Fum, Fum, Fum (Catalan traditonal)
19. I Saw A Maiden (Old Basque Noel)
20. Komt Verwondert U Hier, Menschen
21. Herders, Hij Is Geboren
22. Des Hirten Wiegenlied
23. O Jesulein Suss, O Jesulein Mild
24. Ich Steh' An Deiner Krippe Hier
25. Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
26. Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren

Customer Reviews:

Horrible.......2003-12-24

The CD was a true disappointment. The songs/carols are almost unrecognizable. I wish I had never ordered it. My expectations were so much higher. It didn't meet my tatse at all even though I don'yt go for the regular Holiday ho-ho-ho music either. But stay away from this CD, after 10 minutes you are sick of it.

Truly Beautiful.......2000-11-25

This fabulous cd is now the standard mood-setter in my house at Christmas time. It's not your typical Rudolf or Little Drummer Boy fare, but a collection of carols you'll KNOW you've heard before even though you don't know the names, and everything, even the unfamiliar, eminate a serene, peaceful holiday feeling. Quink's voices are pristine and soaring, the arrangements are beautiful, and the melodies (especially "What Sweeter Music") haunt me all year long. Put it in your changer and hit "REPEAT".

Average customer rating:

A Christmas Flourish Manufacturer: Cbc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B000009MEV Release Date: 2001-07-01

Tracks:

1. A Hannaford Christmas Flourish
2. We Wish You A Merry Christmas
3. O Come All Ye Faithful
4. A Christmas Overture
5. Jesous Ahatonhia Il Est Ne
6. Jesous Ahatonhia Il Est Ne
7. Mid-Winter
8. It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
9. The Holly And The Ivy
10. Silent Night
11. The First Nowell
12. A Christmas Fantasy
13. Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Her
14. The Holy Boy
15. Cornet Carillon
16. God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
17. Hark, The Herald Angels Sing

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1. II. Largo
2. Ach, Mein Herzliebes Jesulein!
3. Arabian Dance
4. Ave Maria
5. Ave Maria, D 839
6. Brich An, O Sch~Nes Morgenlicht
7. Chinese Dance
8. Chorus: Hallelujah!
9. Dance Of The Reed Pipes
10. Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy
11. For Unto Us A Child Is Born
12. I. Vivace Grave
13. II. Allegro
14. III. Adagio
15. III. Waltz Of The Flowers
16. IV. Vivace
17. Ich Steh'an Deiner Krippen Hier
18. Jauchzet, Frohlocket
19. March
20. Russian Dance (Trepak)
21. Sinfonia
22. The Nutcracker Suite Op. 71A
23. V. Largo. Pastorale Ad Libitum

Average customer rating: STUPID! Great Voice and Lots of Variety what a disappointment! Please show us more respect here! beautiful baroque music!

Sumi Jo - The Christmas Album Christmas Traditional , Johann Sebastian Bach , Antonio Vivaldi , Johannes Cruger , Adolphe Adam , Christoph Bernhard , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Franz Xaver Gruber , Michael Praetorius , Alessandro Scarlatti , Samuel Scheidt , Sumi Jo , Hiro Kurosaki , and Gottfried Bach Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Alessandro Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Alessandro | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vivaldi | Vivaldi, Antonio | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Pop Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Sumi Jo - Only Love Sumi Jo sings Mozart Sumi Jo - Les Bijoux / Carella Sumi Jo - Bel Canto / Arevalo · ECO · Carella Sumi Jo - Prayers / James Conlon ASIN: B00005MIZZ Release Date: 2001-09-18

Tracks:

1. I Wonder as I Wander
2. Ich Steh' an Deiner Krippen Hier
3. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: Introduzione: ...
4. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: O ... [Recitative]
5. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: Dal Bel ... [Aria]
6. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: Presa [Recitative]
7. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: l'Autor ... [Aria]
8. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: ... [Recitative]
9. Cantata Pastorale Per la Nascita Di Nostro Signore: Pastorale: ...
10. Frch Soll Mein Herze Springen
11. O Holy Night
12. Ft Euch Nicht!: Adagio [Sonata]
13. Ft Euch Nicht!: Ft Euch Nicht!
14. Ft Euch Nicht!: Adagio [Sonata]
15. Ft Euch Nicht!: Denn Euch Ist Heute
16. Ft Euch Nicht!: Adagio [Sonata]
17. Ft Euch Nicht!: Ehre Sei Gott
18. Ft Euch Nicht!: Adagio [Sonata]
19. Ft Euch Nicht!: Alleluja!
20. Symphony No. 19 in E Flat, K132 : Andante Grazioso [Extract]
21. Stille Nacht Heilige Nacht!
22. Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen
23. Violin Concerto in E Major 'Il Riposo--per il S. Natale', RV270: ...
24. Violin Concerto in E Major 'Il Riposo--per il S. Natale', RV270: ...
25. Violin Concerto in E Major 'Il Riposo--per il S. Natale', RV270: ...
26. O Jesulein S
27. Exsultate, Jubilate, K165: Exsultate, Jubilate
28. Exsultate, Jubilate, K165: Fulget Amica Dies
29. Exsultate, Jubilate, K165: Tu Virginum Corona
30. Exsultate, Jubilate, K165: Alleluja!
31. Silent Night

