A Baroque Christmas

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Ricercar
Release Date
November 13, 2012
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      SCHEIDT BUXTEHUDE WECKMAN S
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Ensemble Faux Bourdon
    • PERFORMER
      Vox Luminis, Ricercar Consort, La Fenice, La Pastorella, Nostrum, Les Agremen
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 13, 2012
    • UPC
      5400439003293
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RIC329
    • LABEL
      Ricercar
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Cantiones sacrae: No. 18 Puer natus, SSWV 18

      Composer: Samuel Scheidt

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    2. Puer natus in Bethlehem, BuxWV 217

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    3. Gregrusset seist du, Holdselige

      Composer: Matthias Weckmann

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Gréta de Reyghere, Ian Honeyman

    4. Angelus ad pastores ait, SSWV 77

      Composer: Samuel Scheidt

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort, Ensemble La Fenice

      Performer: Monika Mauch, Katelijine van Laethem, Carlos Mena, Patrick van Goethem, Hervé Lamy, Stephan van Duck, Lieven Termont, Job Boswinkel, Dirk Snellings

      Conductor: Philippe Pierlot

    5. Es ist ein Ros entsprungen

      Composer: Michael Praetorius

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Ricercar Consort

    6. Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BuxWV 223

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    7. Introduction: Die Geburt unsers Herren Jesu Christi (Chorus)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia Chorus, Akademia

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    8. Intermedium I: Der Engel (The Angel)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia

      Performer: Cécile Kempenaers

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    9. Intermedium II: Die Menge (The Multitude)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia

      Performer: Jan van Elsacker

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    10. Intermedium III: Die Hirten (The Shepherds)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia, Akademia Chorus

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    11. Intermedium IV: Die Weisen (The Wise Men)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia Chorus, Akademia

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    12. Intermedium V: Hohepriester (Hight Priest)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia Chorus, Akademia

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    13. Intermedium VI: Herodes (Herod)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia

      Performer: Renaud Delaigue

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    14. Intermedium VII: Der Engel (The Angel)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia

      Performer: Cécile Kempenaers

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    15. Intermedium VIII: Der Engel (The Angel)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia

      Performer: Cécile Kempenaers

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    16. Beschluss (Conclusion) (Chorus)

      Composer: Heinrich Schütz

      Ensemble: Akademia, Akademia Chorus

      Conductor: Francoise Lasserre

    17. Sacra Partitura: Sonata sopra La Monica

      Composer: Philipp Friedrich Boddecker

      Ensemble: Syntagma Amici

      Conductor: Jérémie Papasergio

    18. Neue musicalische Ergetzligkeit: Ihr Hirten verlasset die finstere Nacht

      Composer: Johann Krieger

      Ensemble: Les Corsaires du Roy

      Performer: Claire Lefilliâtre

    19. Das neugeborne Kindelein, BuxWV 13

      Composer: Dieterich Buxtehude

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Gréta de Reyghere, Henri Ledroit, Guy de Mey, Max van Egmond

    20. Cantiones sacrae: No. 117 Das alte Jahr vergangen ist, SSWV 117

      Composer: Samuel Scheidt

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier

    21. I. Vivace - Grave, arcaye, sostenute e come sta

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Ensemble: La Pastorella

      Performer: Frédéric de Roos, Nathalie Houtman, Alain De Rijckere

      Conductor: Frédéric de Roos

    22. II. Allegro

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Ensemble: La Pastorella

      Performer: Frédéric de Roos, Nathalie Houtman, Alain De Rijckere

      Conductor: Frédéric de Roos

    23. III. Adagio - Allegro - Adagio

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Ensemble: La Pastorella

      Performer: Frédéric de Roos, Nathalie Houtman, Alain De Rijckere

      Conductor: Frédéric de Roos

    24. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Ensemble: La Pastorella

      Performer: Frédéric de Roos, Nathalie Houtman, Alain De Rijckere

      Conductor: Frédéric de Roos

    25. V. Allegro - Pastorale

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Ensemble: La Pastorella

      Performer: Frédéric de Roos, Nathalie Houtman, Alain De Rijckere

      Conductor: Frédéric de Roos

    26. Motetti concertati: Angelus Gabriel descendit

      Composer: Ignazio Donati

      Ensemble: La Fenice

      Performer: Katelijine van Laethem, María Cristina Kiehr, John Elwes

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    27. O che nuovo stupor mirate intorno

      Composer: Francesca Caccini

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Max van Egmond, François Fernandez, Konrad Junghänel

