Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Louis-Claude Daquin, Franz Xaver Gruber, William James Kirkpatrick, Samuel Scheidt, John Francis Wade
Performer: Aki Matsui, Hiroya Aoki, Toru Kaku, Masato Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan
Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Release: 2018
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Verbum caro factum est
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
02. No. 1, Noël sur les jeux d’anches sans tremblant
03. Let all mortal flesh keep silence
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
04. No. 2, Noël en dialogue, duo, trio, sur le cornet de récit, la tierce du positif et la pédalle de flûte
05. Bach, J S: Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV469
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
06. No. 3, Noël en musette, en dialogue, et en duo
07. Gruber, F: Silent Night, GWV 145
08. In Dulci Jubilo
09. The First Nowell
Festgesang, WoO 9, MWV D4
10. No. 2, Lied (Adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) – Verbum caro factum est [Arr. M. Suzuki for Voice & Choir]
11. Wade, J F: O come, all ye faithful
Kirkpatrick: Away In a Manger – It Came Upon The Midnight Clear – Ding, Dong! Merrily On High
12. Away in a Manger – It Came Upon a Midnight Clear – Ding, Dong! Merrily on High (Arr. M. Suzuki for Choir)
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
13. No. 6, Noël sur les jeux d’anches, sans tremblant, et en duo
14. No. 7, Noël en trio et en dialogue, le cornet de récit de la main droite, la tierce du positif de la main gauche
Scheidt: O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild
15. Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
16. No. 10, Noël grand jeu et duo
17. O come, o come, Emmanuel
Daquin: Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2
18. No. 12, Noël grand Jeu et duo “Suisse”
Trent Codices: Verbum caro factum est (arr. for 3 voices)
19. Verbum caro factum est (Arr. M. Suzuki for 3 Voices)
Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.