Weihnachts Oratorium Christmas Oratorio
JS Bach

The Christmas Oratorio is one of Bach's greatest masterpieces and this recording is one of The Sixteen's finest.

Lynda Russell (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), Mark Padmore (tenor, Evangelist), Michael George (bass, Herod), Libby Crabtree (angel, Echo)

"Superlative...demonstrating all The Sixteen's familiar virtues." BBC Music Magazine

The Sixteen
The Symphony of Harmony and Invention
Harry Christophers

COR16017
- Two-CD set

TRACK LISTINGS
CD 1
Part one / Erster Teil Tracks 1 to 9
For the 1st Day of Christmas
Am 1. Weihnachtstag

Part two / Zweiter Teil Tracks 10 to 23
For the 2nd Day of Christmas
Am 2. Weihnachtstag

Part three / Dritter Teil Tracks 24 to 36
For the 3rd Day of Christmas
Am 3. Weihnachtstag

Total timing: CD 1 - 76.52

CD 2
Part four / Vierter Teil Tracks 1 to 7
For the Feast of the Circumcision
Am Fest der Beschneidung Christi

Part five / Funfter Teil Tracks 8 to 18
For the 1st Sunday in the New Year
Am Sonntag nach Neujahr

Part six / Sechster Teil Tracks 19 to 29
For the Feast of the Epiphany
Am Epiphaniasfest

Total timing: CD 2 - 70.47