Christmas Concertos - Weihnachtskonzerte - Concertos de Noël

Simon Preston

Christmas Concertos - Weihnachtskonzerte - Concertos de Noël

Record Label Friedrich Novalis / 150 133-2

Year of production 1996

Tracks - CD 1
Johann Sebastian Bach
(extract:) Christmas Oratorio, For Soloists, Choir And Orchestra (BWV 248)
1. Hirtenmusik: Sinfonia G-dur
Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso In G Minor. Fatto per la notte di Natale (Op.6/8)
2. 1. Largo - Grave - Allegro
3. 2. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio
4. 3. Vivace - Allegro - Pastoral
Francesco Onofrio Manfredini
Sinfonia pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, In D Major, For Orchestra (Op.2/12)
5. 1. Largo
6. 2. Adagio
7. 3. Largo e puntato
Giuseppe Sammartini
Concerto grosso In G Minor. Pastorale (Op.5/6)
Giuseppe Torelli
Concerto grosso, In G Minor. In forma di pastorale, per il santissimo natale
Tracks - CD 2
Pavel Josef Vejvanovsky
Sonata natalis For 2 Trumpets And Orchestra In C Major (IV 202)
1. Allegro - Adagio - Allegro
Johann Melchior Molter
Concerto For Strings And Harpsichord In G Major. Concerto pastorale
2. 1. Larghetto - Allegro e forte - Larghetto
3. 2. Aria I (A tempo giusto)
4. 3. Aria II (Lento e sempre piano)
5. 4. Aria III (Tempo di minueto - Larghetto)
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Noëls pour les instruments, For Orchestra (H 534)
6. Les bourgeoisdeChâtre 1
7. Joseph est bien marié (Gavotte)
8. Or nous dits, Marie (Sarabande)
9. Laissez paître vos bêtes
10. Vous qui désirez sans fin (Menuet)
11. A la venue de Noël
12. O Créateur
13. Une jeune pucele
14. Où s'en vont ces gais bergers?
15. Les bourgeois de Châtre 2
Gregor Joseph Werner
Christmas Pastoral, In G Minor, For Organ And Strings
Johann Sebastian Bach
(extract:) Uns ist ein Kind geboren. Cantata For The First Day Of Christmas, For Soli, Choir And Orchestra (BWV 142/Anh. II 23)
19. Konzert a-moll
Georg Friedrich Händel
(extract:) Messiah. Oratorio In 3 Parts For Soloists, Choir And Orchestra (HWV 56)