
Ave Maria: The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album |
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Disc: 1
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Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Jauchzet, Frohlocket!
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Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Lullaby: "Maria sitzt am Rosenhag"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra),
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Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
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Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluia
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Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
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1. Ellens Gesang III ("Ave Maria"), song for voice & piano, D. 839 (Op. 52/6)
Composer: Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
Period: Romantic
Form / Genre: Art Song / Song
2. Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night")
Written: 1825 Length - 5 min 32 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Price, Leontyne - null
Composer: Adolphe Adam (1803 - 1856)
Period: Romantic
Form / Genre: Song
3. Panis angelicus for tenor, organ, harp, cello & bass
Written: 1851 Country: France Length - 4 min 19 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Pavarotti, Luciano - null
Composer: César Franck (1822 - 1890)
Period: Romantic
Form / Genre: Aria / Communion
4. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu
Written: 1872 Length - 4 min 22 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Bartoli, Cecilia - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Comic Opera / Opera
5. Exsultate, jubilate, motet for soprano & orchestra, K. 165 (K. 158a): Alleluia
Written: 1738 Length - 3 min 3 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Scholl, Andreas - Voice
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Period: Classical
Form / Genre: Motet
6. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Written: 1773 Country: Austria Length - 2 min 35 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; McNair, Sylvia - Voice
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Sacred Music / Cantata
7. Ave Maria, for voice & piano (after Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Written: 07/02/1723 Country: Germany Length - 3 min 19 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null
Composer: Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
Period: Romantic
Form / Genre: Ave Maria / Sacred Music
8. Judas Maccabaeus, oratorio, HWV 63: See the Conqu'ring Hero Comes
Written: circa 1852 Country: France Length - 2 min 50 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal] - null ; Gormley, Michael G. - Organ
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
9. Maria Wiegenlied (Mary's Lullaby: "Maria sitzt am Rosenhag"), song for voice & piano (or orchestra),
Written: 1746 Length - 3 min 55 sec Performers: John Scott [Choral Music] - Organ ; Ave Maria - null
Composer: Max Reger (1873 - 1916)
Period: Post-Romantic
Form / Genre: Song
10. Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7): Jauchzet, Frohlocket!
Written: 1912 Country: Germany Length - 2 min 7 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Sönstevold, Knut [Bassoon] - Bassoon ; von Otter, Anne Sofie - Voice
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
11. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
Written: 1734 Country: Germany Length - 3 min 28 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
12. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: For Unto us a Child is Born
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 5 min 1 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal] - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
13. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 4 min 26 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
14. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Hallelujah!
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 4 min 48 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Sutherland, Joan, Dame - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
15. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: I Know That my Redeemer Liveth
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 3 min 48 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
16. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: The Trumpet Shall Sound
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 5 min 56 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame - null
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
17. Messiah, oratorio, HWV 56: Amen
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 8 min 51 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null ; Terfel, Bryn - Voice
Composer: George Frederick Handel (1685 - 1759)
Period: Baroque
Form / Genre: Oratorio
Written: 1741 Country: England Length - 3 min 41 sec Performers: Ave Maria - null Notes: Billed as "the ultimate sacred Christmas album," AVE MARIA has reason to claim the title: performances of some of the world's most beloved seasonal music by top international performers make this CD a yuletide tradition in the making. These vocal and orchestral performances feature such legendary performers as Joan Sutherland, Sophie von Otter, and Luciano Pavarotti. The selections without a single featured vocalist are by renowned ensembles such as Sir Neville Marriner's Academy and Chorus of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Each takes advantage of the supreme lyrical nature of this seasonal music, with patient, tempered performances. Two versions of the title track, "Ave Maria," are the only duplications. Soprano Leontyne Price's soaring and melodic interpretation opens the album with a heavenly beauty, while the power of Jos� Carreras' tenor presents a human passion. Overall, the music presented is a delicate delight, the vocalists' tender performances spreading the joy of the season to a new audience. |
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