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Sumi Jo's performances on this record are so splendid that they transcend its rather odd mix of vocal and instrumental combinations, languages, and styles. Using Christmas as its unifying element, the program juxtaposes the familiar and the unknown and is anchored by three cantatas: one by Alessandro Scarlatti, sung in Italian; one by Christoph Bernhard in German; and Mozart's famous "Exultate, jubilate" in Latin. They alternate with songs and chorales for both solo and choir, including the well-known unaccompanied folksong "I wonder as I wander," which opens the program. Bach is represented only by a chorale from his Christmas Oratorio. The selection of the instrumental pieces seems less felicitous. Vivaldi's E major Violin Concerto, though associated with Christmas, is not one of his best. The slow movement of an early Mozart Symphony, which is supposed to contain a quote from a German carol, is an even stranger choice; however, it is so beautiful that the incongruity hardly matters. Inevitably, the record includes that most popular of all Christmas songs, "Silent Night," not once but twice: first in German with a fine contralto in her only appearance and an orchestral accompaniment straight out of the movies, and to close the program, in English with violin and fortepiano. Both versions use a melody substantially different from the familiar one. Sumi Jo's crystal-clear, perfectly focused voice sheds a silvery shimmer over everything she touches. Her vibrato is a little too narrow, but the coloratura is impeccable, the phrasing natural. She radiates an infectious joy in her own singing and the music, whether simple or sophisticated, that should light up any Christmas celebration. The accompanying forces are excellent. --Edith Eisler

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STUPID!.......2002-01-25

I personally can't stand her voice! Please buy Maria Callas or Kathleen Battle instead!!! I BEGGGGG you!

Great Voice and Lots of Variety.......2001-11-28

Sumi Jo has produced a stunning holiday album, filled with gorgeous singing of many styles. It isn't just an album of her singing, though; there are wonderful orchestral and choral selections too, all of which sparkle with perfection. This is a great addition to my Christmas music collection, and another winner from Sumi Jo.

what a disappointment!.......2001-10-26

I personally like Sumi Jo's voice but this album is a huge disappointment. It is clear that she is just trying to put out yet another album without putting much effort into it.

Please show us more respect here!.......2001-10-26

Personally I like Sumi Jo but this album is a huge disappointment as it seems that she is just trying to put out yet another album. I am very disappointed.

beautiful baroque music!.......2001-09-19

it is very easy music and very relaxing.
not typical carol song album..
it is more baroque music(I loved it).
For some reason, I didn't enjoy O holy night and Exsultate, Jubilate as much as other baroque music on this CD.
Once again, though, overall very soothing music in my ear.

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Bach 2000 Light (Without Sacred Cantatas) Various Conductors , Various Performers , and Various Ensembles Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Allemandes | Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Trios | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Carl Philipp Emman. Bach | Bach, Carl Philipp Emman. | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Heinichen | Heinichen, Johann David | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Canons | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fantasies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Fugues | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Inventions | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Canzones | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Trio Sonatas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sinfonia | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Passacaglias | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Scherzo | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Lute | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Academy of Ancient Music | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Passions | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B00001IV8C Release Date: 1999-09-21

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The Bach renaissance--which began in earnest in the early 19th century thanks to the efforts of Felix Mendelssohn and others--inspired an endeavor of far-reaching significance. It led to the founding of the Bach Society in 1850, with the goal of gathering and publishing the composer's complete works, and thus set into motion one of the great projects of musical scholarship. That effort has continued and been refined throughout the 20th century, ultimately influencing not only our perception of how to perform early music but fundamental ideas of musical history, evolution, and reception as well.

Teldec's mammoth Bach 2000 box set represents a kind of culmination of that original attempt to come to terms with Johann Sebastian Bach's unparalleled legacy. This set brings together performances recorded over the last several decades--a small percentage of the recordings are previously unreleased--of all the extant works determined by modern scholarship to be authentic. There are also some pieces the authorship of which is still in question and a few now deemed "inauthentic" but familiarly associated with the composer. Bach was a prodigious reviser of his compositions, and alternate versions of a particular work have been included "where the changes seemed sufficiently important," such as the glorious Magnificat. No doubt manuscripts will continue to be unearthed here and there in various archives (Bach 2000 contains, for example, the "Neumeister chorales," which were rediscovered in 1984), but the set does not represent the many fragments of music that consist of just a few bars; however, there are some reconstructions of lost concertos (such as one for three violins reconstructed by Christopher Hogwood from an extant concerto for harpsichords).

