The Complete Christmas Celebration

Album by Regensburger Domspatzen

First released: 4th October 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    O du fröhliche, o du selige (Arr. by Georg Ratzinger)
    2:23
  2. 2.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14: Overture
    3:14
  3. 3.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 36 Chor: "Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben"
    5:31
  4. 4.
    Once in Royal David's City (Harmonized by Arthur Henry Mann, Arr. Stephen Cleobury)
    4:26
  5. 5.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs... And With His Stripes We Are Healed"
    3:56
  6. 6.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 1 Chorus: "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
    7:41
  7. 7.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Symphony
    2:56
  8. 8.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 1 The Christmas Tree
    3:44
  9. 9.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Comfort Ye, My People...Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
    6:35
  10. 10.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 37 Evangelist: "Und da acht Tage um waren"
    0:32
  11. 11.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray"
    4:06
  12. 12.
    Up! Good Christen folk, and listen: Tune from Piae Cantiones
    1:19
  13. 13.
    Übers Gebirg Maria geht
    2:50
  14. 14.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 2 Evangelist: "Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit"
    1:10
  15. 15.
    Sussex Carol (On Christmas Night) (Arr. Philip Ledger)
    1:58
  16. 16.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 3 Rezitativ (Alt): "Nun wird mein liebster Bräutigam"
    0:51
  17. 17.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 2 March
    2:13
  18. 18.
    Benedixisti, Domine
    1:56
  19. 19.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "All They That See Him...He Trusted in God"
    2:59
  20. 20.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 38 Rezitativ (Baß): "Immanuel, o süßes Wort" Arioso (Chor-Sopran, Baß): "Jesu, du mein liebstes Leben"-"Komm ich will dich mit Lust umfassen"
    2:15
  21. 21.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "And The Glory Of The Lord"
    2:50
  22. 22.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 39 Aria (Soprano, Echo-soprano): "Flösst, mein Heiland, flösst dein Namen"
    5:39
  23. 23.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 4 Aria (Alto): " Bereite dich, Zion"
    5:02
  24. 24.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart...Behold The Lamb Of God....He Was Cut Off"
    3:37
  25. 25.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "Thus Said The Lord...But Who May Abide...And He Shall Purify"
    5:31
  26. 26.
    "Hodie Christus natus est": Motet
    2:40
  27. 27.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 3 Galop and Dance of the Parents
    2:13
  28. 28.
    Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. Charles Wood (1866-1926))
    2:00
  29. 29.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 5 Choral: "Wie soll ich dich empfangen"
    1:03
  30. 30.
    O Jesulein zart
    2:03
  31. 31.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "And He Shall Purify The Sons Of Levi"
    2:42
  32. 32.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell"
    2:22
  33. 33.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 4 Dance Scene: The Presents of Drosselmeyer
    5:01
  34. 34.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 40 Rezitativ (Baß): "Wohlan, dein Name soll allein" Arioso (Chor-Sopran): "Jesu mein Freud und Wonne"
    1:21
  35. 35.
    O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
    3:17
  36. 36.
    Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Stephen Cleobury)
    2:30
  37. 37.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 5 Scene: Grandfather Dance
    5:30
  38. 38.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 6 Evangelist: "Und sie gebar ihren ersten Sohn"
    0:20
  39. 39.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 41 Aria (Tenor): "Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben"
    4:23
  40. 40.
    Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen (Speierisches Gesangbuch, Köln, 1599)
    2:37
  41. 41.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive...O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings"
    6:14
  42. 42.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Lift Up Your Heads"
    3:15
  43. 43.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 7 Chorale: "Er ist auf Erden kommen arm", Recitativ (Bass): Wer will die Liebe recht erhöhn"
    2:56
  44. 44.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: " For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover The Earth...The People That Walked in Darkness"
    5:35
  45. 45.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Four: For New Year's Day: no. 42 Choral: "Jesus richte mein Beginnen"
    1:58
  46. 46.
    O Freude über Freud
    3:42
  47. 47.
    In the Bleak Midwinter
    4:16
  48. 48.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Unto Which Of The Angels...Let All The Angels"
    1:44
  49. 49.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 6 Clara and the Nutcracker
    6:23
  50. 50.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 43 Chor: "Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen"
    5:55
  51. 51.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 8 Aria (Baß): "Großer Herr, o starker König"
    4:21
  52. 52.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "For Unto Us A Child Is Born"
    4:14
  53. 53.
    The first Nowell (Arr. David Willcocks (1919-))
    4:56
  54. 54.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 7 The Nutcracker Battles the Army of the Mouse King: He Wins and Is Transformed into Prince Charming
    3:20
  55. 55.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Thou Art Gone Up On High"
    2:54
  56. 56.
