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Part One - For The First Day Of Christmas
Chorus: Jauchzet, Frohlocket
Recitative: Es Begab Sich
Recitative: Nun Wird Mein Liebster Bräutigam
Aria: Bereite Dich, Zion
Chorale: Wie Soll Ich Dich Empfangen
Recitative: Und Sie Gebar Ihren Ersten Sohn
Chorale: Er Ist Auf Erden Kommen Arm - Recitative: Wer Will Die Liebe Recht Erhöhn
Aria: Großer Herr, O Starker König
Chorale: Ach Mein Herzliebes Jesulein
Part Two - For The Second Day Of Christmas
Sinfonia
Recitative: Und Es Waren Hirten
Chorale: Brich An, O Schönes Morgenlicht
Recitative: Und Der Engel Sprach Zu Ihnen - Angel: Fürchtet Euch Nicht
Recitative: Was Gott Dem Abraham Verheißen
Aria: Frohe Hirten, Eilt, Ach Eilet
Recitative: Und Das Habt Zum Zeichen
Chorale: Schaut Hin, Dort Liegt Im Finstern Stall
Recitative: So Geht Denn Hin
Aria: Schlafe, Mein Liebster, Geniesse Der Ruh
Recitative: Und Alsbald War Da Bei Dem Engel
Chorus: Ehre Sei Gott In Der Höhe
Recitative: So recht, ihr Engel
Chorale: Wir Singen Dir In Deinem Heer
Part Three - For The Third Day Of Christmas
Chorus: Herrscher Des Himmels
Recitative: Und Da Die Engel
Chorus: Lasset Uns Nun Gehen Gen Bethlehem
Recitative: Er Hat Sein Volk Getröst
Chorale: Dies Hat Er Alles Uns Getan
Duet: Herr, Dein Mitleid, Dein Erbarmen
Recitative: Und Sie Kamen Eilend
Aria: Schließe, Mein Herze, Dies Selige Wunder
Recitative: Ja, Ja, Mein Herz Soll Es Bewahren
Chorale: Ich Will Dich Mit Fleiß Bewahren
Recitative: Und Die Hirten Kehrten Wieder Um
Chorale: Seid Froh Dieweil
Chorus (da capo): Herrscher des Himmels
Part Four - For The Feast Of The Circumcision
Chorus: Fallt Mit Danken, Fallt Mit Loben
Recitative: Und Da Acht Tage Um Waren
Recitative: Immanuel, O Süßes Wort - Arioso: Jesu, Du Mein Liebstes Leben
Aria: Flösst, Mein Heiland, Flösst Dein Namen
Recitative: Wohlan, Dein Name Soll Allein - Chorale: Jesu Mein Freud Und Wonne
Aria: Ich Will Nur Dir Zu Ehren Leben
Chorale: Jesus Richte Mein Beginnen
Part Five: For The First Sunday In The New Year
Chorus: Ehre Sei Dir, Gott, Gesungen
Recitative: Da Jesu Geboren War
Chorus: Wo Ist Der Neugeborne König Der Juden - Recitative: Sucht Ihn In Meiner Brust
Chorale: Dein Glanz All Finsternis Verzehrt
Aria: Erleucht Auch Meine Finstre Sinnen
Recitative: Da Das Der König Herodes Hörte
Recitative: Warum Wollt Ihr Erschrecken
Recitative: Und Ließ Versammeln
Trio: Ach, Wann Wird Die Zeit Erscheinen?
Recitative: Mein Liebster Herrschet Schon
Chorale: Zwar Ist Solche Herzensstube
Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany
Chorus: Herr, Wenn Die Stolzen Feinde
Recitative: Da Berief Herodes Die Weisen - Herod: Ziehet Hin Und Forschet Fleißig
Recitative: Du Falscher
Aria: Nur Ein Wink von Seinen Händen
Recitative: Als Sie Nun Den König Gehöret Hatten
Chorale: Ich Steh An Deiner Krippen Hier
Recitative: Und Gott Befahl Ihnen Im Traum
Recitative: So Geht!
Aria: Nun Mögt Ihr Stolzen Feinde Schrecken
Recitative: Was Will Der Hölle Schrecken Nun
Chorale: Nun Seid Ihr Wohl Gerochen
Part One
Sinfony
Recitative: Comfort Ye, Comfort Ye, My People
Song: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
Chorus: And The Glory Of The Lord
Recitative: Thus Saith The Lord
Song: But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
Chorus: And He Shall Purify
Recitative: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
Song: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion
Recitative: For Behold
Song: The People That Walked In Darkness
Chorus: For Unto Us A Child Is Born
Pifa
Recitative: There Were Shepherds
Recitative: And Io, The Angel Of The Lord
Recitative: And The Angel Said Unto Them
Recitative: And Suddenly There Was An Angel
Chorus: Glory To God
Song: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
Recitative: Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
Song: He Shall Feed His Flock
Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy
Part Two
Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God
Song: He Was Despised
Part Two (cont.)
Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed
Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
Recitative: All They That See Him
Chorus: He Trusted In God
Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
Song: Behold And See If There Be Any Sorrrow Like Unto His Sorrow
Recitative: He Was Cut Off
Song: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell
Chorus: Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
Recitative: Unto Wich Of The Angels
Chorus: Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
Song: Thou Art Gone Up On High
Chorus: The Lord Gave The Word
Song: How Beautiful Are The Feet
Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out
Song: Why Do The Nations
Chorus: Let Us Brake Their Bonds Asunder
Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven
Song: Thou Shalt Breake Them
Chorus: Hallelujah
Part Three
Song: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Chorus: Since By Man Came Death
Recitative: Behold I Tell You A Mystery
Song: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
Duet: Oh Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
Chorus: But Thanks Be To God
Song: If God Be For Us
Chorus: Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
Chorus: Amen
Overture
Act One - Tableau 1
The Christmas Tree
March
Galop And Dance Of The Parents
Dance Scene - The Presents Of Drosselmeyer
Scene - Grandfather Dance
Clara And The Nutcracker
The Nutcracker Battles Against The Army Of The Mouse King - He Wins And Is Transformed Into Prince Charming
Act One - Tableau II
In The Christmas Tree
Scene And Waltz Of The Snowflakes
Act Two - Tableau III
The Magic Castle On The Mountain Of Sweets
Clara And Prince Charming
Divertissement
Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
Coffee (Arabian Dance)
Tea (Chinese Dance)
Trépak (Russian Dance)
Dance Of The Reed Pipes
Polichinelle (The Clown)
Waltz Of The Flowers
Pas De Deux
Intrada
Variation I (Tarantella)
Variation II (Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy)
Coda
Closing Waltz - Grand Finale
O Du Fröhliche, O Du Selige
Übers Gebirg Maria Geht
Benedixisti, Domine
Hodie Christus Natus Est
O Jesulein Zart
Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
Von Der Geburt Christi: O Freude Über Freud'
Heilige Nacht
Quem Pastores Laudavere
Vom Himmel Hoch, Da Komm Ich Her
Wie Schön Singt Uns Der Engel Schar
Still, O Himmel
Es Blühen Die Maien
Verbum Caro Factum Est
Freu' Dich, Erd' Und Sternenzelt
O Schlafe, Schlafe, Göttlicher Knabe
Auf Dem Berge Da Geht Der Wind
Adeste Fideles
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht
Once In Royal David’s City
Up! Good Christen Folk, & Listen
On Christmas Night
Ding Dong! Merrily On High
O Little Town Of Bethlehem
Silent Night
In The Bleak Midwinter
The First Nowell
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Away In A Manger
The Seven Joys Of Mary
The Infant King
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
The Holly And The Ivy
I Saw Three Ships
O Come, All Ye Faithful

