Christmas Oratorio Main Performer or Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt Accompaniment/Orchestra: Concentus musikus Wien, Wiener Saengerknaben, Chorus Viennensis Soloists: Soloist of the Wiener Saengerknaben Kurt Equiluz Paul Esswood Siegmund Nimsgern Kurt Hammer Othmar Berger Hermann Rohrer Leopold Stastny Gottfried Hechtl Juerg Schaeftlein Paul Hailperin Alfred Hertel Karl Gruber Alice Harnoncourt Walter Pfeiffer Peter Schoberwalter Wilhelm Mergl Josef de Sordi Kurt Theiner Milan Turkovic Nikolaus Harnoncourt Eduard Hruza Herbert Tachezi Instrumentation: Choir Orchestra Vocal Individual Works: Complete recording, BWV 248 1st part: Am 1. Weihnachtstage 2nd part: Am 2. Weihnachtstage 3rd part: Am 3. Weihnachtstage 4th part: Am Neujahrstage 5th part: Am Sonntag nach Neujahr 6th part: Am Festtag der Erscheinung Christi Format: Compact Disc Record Label: Teldec Catalog Number: 9031-77610-2 Year Released/Recorded: 1972-1973 Total Playing Time: CD1: 76:07, CD2:78:15 Comments: As long as I can't find a better recording, this is an absolute reference recording. Harnoncourt is seldom able to interpret anything else, than "old" music, but he's good at Bach. And the Concentus Musicus is really good at this recording. Even the (delicate) part of the boys-choir ist represented by one of the best boys-choirs we know, the Wiener Saengerknaben (Vienna Boys Choir). On this recording I always think I can hear the music as Bach intended it to sound. And that's the best you ca n say of a recording of our days. Kurt Equiluz is known as an excellent Bach-singer- and so is Paul Esswood. On the whole: A recording, that is worth the money you spend on it. Acknowledgements: Thank you to the following for submitting this recording and for your comments: chris stvarnik Date First Submitted: 01/08/1997 Purchasing: Suggested Purchasing Sources Note: Inclusion in this database does not guarantee the availability of any recording. Some recordings may be out-of-print or no longer available.

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