Of course a truly comprehensive recorded edition of every note Bach wrote remains a utopian impossibility--about one-third of his cantatas, for example, have not survived. Even so, the dimensions of Bach 2000 are staggering. With its 12 boxes comprising 153 CDs, the set can be compressed into fewer boxes to save shelf space yet is still about ten times as long as the Ring cycle. (It should be noted that the packaging--using thin cardboard sleeves for the CDs--is distinctively unattractive.) That adds up to just under 160 hours of music--but a lifetime of discovery. Each box (grouped according to genre) contains a booklet with excellent notes on individual works and--for all the choral works--texts and translations. Tracking indexes are useful and thorough. Also included is a profusely illustrated hardbound volume of 24 Inventions, in which journalist Wolfgang Sandberger uses the composer's biography as a peg for some enigmatic and fascinating musings on the meaning of Bach today.

The presiding philosophy behind this project and its approach to musical interpretation can be largely ascribed to Nikolaus Harnoncourt, a true musical pioneer and galvanizing force of the "period performance" movement. Harnoncourt's epoch-making recordings of the sacred cantatas (using, for instance, boy sopranos and choristers according to the practice in Bach's time) with the Concentus musicus Wien and colleague Gustav Leonhardt comprise the first four volumes here (those who already own them can turn to the Bach 2000 Light edition, which contains everything sans the cantatas). These recordings--which were not remastered for this set--have long been controversial and are notably uneven, embracing some magnificent accounts as well as others that lack fire and seem clearly underrehearsed. But Harnoncourt is one of the most fascinating conductors of our era, and his interpretations amply bear out his assertion: "I have never felt that Bach worked in a routine manner, that he repeated himself in his works." Harnoncourt--who has articulated many of his ideas in his book The Musical Dialogue--displays his gifts as a cellist in a remarkably probing performance of the Cello Suites (originally recorded in 1965) and in his concertizing for a number of chamber works. For\ the St. Matthew Passion, you get Harnoncourt's groundbreaking earlier account from 1970, while his 1986 recording of the sublime B Minor Mass is also represented here (the St. John Passion included is Harnoncourt's 1995 acount).

Other artists included are colleague Gustav Leonhardt, whose thoughtful if occasionally dry harpsichord artistry is heard in the Goldberg Variations as well as in the concertos and chamber music. The harpsichord is in fact used throughout in preference to piano for the keyboard works. Ton Koopman (himself the conductor of an ongoing complete cantata series and of the Easter Oratorio included here) performs the organ works, including some newly recorded offerings, while Il Giardino Armonico's well-known high-energy account represents the Brandenburg Concertos. Violinist Thomas Zehetmair is exceptionally compelling in the unaccompanied sonatas and partitas, and the Concentus musicus Wien--again under Harnoncourt--perform a superb Musical Offering that richly repays frequent listening.

The result of Bach 2000 as a whole is an aptly encyclopedic grappling with the infinite legacy of this most compendious of composers, whose works are on one level a summation of all the styles available to him. Bach was once thought to represent a "terminal point" (to use Albert Schweitzer's famous formulation), the end of an era; today he is at least equally recognized as a fertile source of inspiration for composers since. To be sure, individual recordings of particular works will be found to be preferable, and it would be misguided to consider Bach 2000 any kind of "final" or "definitive" word. Instead, it's an indispensable starting point that represents a monumental achievement for our own contemporary understanding of Bach. --Thomas May --This text refers to the complete edition of this title

Album Description

Volume 1, 11 Discs
Secular Cantatas App. Sacred Cantatas; 11 CDs; Koopman, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Goebel and others

Volume 2, 14 Discs
The Sacred Vocal Works Masses,Magnificat, Passions, Oratorios; 14 CDs; Harnoncourt, Koopman, Corboz and others

Volume 3, 7 Discs
The Motets, Chorales & Songs Kirnberger Chorales,Schemelli Songs, Quodlibet

Volume 4, 16 Discs
The Organ Works; 16 CDs; Ton Koopman

Volume 5, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (I) The Well-Tempered Clavier, English & French Suites, Partitas etc; 11 CDs; Curtis, Ross, Wilson, Ruzickova

Volume 6, 11 Discs
The Keyboard Works (II) Goldberg Variations, Toccatas, Fugues, Italian Concerto, etc; 11 CDs; Staier, Barchi, Leonhardt, von Asperen, Baumont, and others

Volume 7, 13 Discs
The Chamber Music Violin Sonatas & Partitas, Flute Sonatas, Works for Lute, Art of Fugue, Musical Offering, etc; 13 CDs; Harnoncourt, Pianca, Tachezi, Brggen, Zehetmair, and others

Volume 8, 10 Discs
The Orchestral Works The Concertos & Orchestral Suite; 10 CDs; Il Giardino Armonico, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt

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