notes

℗ 1980 (CD6),1987 (CD1 & CD2) Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
℗ 1980 (CD3 & CD4), 1984 (CD7) The Decca Music Group
℗ 1998 (CD5) Universal International Music BV

(c) 2010 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg

credits

Art Direction – Philipp Starke
Bass Vocals – David Thomas (9) (tracks: CD3 and CD4), Olaf Bär (tracks: CD1 and CD2)
Booklet Editor – Eva Zöllner
Choir – Regensburger Domspatzen (tracks: CD6), The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral (tracks: CD3 and CD4), The King's College Choir Of Cambridge (tracks: CD7), The Monteverdi Choir (tracks: CD1 and CD2)
Chorus – Kirov Chorus (tracks: CD5)
Chorus Master – Simon Preston (tracks: CD3 and CD4), Valery Borisov (tracks: CD5)
Conductor – Christopher Hogwood (tracks: CD3 and CD4), Georg Ratzinger (tracks: CD6), John Eliot Gardiner (tracks: CD1 and CD2), Stephen Cleobury (tracks: CD7), Valery Gergiev (tracks: CD5)
Contralto Vocals – Carolyn Watkinson (tracks: CD3 and CD4)
Cover – CSA Images
Ensemble – The English Baroque Soloists (tracks: CD1 and CD2)
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Anne Sofie Von Otter (tracks: CD1 and CD2)
Orchestra – Kirov Orchestra (tracks: CD5), The Academy Of Ancient Music (tracks: CD3 and CD4)
Organ – David Briggs (5) (tracks: CD7)
Project Manager – David Butchart
Soprano Vocals – Emma Kirkby (tracks: CD3 and CD4), Judith Nelson (tracks: CD3 and CD4), Katie Pringle (tracks: CD2), Nancy Argenta (tracks: CD1 and CD2), Ruth Holton (2) (tracks: CD1 and CD2)
Tenor Vocals – Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tracks: CD1 and CD2), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tracks: CD1 and CD2), Paul Elliott

companies

Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios
Recorded At – Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead
Recorded At – Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden
Recorded At – Regensburg, Gymnasium, Turnhalle
Recorded At – Chapel Of King's College, Cambridge
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Decca music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Universal International Music B.V.
Made By – EDC, Germany

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