    Heilige Nacht
    2:25
  57. 57.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 8 in the Christmas Tree
    3:32
  58. 58.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part One: For The First Day Of Christmas: no. 9 Choral: "Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein"
    1:13
  59. 59.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 44 Evangelist: "Da Jesu geboren war zu Bethlehem"
    0:22
  60. 60.
    Quem pastores laudavere
    3:08
  61. 61.
    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Arr. P. Ledger)
    3:04
  62. 62.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "The Lord Gave The Word"
    1:13
  63. 63.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
    0:52
  64. 64.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "How Beautiful Are The Feet"
    2:04
  65. 65.
    Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her (arranged by Adam Gumpelzhaimer)
    2:03
  66. 66.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "There Were Shepherds...Glory To God in The Highest"
    3:21
  67. 67.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 1: no. 9 Scene and Waltz of the Snowflakes
    6:05
  68. 68.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 10 Sinfonia
    5:17
  69. 69.
    Away in a manger (Arr. S. Cleobury)
    1:59
  70. 70.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 45 Chor: "Wo ist der neugeborne König der Juden?" - Rezitativ (Alt): "Sucht ihn in meiner Brust"
    1:40
  71. 71.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Their Sound Is Gone Out"
    1:21
  72. 72.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 46 Choral: "Dein Glanz all Finsternis verzehrt"
    0:45
  73. 73.
    Wie schön singt uns der Engel Schar
    2:03
  74. 74.
    The Seven Joys of Mary (Joys Seven) (Arr. S. Cleobury)
    3:17
  75. 75.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion"
    4:09
  76. 76.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 11 Evangelist: "Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend"
    0:34
  77. 77.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 10 The Magic Castle on the Mountain of Sweets
    3:23
  78. 78.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind ... He Shall Feed His Flock"
    5:03
  79. 79.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 12 Chorale: "Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht"
    1:00
  80. 80.
    The Infant King (Old Basque): Arr. D. Willcocks
    3:12
  81. 81.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Why Do The Nations...Let Us Break Asunder"
    3:15
  82. 82.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 11 Clara and Prince Charming
    4:51
  83. 83.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 47 Aria (Bass): "Erleucht auch meine finstre Sinnen"
    3:59
  84. 84.
    Still, o Himmel
    2:04
  85. 85.
    Es blühen die Maien
    1:34
  86. 86.
    God rest ye merry, gentlemen (Arr. D. Willcocks)
    3:28
  87. 87.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 13 Evangelist, Engel: "Und der Engel sprach zu Ihnen"
    0:37
  88. 88.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1: "His Yoke Is Easy"
    2:38
  89. 89.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "He That Dwelleth in Heaven...Thou Shalt Break Them"
    2:11
  90. 90.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 48 Evangelist: "Da das der König Herodes hörte"
    0:11
  91. 91.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12a Character Dances: Chocolate (Spanish Dance)
    1:08
  92. 92.
    The Holly and the Ivy: Arr. H. Walford Davies (1869-1941)
    2:40
  93. 93.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Behold The Lamb Of God"
    2:22
  94. 94.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12b Character Dances: Coffee (Arabian Dance)
    3:11
  95. 95.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 14 Rezitativ (Baß): "Was Gott dem Abraham Verheißen"
    0:40
  96. 96.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "Hallelujah"
    3:49
  97. 97.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 49 Rezitativ (Alt): "Warum wollt ihr erschrecken?"
    0:30
  98. 98.
    Verbum caro factum est
    2:48
  99. 99.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth"
    5:35
  100. 100.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12c Character Dances: Tea (Chinese Dance)
    1:07
  101. 101.
    Freu' dich, Erd' und Sternenzelt
    2:08
  102. 102.
    I Saw Three Ships: Arr. D. Willcocks
    1:32
  103. 103.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 50 Evangelist: "Und ließ versammeln alle Hohepriester"
    1:24
  104. 104.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 15 Aria (Tenor): "Frohe Hirten, eilt, ach eilet"
    3:18
  105. 105.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 2: "He Was Despised"
    10:19
  106. 106.
    Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) (Arr. Sir David Willcocks)
    4:01
  107. 107.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 16 Evangelist: "Und das habt zum Zeichen"
    0:22
  108. 108.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 51 Terzetto (Soprano, Alto, Tenor): "Ach, wann wird die Zeit erscheinen?"
    5:34
  109. 109.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Since By Man Came Death"
    2:02
  110. 110.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12d Character Dances: Trépak (Russian Dance)
    1:00
  111. 111.
    O schlafe, schlafe, göttlicher Knabe: Arr. by Walter Herrmann
    2:08
  112. 112.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 52 Rezitativ (Alt): "Mein Liebster herrschet schon"
    0:25
  113. 113.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Behold, I Tell You A Mystery...The Trumpet Shall Sound"
    8:59
  114. 114.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12e Character Dances: Dance of the Reed Pipes
    2:13
  115. 115.
