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In Dulci Jubilo - Baroque Music For Christmas / Baird, Et Al

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Details

Composer
BACH BODDECKER BRUHNS CORRE
Artist
Baird
Format
CD
Label
Centaur Records
Released
Oct 01, 2002
Catalog #
CRC2831
UPC
044747283128

About

Julianne Baird and her frequent collaborator, the period-instrument group The Aulos Ensemble, offer some of the fruits of their many Christmas concerts together in a pleasingly varied, Baroque-focused program of vocal and instrumental works. Most of the 16 selections feature Baird's bright, clear, and very agreeable soprano, supported by some combination of flute, recorder, baroque oboe, violin, and cello, and harpsichord or organ. Most familiar are the title tune, plus such mainstays of today's Christmas repertoire as "Remember O thou Man", "Gently the Fragrance" (better known as Whence is that goodly fragrance, or by its French title, Quelle est cette odeur), and "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day". Another favorite is a beautiful Advent cantata aria by Bach (from BWV 36), usually heard as "Auch mit gedämpften..." but for some reason performed here in the version from the decidedly non-Christmas secular cantata Die Freude reget sich (BWV 36b). Regardless, the music is still just as lovely, although you can hear the BWV 36 setting sublimely rendered by Sibylla Rubens, Philippe Herreweghe, and Collegium Vocale on an excellent 1996 Harmonia Mundi recording.


The instrumental playing is first-rate, and the accompaniments to Baird's singing are smartly arranged and well-balanced with the voice. My only reservation concerns a couple of the longer selections--Böddecker's Veni Salvator hominum and the instrumental "Symphonie" by Corrette--whose musical material isn't substantial enough to fully command our interest for six or eight minutes. On the other hand, Corrette's Noël Provençal, an instrumental number that closes the disc, is a wild, wonderful, colorful rustic dance that leaves you smiling and uplifted, a perfect complement to the opening "In dulci jubilo". The sound, from Princeton Theological Seminary's Miller Chapel, is suitably vibrant, clear, and natural. [10/26/2006]
--David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 In Dulci jubilo 03:17
    Track
    1
    Title
    In Dulci jubilo
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  2. 2 Remember, O Thou Man 03:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Remember, O Thou Man
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Thomas Ravenscroft
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  3. 3 Gently the Fragrance 03:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    Gently the Fragrance
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  4. 4 Tomorrow shall be my dancing day 01:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  5. 5 Veni Salvator hominum 06:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    Veni Salvator hominum
    Duration
    06:22
    Composer
    Philipp Friedrich Boddecker
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  6. 6 Quatrieme Symphonie en quatuor 09:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Quatrieme Symphonie en quatuor
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Michel Corrette
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  7. 7 Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt 12:45
    Track
    7
    Title
    Jauchzet dem Herren alle Welt
    Duration
    12:45
    Composer
    Nicolaus Bruhns
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  8. 8 Les fetes d'Hebe: Musettes 03:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    Les fetes d'Hebe: Musettes
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  9. 9 Vous qui desirez sans fin 01:30
    Track
    9
    Title
    Vous qui desirez sans fin
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  10. 10 Les fetes d'Hebe: Rigaudons 01:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Les fetes d'Hebe: Rigaudons
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Jean-Philippe Rameau
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  11. 11 Chretiens qui suivez l'eglise 03:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    Chretiens qui suivez l'eglise
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  12. 12 Concerts royaux: Concerto No. 3 in A Major: VI. Muzette 02:20
    Track
    12
    Title
    Concerts royaux: Concerto No. 3 in A Major: VI. Muzette
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    François Couperin
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  13. 13 Grace soit rendue 01:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    Grace soit rendue
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  14. 14 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132: I. Aria: Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn! 05:40
    Track
    14
    Title
    Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn, BWV 132: I. Aria: Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn!
    Duration
    05:40
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  15. 15 Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36b: Aria: Mit zarten und vergnugten Trieben 06:28
    Track
    15
    Title
    Die Freude reget sich, BWV 36b: Aria: Mit zarten und vergnugten Trieben
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Julianne Baird
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble
  16. 16 Noel provencal 02:01
    Track
    16
    Title
    Noel provencal
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Michel Corrette
    Ensemble
    Aulos Ensemble