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Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan
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Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting / Suzuki, Bach Collegium Japan

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Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
Masato Suzuki, Masaaki Suzuki
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 02, 2018
Catalog #
BIS-2291
UPC
7318599922911

About

Bach Collegium Japan and Masaaki Suzuki have sung of the wonders of Christmas a number of times, in Bach’s cantatas and Christmas Oratorio as well as in Handel’s Messiah. Here, instead, we hear the choir a cappella in a selection of classic Christmas carols. Masato Suzuki, son of the ensemble’s founder and director, has selected some of the best-loved songs of Christmas, such as Adeste fideles and Silent Night, as well as less familiar hymns, arranging them especially for these singers. A consummate organist, he also performs a number of Louis-Claude Daquin’s noëls variés – keyboard variations on Christmas songs which became a highly popular genre in 18th-century France.

REVIEWS:

The performances are typically classy, and punctuated by a selection of Daquin’s ‘Noels’ for solo organ, played with peppery registrations by Suzuki.

– BBC Music Magazine

The performances themselves are superb, as one would expect from this outstanding chorus. Masato Suzuki dazzles us with his virtuosity...

-- American Record Guide

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Piae Cantiones: Verbum caro factum est 00:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Piae Cantiones: Verbum caro factum est
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Aki Matsui
  2. 2 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 1. Noël sur les jeux d'Anches sans tremblant 03:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 1. Noël sur les jeux d'Anches sans tremblant
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  3. 3 Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence 03:13
    Track
    3
    Title
    Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
    Duration
    03:13
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  4. 4 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 2. Noël en Dialogue, Duo, Trio, sur le Cornet de Récit, les Tierces du Positif et la Pédale de Flûte 04:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 2. Noël en Dialogue, Duo, Trio, sur le Cornet de Récit, les Tierces du Positif et la Pédale de Flûte
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  5. 5 Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469 02:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    Ich steh an deiner Krippen hier, BWV 469
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  6. 6 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 3. Noël en musette, en dialogue, et en duo 06:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 3. Noël en musette, en dialogue, et en duo
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  7. 7 Stille Nacht (Silent Night) 03:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    Stille Nacht (Silent Night)
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Franz Xaver Gruber
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  8. 8 In dulci jubilo 01:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    In dulci jubilo
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  9. 9 The First Noel 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    The First Noel
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  10. 10 Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing) 04:36
    Track
    10
    Title
    Festgesang, MWV D4, "Gutenberg-Kantate": No. 2. (adap. W.H. Cummings as Hark! The Herald Angels Sing)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  11. 11 Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) 02:23
    Track
    11
    Title
    Adeste fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    John Francis Wade
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  12. 12 Away In a Manger - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily On High 03:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Away In a Manger - It Came Upon The Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily On High
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    William J. Kirkpatrick, Richard S. Willis, Traditional
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  13. 13 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 6. Noël sur les jeux d'anches, Adam fut un pauvre homme 04:50
    Track
    13
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 6. Noël sur les jeux d'anches, Adam fut un pauvre homme
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  14. 14 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 7. Noël en Trio et en Dialogue, le Cornet de Récit de la main droite, la Tierce du Positif de la main gauche 03:53
    Track
    14
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 7. Noël en Trio et en Dialogue, le Cornet de Récit de la main droite, la Tierce du Positif de la main gauche
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  15. 15 O Jesulein süss! O Jesulein mild! 02:48
    Track
    15
    Title
    O Jesulein süss! O Jesulein mild!
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Samuel Scheidt
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  16. 16 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 10. Noël grand-jeu et duo, Quand Dieu naquit a Noël 05:08
    Track
    16
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 10. Noël grand-jeu et duo, Quand Dieu naquit a Noël
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  17. 17 Veni, veni Emmanuel (O come, o come Emmanuel) 04:04
    Track
    17
    Title
    Veni, veni Emmanuel (O come, o come Emmanuel)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Bach Collegium Japan Chorus
    Conductor
    Masaaki Suzuki
  18. 18 Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 12. Noël suisse, Ô Dieu de clémence 03:56
    Track
    18
    Title
    Nouveau livre de noëls, Op. 2: No. 12. Noël suisse, Ô Dieu de clémence
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Louis-Claude Daquin
    Performer
    Masato Suzuki
  19. 19 Trent Codices: Verbum caro factum est (arr. for 3 voices) 01:17
    Track
    19
    Title
    Trent Codices: Verbum caro factum est (arr. for 3 voices)
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Aki Matsui, Hiroya Aoki, Toru Kaku