    Auf dem Berge da geht der Wind: Arr. by Felix Woyrsch (1860-1944)
    1:29
  116. 116.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 17 Chorale: "Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall"
    0:38
  117. 117.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Five: For The 1st Sunday in The New Year: no. 53 Choral: "Zwar ist solche Herzensstube"
    0:46
  118. 118.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 12f Character Dances: Polchinelle (The Clown)
    2:24
  119. 119.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Then shall be brought to pass" / "O death where is thy sting?"
    1:23
  120. 120.
    Adeste fideles
    2:29
  121. 121.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 18 Rezitativ (Baß): "So geht denn hin, ihr Hirten, geht"
    0:48
  122. 122.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 19 Aria (Alto): "Schlafe, mein Liebster, geniesse der Ruh"
    9:20
  123. 123.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 13 Waltz of the Flowers
    6:24
  124. 124.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "But Thanks Be To God"
    2:17
  125. 125.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 54 Chor: "Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben"
    4:58
  126. 126.
    Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht (Arr. Hanns Miessner)
    3:01
  127. 127.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "If God Be For Us"
    4:21
  128. 128.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 14a Pas de deux: Intrada
    5:00
  129. 129.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 55 Evangelist: "Da berief Herodes die Weisen heimlich" - Herodes: "Ziehet hin und forschet fleißig"
    0:42
  130. 130.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 20 Evangelist: "Und alsbald war da bei dem Engel"
    0:14
  131. 131.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 14b Pas de deux: Variation I (Tarantella)
    0:36
  132. 132.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 56 Rezitativ (Sopran): "Du Falscher, suche nur den Herrn zu fällen"
    0:55
  133. 133.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Worthy Is The Lamb...Blessing And honour"
    3:45
  134. 134.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 21 Chor: "Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe"
    2:26
  135. 135.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 14c Pas de deux: Variation II (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)
    2:05
  136. 136.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 22 Rezitativ (Baß): "So recht, ihr Engel, jauchzt und singet"
    0:22
  137. 137.
    Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 3: "Amen"
    3:37
  138. 138.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 57 Aria (Sopran): "Nur ein Wink von seinen Händen"
    4:23
  139. 139.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 14d Pas de deux: Coda
    1:14
  140. 140.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Two: For The Second Day Of Christmas: no. 23 Chorale: "Wir singen dir in deinem Heer"
    1:08
  141. 141.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 58 Evangelist: "Als sie nun den König gehöret hatten"
    1:02
  142. 142.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 59 Chorale: "Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier"
    1:02
  143. 143.
    The Nutcracker, op. 71, TH 14, Act 2: no. 15 Final Waltz and Apotheosis
    4:58
  144. 144.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"
    1:50
  145. 145.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 25 Evangelist: "Und da die Engel von ihnen gen Himmel fuhren"
    0:08
  146. 146.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 60 Evangelist: "Und Gott befahl ihnen im Traum"
    0:23
  147. 147.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 26 Chor: "Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem"
    0:38
  148. 148.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 61 Rezitativ (Tenor): "So geht! Genug, mein Schatz geht nicht von hier"
    1:51
  149. 149.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 27 Rezitativ (Baß): "Er hat sein Volk getröst"
    0:35
  150. 150.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 62 Aria (Tenor): "Nun mögt ihr stolzen Feinde schrecken"
    3:59
  151. 151.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 63 Rezitativ (Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Baß): "Was will der Hölle Schrecken nun?"
    0:37
  152. 152.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 28 Choral: "Dies hat er alles uns getan"
    0:42
  153. 153.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 29 Duett (Sopran, Baß): "Herr, dein Mitleid, dein Erbarmen"
    6:48
  154. 154.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Six: For The Feast Of Epiphany: no. 64 Choral: "Nun seid ihr wohl gerochen"
    3:25
  155. 155.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 30 Evangelist: "Und sie kamen eilend"
    1:08
  156. 156.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 31 Aria (Alt): "Schließe, mein Herze, dies selige Wunder"
    4:59
  157. 157.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 32 Recitativ (Alt): "Ja, ja, mein Herz soll es bewahren"
    0:20
  158. 158.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 33 Choral: "Ich will dich mit Fleiß bewahren"
    0:50
  159. 159.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 34 Evangelist: "Und die Hirten kehrten wieder um"
    0:22
  160. 160.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 35 Choral: "Seid froh dieweil"
    0:42
  161. 161.
    Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, Part Three: For The Third Day Of Christmas: no. 24 Chor: "Herrscher des Himmels, erhöre das Lallen"
    1:55

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