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Christmas Vespers

Heinrich Schutz (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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1. Prelude- La piva
2. Chant - Deus in adjutorum
3. Warum toben die Heiden
4. Hymn - Christum wir sollen loben schon
5. Eingang
6. Rezitativ - Es begab sich zu derselbigen Zeit
7. Intermedium I - Furschtet euch nicht
8. Rezitativ - Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel
9. Intermedium II - Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
10. Rezitativ - Und da die Engel
11. Intermedium III - Lasset uns nun gehen gen Betlehem
12. Rezitativ - Und sie kamen eilend
13. Intermedium IV - Wo ist der neugeborne König
14. Rezitativ - Da das der König Herodes hörete
15. Intermedium V - Zu Betlehem im jüdishe lande
16. Rezitativ - Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich
17. Intermedium VI - Ziehet hin, und forschet fleissig
18. Rezitativ - Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten
19. Intermedium VII - Stehe auf, Joseph!
20. Rezitativ - Und er stund auf und nahm das Kindlein
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Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Story, besides being a historical milestone, has always been one of 17th-century music's crowd-pleasers--the former because it's the ancestor of Christmas oratorios by Bach, Charpentier, and even Berlioz; the latter because it presents engaging depictions of the characters in the Nativity story with a cornucopia of colorful instruments (piping recorders for the shepherds, a galumphing bassoon (representing the gait of the camels?) for the three wise men, regally blaring cornets for King Herod, and pompous trombones for his priests). As you might expect, there are a number of fine recordings of this proto-oratorio, from the graceful and somewhat delicate rendition of René Jacobs to the high-energy performance of Robert King. As usual, Paul McCreesh goes where no one has gone before, showing us the context for which Schütz probably wrote the work in the first place: a Christmas Day Vespers service at the court in Dresden where the composer was chapel master. McCreesh's reconstruction includes thrilling performances of two Christmas hymns (with tunes by Luther himself), organ music by Scheidt, a psalm from Schütz's collection Psalmen Davids, a delicate motet for four soloists, and (in an electrifying reading) a lavish multiple-choir Magnificat. Alongside all these, McCreesh's rendition of the Christmas Story seems--well, not lackluster, exactly (it's very skillfully done, and Susan Hemington Jones as the Angel is a particular treat), but a bit less inspired than the rest of the program. So if that one work is all you care about, you may want to consider the Jacobs or King versions; otherwise, this disc won't disappoint--it's as exciting a Christmas record as you'll find. --Matthew Westphal

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Amazon.com: 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid choral sound and fabulous organ in superb acoustic, Mar 29 2000
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Christmas Vespers (Audio CD)
This fine recording continues the tradition started by the Consort with their Praetorius Christmas recording released several seasons ago. The organ sound is rich and impressive, and the choral sound is, as usual, impeccable. Charles Daniels is an effective evangelist in the Schutz Christmas Oratorio, though he is not as sonorous as John Mark Ainsley on Hyperion. This as close as I come to a cavil regarding this very fine recording.

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful--but get another Oratorio for comparison, April 14 2000
By Archimedes "archimedesz" - Published on Amazon.com
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First of all, I was enthralled by the singing and the organ sound: very rich and musical in every way. The congregational singing, specifically, is superb, and the CD is worth buying for everything that comes before and after the Christmas Historia.

The historia, though, is an edition that is disconcerting to me. Perhaps I have heard versions that are less "authentic" than this one, but there are enough differences between the McCreesh and other versions I have heard that I must assume others will be affected the same way.

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