    28. Nativitas tua Dei genitrix

      Composer: Giovanni Bassano

      Ensemble: Syntagma Amici

      Conductor: Jérémie Papasergio

    29. Nascere, nascere, dive Puellule

      Composer: Giovanni Battista Bassani

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Max van Egmond, Philippe Pierlot, Konrad Junghänel, Bernard Foccroulle

    30. Parton dall' oriente tre Re per adorar, Laude dell' epiphania sopra l'aria della Monaca [Extrait de Corona di sacre canzoni o laudi spiritual]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: John Elwes, María Cristina Kiehr

    31. Curtio precipitato et altri capricii, Book 2, Op. 13: Hor ch'e tempo di dormire

      Composer: Tarquinio Merula

      Ensemble: La Fenice

      Performer: María Cristina Kiehr

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    32. O intemerata

      Composer: Alessandro Grandi

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Henri Ledroit, Philippe Pierlot, Bernard Foccroulle

    33. Alma redemptoris mater

      Composer: Marc' Antonio Ziani

      Performer: James Bowman, Alain Pire, Jean-Marie Xhonneux, Bernard Junghanel, Richte van der Meer, Yvon Repérant

    34. Salmi diversi di Compieta: Nunc dimittis

      Composer: Giovanni Antonio Rigatti

      Ensemble: La Fenice

      Performer: John Elwes, Jean-Marc Aymes

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    35. Tui sunt caeli

      Composer: Giovanni Giorgi

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Clematis

      Conductor: Leonardo García Alarcón

    36. Fantasia per sonar le cornetto [Liber fratrum cruciferorum leodiensium]

      Composer: Anonymous

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    37. Born Is the Babe

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: James Bowman

      Conductor: Philippe Pierlot

    38. Lullaby, my sweet little baby

      Composer: William Byrd

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: James Bowman

      Conductor: Philippe Pierlot

    39. Sweet Was the Song the Virgin Sung

      Composer: Alfonso Ferrabosco II

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Susan Hamilton

      Conductor: Philippe Pierlot

    40. Fantasie sur Une jeune fillette

      Composer: Eustache Du Caurroy

      Ensemble: Ensemble Mare Nostrum

      Conductor: Andrea de Carlo

    41. Noel No. 1, "A minuit fut fait un réveil"

      Composer: Jean-François Dandrieu

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    42. Noel No. 15, "Où s'en vont ces gais bergers"

      Composer: Jean-François Dandrieu

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    43. Noël des Rois et des Princes

      Composer: Anonymous

      Ensemble: Ensemble Faux Bourdon

      Performer: Janine Rubinlicht, Philippe Pierlot, Bernard Vanderheijden, Rémy Dubois, Bernard Foccroulle

      Conductor: Claude Flagel

    44. Cantica sacra: Christus natus est

      Composer: Henri Dumont

      Performer: Caroline Weynants, Thibaut Lenaerts, Bruno Boterf, Philippe Favette, Stéphanie de Failly, Françoise Enock

      Conductor: Bruno Boterf

    45. Noel No. 10, "Noel grand-jeu et duo"

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Performer: Luc Ponet

    46. O flos convallium

      Composer: Henri Dumont

      Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

      Performer: Valérie Gabail, Carlos Mena, Jean-François Novelli, Arnaud Marzorati, Stephan MacLeod

      Conductor: Philippe Pierlot

    47. Noël No. 11, "En récit en taille et un duo"

      Composer: Louis-Claude Daquin

      Performer: Luc Ponet

    48. Ich freue mich in dir (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    49. Aria: Getrost! es fasst ein heilger Leib (Alto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    50. Recitative: Ein Adam mag sich voller Schrecken (Tenor)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    51. Aria: Wie lieblich klingt es in den Ohren (Soprano)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    52. Recitative: Wohlan, des Todes Furcht und Schmerz (Bass)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    53. Chorale: Wohlan, so will ich mich (Chorus)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Chœur de Chambre de Namur, Les Agrémens

      Conductor: Jean Tubéry

    54. I. Prelude

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    55. II. Allemande

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    56. III. Aria

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    57. IV. Gigue

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Bernard Foccroulle

    58. Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73: Chorale: Das ist des Vaters Wille

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Ensemble: Vox Luminis

      Performer: Zsuzsi Tóth, Jean-Luc Thellin

      Conductor: Lionel Meunier


The celebration of the Nativity has always been a source of inspiration for composers. The different elements of the evangelical narrative evoke numerous images: tender feelings before the Baby Jesus; the gentleness of his mother, the Virgin Mary; the procession of the three Wise Men; the angelic choirs in Heaven; and these shepherds gathered in the manger. All that appears in the musical repertoire linked to this holiday, as well as the presence of colourful instrumentations and themes connected to folk traditions. This set, released by Ricercar, brings together all these elements, drawn from the repertoires of the Renaissance and Baroque eras.