The Christmas Album

Wade, John Francis;
Mendelssohn, Felix;
Hammerschmidt, Andreas;
Reger, Max;
Head, Michael;
Praetorius, Michael;
Bach, Johann Sebastian;
Israel, Christoph;
Delacher, Hermann;
Rutter, John;
Chaminade, Cécile;
Nordqvist, Gustaf;
Schnabel, Josef;
Humperdinck, Engelbert;
Cornelius, Peter;
Scheidt, Samuel;
Thiel, Carl;
Martin, Hugh;
Berger, Hans;
Gruber, Franz Xaver

Appl, Benjamin;
Regensburger Domspatzen;
Münchner Rundfunkorchester

Alpha 1079

German baritone Benjamin Appl celebrates Christmas through the enduring tradition of Bach chorales and popular carols, from as far afield as Germany, Austria, America, Britain, Sweden, France and the Netherlands. For this truly universal Christmas celebration he is accompanied by Germany's most famous children's choir, of which he was a member in his youth, the Munich Radio Orchestra and instrumentalists (including his own mother on guitar): "Christmas evokes intense memories and emotions in all of us. It takes us back to our childhood: that sense of magic and excitement, so often reawakened by the sight of a traditional Nativity scene, or the lights on a Christmas tree, or by hearing Christmas carols…It was with all these images in mind that I returned to my home town to record this album with 'my' boys’ choir. When, after more than twenty years, I found myself back among the choristers and heard the familiar sound, the emotion was very intense."

YB:https://youtu.be/8TtyrZsD9J0

YB:https://youtu.be/bwz6A2bPg1U

Works:

•Chaminade: Le Noel des oiseaux
•Cornelius: Weihnachtslieder (6), Op. 8
•Cornelius: Drei Kön'ge wandern aus Morgenland
•Gruber, F: Silent Night
•Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit
•Head, M: The Three Mummers
•Nordqvist: Jul, jul, strålande jul
•Praetorius, M: Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
•Rutter: Christmas lullaby
•Rutter: Joseph's Carol
•Thiel: In dulci jubilo

CD

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Alpha

31-10-2024

3701624510797