Performer: MDR Rundfunkchor
Orchestra: MDR Rundfunkorchester
Conductor: Philipp Ammann
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Genuin
Catalogue: GEN17484
Release: 2017
Size: 784 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. anon.: Macht hoch die Tür (arr. G.B. Buckland for choir)
02. Britten: A Hymn to the Virgin
03. Stravinsky: Ave Maria
04. Palestrina: Alma redemptoris mater
05. Yoshimura: Shizukana jouni
06. anon.: La Marche des rois
07. trad.: The First Nowell (arr. J. Stainer for choir)
08. Reger: 12 Deutsche geistliche Gesänge, WoO VI / 13 – No. 4, Weihnachtslied
09. Collan: Sylvian joululaulu (The Nightingale’s Christmas) (arr. M. Hyokki for choir)
10. trad.: The Holly and the Ivy
11. Tchaikovsky: Children’s Songs, Op. 54 – No. 5, Legend (Arr. for Choir)
12. trad.: Corramos, corramos (arr. C. Schronherr for choir)
13. Nystedt: En stjerne klar
14. Lotscher: Ara vare Gud i hojden (Glory to God in the Highest)
15. Calvisius: Joseph, lieber Joseph
16. Jackson: The Christ-child
17. trad.: Ó meu Menino
18. Ranke: Tochter Zion, freue dich
19. Agbary: Aisor ton e (arr. K. Vardapet for choir)
20. Mergner: Christwiegenliedlein
21. Oh: Hanbam sung a Yang zi nun
22. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, BWV 248, Pt. 6 – Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier
23. Carlson: Christmas Peace
24. Schütz: Also hat Gott, SWV 380
25. Hamburger: Der er ingenting I verden sa stille som sne (Nothing in the world is as quiet as snow)
26. Reger: 12 Deutsche geistliche Gesänge, WoO VI / 13 – No. 2, Adventlied
27. trad.: O sanctissima (arr. B. Fischer for choir)
The more you lose yourself in the wonderful world of the Christmas Carols, the deeper you want to dive into them. It was like this with the MDR Radio Choir, and we can be happy that the much-loved Geniun album of this top ensemble and its leader, Philipp Ahmann, will be followed by a second. What treasures are there to discover: an endless variety of songs with a broad range of expression and mood, sung lovingly and with the highest level of musical skill! Carols such as Macht hoch die Tur (“Life up your heads”) or O du frohliche (“Oh how joyful”) stand side by side along treasures from England, France, Japan, and many countries. At the latest from the second verse on you will begin to hum along.