Weihnachts-Oratorium / Christmas Oratorio
Performed by the Bach Collegium-Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling , conducting
HÄNSSLER Classic CD 92.076
Click to read about Johann Sebastian Bach with links to some of his other music.
Read a Review of the Bach-Collegium Stuttgart's performance of the Christmas Oratorio by Jonathan Yungkans.
The Performers: Helmuth Rilling (conductor), Sibylla Rubens (soprano), Ingeborg Danz (alto), James Taylor and Marcus Ullmann (tenors), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (bass).
The First Cantata of the Christmas Oratorio: December 25.
The Second Cantata: December 26.
The Third Cantata: December 27.
The Fourth Cantata: New Year's Day.
The Fifth Cantata: Sunday after New Year's Day.
The Sixth Cantata: January 6, Epiphany.
Click to see and hear a number of excerpts on YouTube of the Christmas Oratorio performed by the Concentus Musicus Wien and the Tölzer Knabenchor.
Click for a few excerpts by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists.