Performer: François Leleux, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Florian Helgath
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900507
Release: 2013
Size: 271 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. trad.: Es ist ein Ros’
Becker: Liturgische Gesange fur das Kirchenjahr, Op. 46
02. No. 5, Machet die Tore weit
03. Kaminski: Maria durch ein Dornwald ging (Arr. H. Kaminski)
04. Wade: Adeste fideles (Arr. F. Silcher)
05. trad.: O du fröhliche (Arr. G. Ratzinger)
Bach: Partita in A minor, BWV1013
06. II. Corrente (arr. for oboe)
07. Gruber: Stille Nacht, H. 145 (Arr. H. Mießner)
Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV248
08. No. 59, Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
09. trad.: Still, Still, Still (Arr. J. Golle)
10. trad.: Es wird schon glei dumpa
Telemann: 12 Fantaisies
11. No. 3 in B Minor, TWV 40:4 (Arr. for Oboe)
Mendelssohn: Festgesang an die Künstler, Op. 68
12. No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings as “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”)
13. trad.: O Little Town of Bethlehem (Arr. G. Ives)
14. anon.: Bimbo, bimbo, fai la nanna
15. trad.: Les anges dans nos campagnes (Arr. F.-A. Gevaert)
Bach: Partita in A minor, BWV1013
16. III. Sarabande (Arr. for Oboe)
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63
17. No. 35, See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes! (Adap. as “Tochter Zion, freue dich”)
18. Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
19. trad.: O Freude über Freude! (Arr. W. Buchenberg)
Telemann: 12 Fantaisies
20. No. 11 in G Major, TWV 40:12 (Arr. for Oboe)
21. Grieg: Ave maris stella, EG 150 (Version for Choir)
22. Whitacre: Lux aurumque
23. trad.: Es ist ein Ros’
24. anon.: Glockengeläut
Following the release of Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, BR-Klassik now presents a new CD in the spirit of the Yuletide season. On this CD, entitled “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing!” the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks under the direction of Florian Helgath performs traditional and beloved German holiday classics along with carols from the Tyrol, France and Italy. Framing this richly varied program at beginning and end is the 16th century carol Es ist ein Ros’ entsprungen (Lo, How a Rose e’er Blooming). Besides the well-known version by Praetorius at the beginning, the recording concludes with a version composed by Jan Sandström in 1990. It features the (untouched) setting by Praetorius cloaked in a hummed, gently changing cloud of music.
In between selections, oboist François Leleux enriches the CD with restful instrumental intermezzi and virtuosic touches.