1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in 4 3/4 in digital optical 1.4 m/s stereo digital recording
Other Title:
Magnificat in E flat [sound recording] Christmas cantata 63 [sound recording] Kind gebor'n zu Bethlehem
Notes:
"Reconstruction of Bach's first Christmas Vespers in Leipzig Nikolaikirche, 25 December 1723"--Container verso Julia Doyle, Joanne Lunn, sopranos ; Clare Wilkinson, mezzo-soprano ; Nicholas Mulroy, tenor ; Matthew Brook, bass-baritone ; Dunedin Consort ; John Butt, conductor Recorded 2014 July 27-31 Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh, UK Sung in German and Latin
Contents:
Motet: Hodie Christus natus est a8 / Giovanni Gabrieli (2:54) Organ prelude: Gott, durch deine Güte, BWV 600 (1:00) ; Cantata: Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63 (28:12) ; Organ prelude: Vom Himmel hoch, BWV 606 (:42) / Johann Sebastian Bach Congregational chorale: Vom Himmel hoch / from Gottfried Vopelius's Neu leipziger Gesangbuch (1682) (2:58) Magnificat in E-flat major, BWV 243a (34:20) ; Organ prelude: Puer natus in Bethlehem, BWV 603 (1:36) / Bach Congregational chorale: Puer natus in Bethlehem / from Gottfried Vopelius's Neu leipziger Gesangbuch (1682) (2:43)